Obama blew it

In my considered judgment as a race and civil rights specialist, I would say that Barack Obama's "momentous" speech on race settled on merely "explaining" so-called racial differences between blacks and whites -- and in so doing amplified deep-seated racial tensions and divisions. Instead of giving us a polarizing treatise on the "black experience," Obama should have reiterated the theme that has brought so many to his campaign: That race ain't what it ... Full Story »

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Taylor Bernal
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by Taylor Bernal - Nov. 18, 2009

This opinion piece expresses a sense an ideology about race that is not yet present in America. Meyers brings up great points, but it is hard to criticize President Obama's speech because he looking at the issue from a realist's perspective. It would be fabulous if everyone looked past race, but our country is simply not at that point yet. However, it is definitely something we should work toward because race is a social construct.

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