(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich sees one silver lining in the recent social unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death: the U.S. may finally be reckoning with racism.
“If you think about it, we’ve never had a national conversation or reconciliation about the legacy of slavery in this country,” he tells WBBM. “I think it’s time that we heal that wound of slavery because we haven’t done that before.”
Also cause for optimism, he says, is the diversity seen in demonstrations since Floyd’s death last month.
Cupich talks about fostering racial unity, navigating the pandemic and the process of reopening Archdiocese classrooms during a turn on “At Issue.” The program airs 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday.