I have come to the conclusion that ours is a nation defined in part, if not in whole, by racial differences. Race is hard. Race is the hardest thing that the United States will ever have to face. Its harder than any threat from Syria. Its harder and more complex than any convoluted scheme that Vladimir Putin can conjure. Its more serious than any Great Recession. (By the way, were no longer in one.) The issue of race has the potential to destroy this country because its the most dangerous weapon: Its one that we wield in our very own hands. It is my firm belief that the people who clamor on about pushing forward in a post-racial society miss something very important: Our nation was never meant to exist as a post-racial society. The treatment of race, especially as a means to subjugate, is quite literally built into our Constitution.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:25:04 +0000