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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHillary Clinton: America’s struggle with racism is ‘far from finished’
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday delivered her boldest remarks yet on race and gun violence, topics that have quickly become some of the most prominent and divisive in the presidential campaign, particularly after Wednesdays mass shooting in Charleston.
Its tempting to dismiss a tragedy like this as an isolated incident, to believe that in todays America bigotry is largely behind us, that institutionalized racism no longer exists, Clinton said in a speech in San Francisco. But despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, Americas long struggle with race is far from finished.
Race, Clinton said, remains a deep fault line in America, despite the election of Obama, the countrys first black president. She also cited several statistics that suggest widespread inequality between black and white Americans.
Our problem is not all kooks and Klansmen. Its also the cruel joke that goes unchallenged. Its the offhand comment about not wanting those people in the neighborhood, Clinton said. Lets be honest, for a lot of well meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear.
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Hillary Clinton: America’s struggle with racism is ‘far from finished’ (Original Post)
bigtree
Jun 2015
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boston bean
(36,221 posts)2. I wonder if people who think us wimmins and black people
are dividing this great nation... think Hillary is dividing this great nation as well??
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,034 posts)3. K&R
Calista241
(5,586 posts)4. It's great to say "this is a problem" or "we need a conversation"
But what does that mean? My impression is that this all means we're going to talk for 10 minutes about something, make sure we get credit for it, and then we're going to move on to more important shit.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)5. Using the term "institutionalized racism" is so important.
It's importance when framing cannot be ignored. Thank you for not running from it Hillary.