Holder's racial melancholy struck many people as peculiar, inasmuch as he is the first black American to head the Justice Department, and inasmuch as the American president who appointed him is the most celebrated black man in the world. Was such gloom really called for in a speech marking the first Black History Month of the Obama presidency? Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Jacoby thinks we should talk about things racial less and see beyond them. Holder seems to say we cannot move beyond things racial and see beyond them unless we all know black history, and talk openly among the races about it. Jacoby seems to resent anybody who thinks there is still a problem.
Having risen through the white power structure, and now in charge of enforcing laws replete with racial overtones, Holder can be presumed to have a more informed view. Our history books are largely purged skeletons of our rich history, ignoring with equal opportunity blacks, indians, labor unions, robber barrons, U.S. war crimes, communists, and other groups not held in favor by the conservative businessmen who buy and sell textbooks. Our books and our daily discourse would benefit ... More »
This is an opinion piece, rather than hard journalism, and is written from a conservative point of view. The author, like many conservatives, jumps on Mr. Holder's choice of the word "cowards" and - again, like many of his ideological brethren - misses the central point. Mr. Holder argues that we do not talk enough about “things racial” - not whether we talk about race in times of crisis or during presidential elections or when a celebrity reveals sublimated racism - but on an ongoing daily basis that is not dependent on confrontation. The author, meanwhile, conflates quantity of conversation ("jawboning" as he terms it) with quality, and thus fails to support the contention promised by the title of his column.
Maybe lifted from Rush Limbaugh. What is the connection between conservative and black. The black famed are the usual suspects and are not even quoted. this is the hight of lazy irresponsibility poop. Did this guy ever read Fredrick Douglas. A true waste of time.
A well-written, well-argued conservative perspective on Attorney General Eric Holder's recent remarks about race.
This article, or opinion, has some very good points. The problem I have with it is what the youth of this country think about race relations. I'm not talking about the educated youth. The ones who finish high school and go on to college. I'm talking about the black kids who quit school, live in the slums of most major towns, and even country towns where there are two sets of people. The ones on one side of the tracks, and the ons who live on the other side. There seems to be a rage in these kids that cannot be put out. These kids, whose Mother's are either not around or on drugs, with a father some have never even seen, the conversation doesn't seem to be directed towards them. They see their lives as a day by day existence. ... More »
I hope Obama starts the after school programs that Bush & co, closed.The midnight basketball program was a great way to keep these kids involved in something besides gangs and drugs.
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