Rejecting Racism: Stop Running The Fat Cat’s Rat Race
March 18th, 2008 | by Daniel DiRito |Today’s speech on race by Senator Barack Obama was noteworthy. The media is abuzz with glowing proclamation s. Some have said that the Obama speech was the most important speech on race in the forty years since the death of Martin Luther King.
While pondering the many positive observations , what struck me most was the fact that forty years have passed…but not the racial divide…regar dless of the words Dr. King spoke then and despite the words Senator Obama uttered today. That left me wondering what was to be gained by stating the obvious to those who have never been intended to appreciate it or to those who aren’t interested in changing it.
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