Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Skin color and the Law according to Eric Holder

Eric the Holder
As it stands, our society is not yet colorblind; nor should it be, given the disparities that still afflict and divide us.  We must be color brave and must never forget that all are made better and more prosperous if all are given equal opportunities...
We must take into account not only the considerable steps forward we’ve seen over the last 50 years, but the entirety of the experience that people of color have faced.  And we must never hesitate to confront the fact, the undeniable truth, that in too many places across this nation that I love – and have served throughout my life – that the echoes of injustices stretching back nearly four centuries continue to reverberate.  These echoes from times past are still heard by too many.
We are back to slave trading Central Americans, Jim Crow schools in California, now Eric declares himself slave master.  Where in the frig is the Supreme Court?

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