It’s easy to see white supremacy as the thinking of extremists. We know that’s not true | Nels Abbey

To hear Joe Biden address the issue is heartening, but there is more he needs to know about how norms affect our lives

During Joe Biden's recent address to Howard University, a historically Black higher learning institution, he offered a forthright perspective on white supremacy. On the best days, enough of us have the guts and the hearts to stand up for the best in us. To choose love over hate, unity over disunion, progress over retreat. To stand up against the poison of white supremacy, as I did in my inaugural address - to single it out as the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland."

Biden is stating what has long been established as fact in the United States, that extremist white supremacist groups are the foremost domestic terror threat. On this basis, his calling out and condemnation of white supremacy is welcome, authoritative and well intended.