Color Blind, Power Oblivious
Eric Holder and the Whitewashing of Racism
Counterpunch
By TIM WISE
It was all too predictable that Attorney General Eric Holder would be attacked for his recent remarks about race in America. To suggest that the nation is still haunted by the specter of racism is unacceptable it seems, especially since, with the election of President Obama, we have ostensibly entered the “post-racial” era.
But in truth, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer deserves criticism more for what he didn’t say than for what he did. (more…)
