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...surprise of many whites and dismay of his supporters, Barack Obama trailed Hillary Clinton among black Americans by a 40-point margin in a recent Washington Post-ABC poll. It is possible to read this as a positive development: black Americans have transcended racial politics and may now vote for the person they consider the better candidate, regardless of race. The sad truth, however, is that Obama is being rejected because many black Americans don't consider him one of their own and may even feel threatened by what he embodies...
...Gulf Coast that I saw was one where the wealthy slowly rebuild, while the poor (who overwhelmingly are racial minorities) watch helplessly from their makeshift FEMA trailers—their own solution to the housing crisis that still exists. This is a land where wealthy speculators purchase coastal land at upwards of one million dollars an acre, and where—just a few miles away—public housing recipients fend off efforts by local and state officials to dislodge them from their homes. This is a place where redeveloped casinos—opened only months after Katrina?...
...Coast is distinctive, it is so only in that the region has attracted media attention in the wake of Katrina. Yet, despite the rhetoric about advances over the past 50 years, the problems of discrepant opportunities and resources still run rampant. In this vein, educational and employment opportunities for racial minorities still lag well behind those available to the privileged...
...recent experience along the Gulf Coast has reconfirmed for me that we, as a united nation, have much work ahead if we truly dream of an America where all people have a chance to succeed. It is simply untenable to believe that the disparities in opportunity across racial lines will be eradicated by wishful thinking, or even by the election of a black president—which according to a recent Newsweek poll, only 56 percent of registered voters think is possible. In the end, the responsibility to equalize race in America, however difficult or humbling, lies upon...
...spirit of volunteerism can make tremendous headway in addressing and solving some of the most basic disparities between racial groups. In this vein, we ought to recognize February—and the message behind Black History Awareness month—by planning the work ahead of ourselves, rather than only appreciating our past achievements...