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...this time of racism, violence, and fighting around the world, I realize that I am the future of this country and that my vote determines the direction in which it will go," Lopez said. "Quite frankly, I don't know what party I am so I'm here to learn what the Democratic Party is about. I eventually plan to attend a Republican function as well and figure out my political stance...
Nevertheless, the value of Black History Month is considerable. The name itself is revealing: not African-American History Month, but Black History Month; not an identity rooted in African culture, but in a distinctly American experience. However superficially, such a name suggests that any racial differences, and all racism, runs only skin deep. Indeed, this is the promise of Black History Month: for all its silly therapeutic excess, it promotes a black pride consonant with that of the larger American community within which, for better or worse, black Americans must live and contribute as citizens...
...live under an oppressive regime, ruled by an alien power, the Ruling Class." This belief, he said, leads to the assumption that "if you're decent and believe in human progress, you must be at war with the oppressive power, which is called the `patriarchy' or `institutional racism' today...
...racism' takes everyone's eyes away from the failure of the innercity schools," he said...
According to your columnist Jack E. White, the President's impeachment trial was about racism and bigotry [DIVIDING LINE, Feb. 1]. Silly me. I thought it was about whether or not the President perjured himself and obstructed justice. What was I thinking? Please, can we get past all the efforts to cloud the issue and instead focus on the facts? Don't try to change the subject. RICK DUDLEY Vista, Calif...