Twelve Steps for White America

Twelve Steps for White America: for a United States of America answers the call of James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time for new standards for the “white man.” Author William Watson, sober for 37 years, envisions a USA in recovery where race no longer predicts outcomes. Part intimate storytelling memoir, part grand history manifesto, Watson defines our disorder and presents a treatment plan. Watson’s Rigged Advantage Theory (RAT) defines our nation’s dysfunction. RAT operationalizes a whiteness inclusion-collusion-delusion, which exploits white supremacy and anti-Blackness. Watson’s scalable 12-step treatment plan for white Americans and White America disrupts the generational persistence of slavery’s legacies. Individual repentance (Steps 1-4), atonement (Steps 5-8) and redemption (Steps 9-12) amass a nation’s hope for truth, reconciliation and renewal. We unshackle the past. We strengthen U.S. security and global competitiveness. Our best is yet to come.