 But the year is 2024, and we're asking about how America is going to work for black folk and for everybody else in the 21st century. None of those Asian immigrants, practically none of them were their parents or their grandparents, were in the country in 1970. This is a new day. Black people can be dependent on affirmative action if we want to. But I shudder at the thought that my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, would be in the position of having to ask for a special deal from