Race in the United States

Hi

Today I start by congratulating Mr Eric Holder on becoming the Attorney General. Mr Holder and I are both graduates of the same high school, Stuyvesant High in New York City.

The title of this blog suggests that the topic will be about race and race relations in the country and it is, so I go forward. When I was young, in the 50s and 60s, it was almost taboo to discuss race. Society frowned upon it. Today Mr Holder wishes to bring it to the front burner. I agree, it is already too long overdo. The film personality Clint Eastwood gave an interview with a German newspaper and he said the idea of discussing race now was hypocritical. I agree. For too long we have tried to shut up those who would discuss race in an intelligent manner, thus creating an atmosphere of a no-no subject. The big problem of the earlier years was the fact that as soon as one started discussing race the "N" word came into play. Today the pendulum has swung to the other side. Now it is the colored community who cry race. Just look at Rev Al Sharpton when Don Imus made those crude remarks about the girls basketball team, did Imus need to apologize to Sharpton Why didn't Sharpton apologize to Imus for the remarks Sharpton made during the Tawana Brawly incident? Does the street go only one way? Further, who appointed Sharpton the "official soul of the colored people"? First we had the Rev Jesse Jackson, what happened to him? Usurped by Sharpton. Here my question goes to Mr Holder, does your query about race include these demigods, or is it just white people? One only look at what happened to Bill Cosby, chastised by the colored people for daring to speak out about the lack of family values in the colored community. For there to be a meaningful dialogue there must be meaningful and mutual respect, let the demigods park their egos and join, or if they cannot, then let them stand aside and shut up. Do the nation and yes, the colored people, a big favor. Your attitude only causes a back lash in the non-colored community. We have already had too much of this.

One way to start unity between the races is to all offer our prayers for our service people, colored and white, for their safety. Please do so. Thank you.
GOD Bless