"Does our serious discussions on race look like the work that was done at World Conference on Racism. These conferences have been going on since 1978, with the first one addressing the issue of Apartheid in South Africa..In 2009, the World Conference on Racism was held in Geneva, Switzerland.. President Obama had promised folks before he was elected that he would attend. He was well aware that President Bush’s delegation had walked out the conference in 2001 when it was held in Durban, South Africa. At that time the US was upset that the global attendees had declared Zionism as a major form of racism and that the US legacy of slavery was something that needed to be seriously addressed. Our country felt this was unfair and bounced mid way through the conference."
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:10:11 +0000
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