Oh so many analysts have rooted the sectarian violence in Iraq to US policies. Think about that. And then read and think about this....connect the dots! US sectarianism: A nation still divided Ferguson has showcased to the world the racial sectarianism that still stratifies and segregates people in the US. On Monday, the Ferguson grand jury ruled that there was no probable cause to bring any charges against Darren Wilson. On August 9, Wilson, a white policeman, shot and killed Michael Brown, while the 18-year-old black teen was walking down the street in Ferguson, Missouri. During the 110 days since Brown was pronounced dead, Ferguson has vividly revealed the US racial faultlines, unveiled its stark, systemic inequities, and showcased to the world the racial sectarianism that still stratifies and segregates people in the US. A system cannot fail those it was never built to protect, wrote W.E.B. Dubois, indicting structural inequity and exclusion as the very seeds that rear racial segregation. Dubois US was marred by formal segregation. A segregation that not only marked black and brown Americans as inferior; but relentlessly exposed them to legal processes that vilified their racial identities, and exonerated their assailants. Exactly 110 years later, Dubois words have never been more prescient. The thinkers words foretell a divide that continues to fracture the US along racial lines, and exposes its most marginalised communities to structures that continuously persecute - rather than protect - them. Racial inequities on the ground, perpetuated by politics, law and their slanted processes, drive the racial sectarianism that marred the US at its inception, middle and current passages. aljazeera/indepth/opinion/2014/11/us-sectarianism-nation-still--20141125115156924957.html
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:48:33 +0000
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