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It is a faint memory now, but at the height of the civil rights revolution in the 1950s and 1960s, advocates contended for a color-blind society (more…)

Obama on the campaign trail isn’t practicing what he preached (pun intended) in last week’s widely praised speech (more…)

Obama failed to explain how a church can harmonize Wright’s “God damn America” with Christ’s “blessed are the peacemakers.” My own limited experience worshiping in a black inner-city church has been diametrically different. Rather than Wright’s hateful condemnation of white people, the message at this church contained not a tinge of racial exclusivity. (more…)

The current furor over Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright reminds me of another seldom discussed contradiction within the Democratic party: The self-described party of inclusion is obsessed with the divisive issue of race. (more…)

(Townhall.com, Mar. 22) Imagine being told as a child: “You carry bad blood.” Then imagine this stigma was placed on you by one side of your family, in reference to your heritage from the other side of the family. I honestly can’t begin to imagine how that would have felt or what it would have done to me. But I think it would have marked me unforgettably. It would have stayed with me for a long time, even if I ultimately overcame it and went on to have a successful life and feel good about myself. Then try to imagine looking in the mirror as you’re growing up, and having the whole society where you live send much the same message (more…)