The 'veil of ignorance' as I dimly recall and summarise from university, is an idea posed by John Rawls that argued that societal welfare schemes should be organised from the basis that: if we could decide on social welfare schemes for society **before our birth**, what schemes would we vote for given that **we could not know** what position in society we would be **born into**. It's an interesting idea, I think it could apply to racist views and policy. What policy would you choose if you knew there was a relatively large probability you would be born as a black (or other non-white)? Coronavirus has given me a lot of time on my hands.