As the reality of an indefinite psychological marathon descended, many journal writers began to count their blessings, in entries tinged with both gratitude and fear. … When I hear this could go on for another year, I feel despair. “Some of this is white liberal guilt, feeling bad about doing OK when so many are not,” Dr. Mason said. “But we have a lot of people of color who are not privileged, and they feel the guilt for a slightly different reason. And all of that seemed further fuel for an increasingly nasty, deeply polarized presidential campaign that ramped up in September and October.

Source: New York Times February 15, 2021 15:04 UTC