This is not a nation of cowards, Mr. Holder
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
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 from enrichment.