A couple of days ago, at a Democratic Party debate, a black reporter asked this question:

“What is your racial blind spot?”

That is a difficult question to answer – a minute is not long enough to truly answer, but this is my suggestion for an answer by Hillary Clinton. This answer is partly me and partly inspired by what I understand Sec. Clinton is all about. I believe that she would agree with this suggested answer – that a similar understanding, as expressed here, is found in her heart…

If I was Hillary Clinton, this is what I would have done and said when the questions was asked.

I would have moved from around the podium and taken a couple of steps toward the reporter and said:

“I see you.”

I then would have turned towards the audience and pointed towards individuals in the crowd, saying:

“I see you.” “I see you.” “I see you.”

Then returning back to the podium, I would continue speaking:

“I do not know what I do not see, but I can tell you this. Because of events that have occurred over the last year, my eyes are wider.

“Because of the sacrifice of many men and women over the last year, my eyes are wider.

“Because of the death of a man in New York selling cigarettes. Because of the murder of a young boy playing in the park. Because of the death of a black woman in a jail cell. Because of the murder of a young man just walking home from a 7-11 with a bag of skittles. And too many others, my eyes are wider.

“I know what it is like to be invisible. I have traveled to many places in this country and to many countries in this world where I, as a woman, would not have been seen or heard, if I did not carry the mantle of First Lady or Senator or Secretary of State.

“I have spent most of my life working so that people of color and women are visible and get the justice and opportunities they deserve.

“And I will continue to work on that goal of breaking those barriers, so that all of you, all of us, everyone, are seen, heard and acknowledged.”

This little answer could be greatly expanded – it indeed is only a part of the conversation about breaking down barriers – so that economic fairness, environmental viability and that all of us ( and all life on this planet) survives and thrives and that each individual reaches their fullest potential.