What's up, guys? What's on my mind today? The Veil. Okay, guys, let's get into this.

The definition of a veil as a noun is a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face. But we will look at the verb tense of the word veil, which means to cover, hide, or disguise.

A textbook case of someone using a veil (to cover, hide, or disguise) is the statement from Nikki Haley, about living in a South Carolina town divided by railroad tracks. Full stop right there. Why? Why did the railroad tracks divide the town? I'm sure many black people know what she was saying, but she never speaks the truth about why. The fact that she never addresses why the railroad divided the town is problematic, this is her using a veil to cover up, hide, or disguise. But I am black and from one of those towns, so I can tell you this. She grew up in a town built on racism, redlining, and jim crow laws. I know this because I grew up in the same small type of town in Mississippi. Indianola was a little unique, in that, the railroad tracks and the bayou winding through the town combined to create an artificial and natural boundary between black and white communities in the area. Towns like these are dotted across the south. The railroad track or some other natural or artificial landmark acts as the boundary.

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