In its top 10 political stories of the year 2014, CNN cited story #3 saying, Any notion of Americas first black president ushering in a post-racial era of healing got squashed after white police officers in Missouri and New York killed unarmed black men... First, who really thought President Obama was able or responsible to bring a post-racial era of healing? Second, is the fact that we just suddenly discovered there are racial tensions in America now the fault of Barack Obama? So, 200 plus years of racism, discrimination and a system built upon subjugation of a race was supposed to be wiped away with one election? Wow, if I had any doubt about how myopic the American media is - and I didnt - it has been officially dispelled. James Baldwin is right once more: The American Negro has the great advantage of having never believed that collection of myths to which white Americans cling... (The Fire Next Time p. 101).
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 22:57:51 +0000
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