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should address this issue. It's as important as the layoff, DOW average, health care, etc. because the effects of such actions are just as far-reaching. The "color line" has divided our nation since its inception, and the fact that it continues to be a divisive issue into the 21st century is indicative of the need for continued vigilance - and resolution.
Who else but the leader of the Nation should address racial issues? This is a golden opportunity for US citizens to see how a man of mixed heritage handles such a volatile problem. Other Presidents before him have addressed racial issues during times of national crisis, too (LBJ-VietNam, Kennedy-Cuban Missile Crisis, and so on). The problem is that America cannot get over its racial divisiveness, so it will never fade away even during other more pressing problems.
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But like people have said about racism, "if we don't talk about it maybe it will just go away" maybe that will work with our economy too.
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silence is not the best response.
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Unfortunately, I cannot get the video you referenced to load and play, so I cannot discuss that.
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If the roles had been reversed no one would have even heard about this incident. Hell, I doubt it would have made the news in Cambridge, much less going national.
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So, black cops in a town with a history of white racial profiling, abuse of white citizens, Driving-while-white cases, inbred prejudice, unequal application of law and justice, the whole nine yards, receive a call from a "concerned citizen" about a portly white guy with a cane shouldering a door....you work out the same scenario, and then honestly ask yourself if the incident would not have made news.