“...there should be a common patriotism that drives our shared loved for our nation and its pursuits of civil rights...under that flag of patriotism, there is no room for racism...especially if we want to be a strong, proud example for the world to follow. “Stubborn unemployment disparities between Blacks and Whites – often when the qualifications are similar or the same – will not dissipate without a collective effort to close education and opportunity gaps. Education gaps will not close as long as children of minorities are more incapable statistically of escaping poor schools and generational poverty...we cannot ignore the reality that this problem is not a matter of just one court decisions undervaluing of social matters, one ranchers disconnect with modern-day America, or one businessmans repugnant viewpoints. “It is clear: we must exude the political courage, the social investment, and the civic and spiritual understanding to confront and defeat one of the prime inhibitors to full American greatness in these modern times...Removing one team owner, refuting one land owner in rural America, or rebuffing another court decision does not do enough to close the economic gaps that weaken us as a world power, bridge the employment chasm that keeps generational poverty as an American reality, and teach the academic loss that craft us as an empire in potentially-fatal decline. “And, sorry – we will not be able to do any of these things (nor grasp the full potential of this nation) until we accept the reality that has once again reared its ugly head: “Race still matters in America.” globalgrind/2014/05/01/sorry-race-still-matters-by-lenny-mcallister/
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 14:23:42 +0000
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