Letter from Atlanta

There is no single number, no weighted index to explain what it means to have the real possibility of a black president, and while 40% of black children remain below the poverty line and a million black men languish in prison. There is no index, but there is a case study of these irreconcilable developments, a place where the balance sheet of progress and failure is as simple as a zip code. And that place is Atlanta. Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
3.5
by Derek Hawkins - Mar. 1, 2009

A good personal essay that casts Atlanta as a metaphor for the status of black America today. The author's thoughts are highly original, insightful and well worded. But to have the impact I was expecting by the time I was halfway through, I thought this should have been about three times longer than it was. The author's observations could have been balanced better with more factual information about some of the issues he touches on.

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