Anti-Black American sentiment IS widespread. I say this as a Republican AND as a 7th generation American….descendant of slaves. Descendants of slaves have NOT received our equity in the country our ancestors built from sun up to sundown for 250 years…plus the following 150+ to current day. BLM was not started by descendants of slaves. The founders seemed to prioritize sexuality and such over racial equity and, more specifically, lineage equity (that due to Black Americans who descend from U.S. slaves). There isn’t a people on the planet who have built up more UNPAID equity than descendants of slaves. Denying that reality and the reality of anti-Black sentiment doesn’t at all advance our nation. Quite the opposite.