Race Relations Are Improved by Free Markets, Not Collectivist Politics

Politically we seem to be living in trying times. The political polarization, as portrayed in the mainstream news media, appears to be intensifying with even acts of destructive violence on the streets and campuses of American cities.

At the same time, pictures out of Houston during and following Hurricane Harvey show empathetic assistance and cooperation between people and groups that supposedly are in heated contention with each other.

How do we reconcile this?