Reply #91: Incidents of racially-motivated vandalism downplayed

[Brewman_Jax]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90483754
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/13/ST2008051301359.html?sid=ST2008051301359 (article)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/05/13/DI2008051301357.html (on-line discussion)

and other glaring examples of how far this country has not advanced. This was on NPR just yesterday. You can listen to the article and read the Post article for yourself. The Obama campaign is downplaying these to avoid race. Newsflash--race has ALWAYS been an issue, and not talking about it won't make it go away or magically change the attitudes of white people. Like a pest problem in one's house, ignoring it doesn't solve the problem.

The signs of segregation came down off of America's walls, not off of America's heart.