This review essay takes up challenges posed by Sarah M. Stitzlein's "Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era: Emphasizing Truth in the Education of Citizens" by suggesting Black pragmatists add crucial questions to the pragmatist project of honesty. Pushing us to consider a more critical answer to the questions "Who are we?" and "How does it feel to be a problem?," writers in the Black pragmatist traditions call for a clearer analysis of what civics can and likely cannot yet do.