In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
"There is a fear of black people like the alleged muggers on your street because they are believed to inflict violence that has a certain vengeance in it that white-perpetrated crime doesn't have," said Andrew Hacker, a professor of political science at Queens College and author of the influential 1992 book "Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal." I asked Hacker if, despite all the narrowing of the difference over the years, we were still two nations. "Oh yes," he replied, "people who are born black have much less in terms of prospects in their lives, even today." To a great extent the fact that racial inequality and urban crime were not questions for the candidates shows how far we've advanced in a relatively short time. But as we learned on my block in Brooklyn last week, just being able to vote for a black candidate didn't solve all our problems. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/05/america/letter.php
I asked Hacker if, despite all the narrowing of the difference over the years, we were still two nations. "Oh yes," he replied, "people who are born black have much less in terms of prospects in their lives, even today."
To a great extent the fact that racial inequality and urban crime were not questions for the candidates shows how far we've advanced in a relatively short time. But as we learned on my block in Brooklyn last week, just being able to vote for a black candidate didn't solve all our problems.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/05/america/letter.php
