I'm not sure how perceived racism falls under the agis of the attorney general's office, but Eric Holder said that we are a nation of cowards when it comes to discussion racism.
“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, a nation of cowards,” Holder said in remarks to his staff in honor of Black History Month...
“Even as we fight a war against terrorism; deal with the reality of electing an African-American, for the first time, as the president of the United States; and deal with other significant issues of the day, the need to confront our racial past and to understand our racial present, and to understand the history of African people in this country — that all endures,” the attorney general added.
What country is Holder living in that race and racism aren't discussed? Didn't we witness candidate Barack Obama play the racism card repeatedly throughout the fall campaign? We were told that virtually any description of Obama was racist, whether that description was as a community organizer, "tall," a celebrity, or anything else. If we questioned his associations--such as his long-standing membership in a racist church or his friendship/association with an unrepentant terrorist--we were racist.
To be blunt, we've spent the last year being told we're all a bunch of racists. We've been castigated and lectured that voting for John McCain wasn't based on merits but on racist attitudes. We were told that racist Pennsylvanians wouldn't vote for Obama because they were all rednecks. We were told Hillary Clinton supporters were racists. If you disagree with an Obama proposal or policy, you must be a racist. Maybe this can be a new Jeff Foxworthy joke: You might be a racist if...
In any event, it's just a bald-faced lie when Eric Holder says we don't discuss race. The fact is, we can't stop discussing race.
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