I am sick to death of the race merchants who will not let it die. No one who can think defines himself or herself as a member of an ethnic group. No one cares anymore. Get over it. Its way past over. Your ancestors were slaves. Everybody's ancestors were slaves at some point. Mine were bought and sold with the land their ancestors had owned for millennia.
Get over it, Eric. People don't talk about it because there is nothing to say. The '60's are over. Jesse is still a jackass and Sharpton is still a con artist but the rest of us moved on.
So we’re cowardly about race, and always have been?
What about the civil rights movement? What about the courage shown by people of all races to confront segregation and discrimination?
What about members of Congress at the time, including REPUBLICANS such as Senator Everett Dirksen, who helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964???????
I think that as time goes on, more people will realize the election of Obama symbolizes the fact that race is not holding people back from achieving whatever they want to achieve in this country. We’ve now had a black president, many black cabinet members, black Secretaries of State, black senators, black governors, black mayors, black congressmen, black Supreme Court justices, etc.
I know that many black people are grappling with poverty, however, is race really their major handicap?
My sentiments exactly. the sad truth of the matter is that the most vile racist pigs I have ever come across are mostly mexicans and blacks. at least here in Los Angeles. It is those two poor minorities that seem to have all the race problems. I don’t see or hear white males,asian,russian,....(white males are statistically a minority wether you like it or not) ever complain about race, only blacks and mexicans(mostly ILLEGAL ALIENS). So get over it and take a long look in a mirror if you want to see the Racist Mr Holder.
A Hyphenated-American is by Definition a Racist
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