Hi Matthew, let me just say, I don't have the words to express my respect for this reply. Thank you. Everybody makes mistakes. Only the best of us have the integrity to recognise them and apologise for them. Especially on the internet where it's so easy to hide.

I make reference to Biden's racism in the piece. Please don't take my criticisim of Trump to be approval for Biden. It's certainly not. And yes, based on that, I think that many black people just decided that if I'm getting a racist either way, I may as well focus on other priorities.

Biden I would say is better (generally) at hitting the right soundbites on race. He's not as overtly offensive as Trump, so voting for him as a black person is a little easier to swallow. But yeah, II largely agree with you.

Thanks again for your reply. It's given my faith in human nature the top-up it needed today.