Race Perspective...It is all Black and White!

[Diving Mullah]

Ten charts show how the U.S. has changed for the better since MLK’s speech

By Brad Plumer, Published: August 28 at 4:12 pmE-mail the writer

Earlier today, to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, we posted a series of charts showing that the economic gap between whites and blacks hasn’t really narrowed over the last 50 years. In some cases — like the wealth gap — it’s actually widened.
Yet by other metrics, there has been a striking amount of racial progress in the United States since 1963. That’s worth noting too:

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Ten charts show how the U.S. has changed for the better since MLK

So Back Then I am sure they were critics that said MLK is playing Race Card or he is causing a rift between black and white! Or the more we talk about it the worst it gets....

So my question...when we talk about it then and things got better now...why shouldn't we talk about it now and to things keep improving?


Diving Mullah

 

[herenow1]

We've (blacks and whites) have come so far, but people would rather focus on the negatives!

 

[Fenton]

Talking about it and politicizing it are two different things.

When those on the left including Obama and Clinton want to stop using the race issue for Political Capital then I suspect we can start a " Conversation".

 

[Hypersonic]

We've (blacks and whites) have come so far, but people would rather focus on the negatives!

In order to progress to civility one must acknowledge the problem and continually acknowledge it and improve the condition until that problem no longer exists.

Cue the "more you know" theme music.

 

[Hypersonic]

Talking about it and politicizing it are two different things.

When those on the left including Obama and Clinton want to stop using the race issue for Political Capital then I suspect we can start a " Conversation".

Care to explain how Obama is using the race issue?

 

[NoC_T]

Talking about it and politicizing it are two different things.

When those on the left including Obama and Clinton want to stop using the race issue for Political Capital then I suspect we can start a " Conversation".

The moment 'race' was conceptualised, it was political. It could be nothing other. Regardless, there's never any point at which dialogue should be suspended.