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Race in America

The Race in America category is about how our government, society, and institutions respond to racial differences.

Race in America is our most valuable political issue. The Democratic Party just struck election year gold after years of stirring the race pot. Post-Obama America started out angry and divided. Liberals used Donald Trump's presidency to label conservatives racists and white supremacists. A death at a Charlottesville, Virginia white nationalist rally fanned the flames and gave this portrayal the appearance of credibility.

Now we've got more than we bargained for after heavily politicized incidents involving law enforcement culminated with the unwarranted, police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.

On the docket now is a slate of new and revisited reforms including taking down symbols of the confederacy, restructuring or abolishing police departments, paying reparations, and extending federal assistance to under served minority communities.

Our politics claims to address the racial pain that tortures America, but politicians' dependence on this issue presents a tremendous problem. The politics of racial conflict are simply too vital to the back and forth between Democrats and Republicans to give us much hope that one day we can move past our history.

Civil Rights Violations are Hard Work for DOJ

March 8, 2015 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Alas, Ferguson did not play into the Justice Department’s hands as liberal Washington must have hoped. Attorney General Holder tried to get around his promise that his department would not “arrive at a particular outcome”1 by editorializing about the DOJ's findings and pushing the civil rights and race relations envelope: As detailed in our searing report – also released by … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Violations are Hard Work for DOJ

How Protest Rights Tear Apart Our Just Society

November 20, 2014 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Protest rights don’t mean “Do what I say or I’ll hurt you.” Our system doesn’t work that way, or at least it isn’t supposed to. We pride ourselves on the right to say no. We vigorously defend the right to hold views we don’t agree with. Sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes not, but that's how our values work. Protest rights were fundamental to the ideas this country was … [Read more...] about How Protest Rights Tear Apart Our Just Society

Racism: Does the Worst Kind Come from Democrats?

August 28, 2014 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Have you stopped being a racist yet? I never thought I had a problem with racism. Most of us probably don’t. What we think and do doesn’t always make a difference, though. Sometimes we are wrongly blamed for things because we are in the wrong place at the wrong time, like America in the age of Obama. Is America seething with racial tension, or does painting that picture serve … [Read more...] about Racism: Does the Worst Kind Come from Democrats?

Does Our Government Use Race to Create Hate Crimes?

August 14, 2014 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Hate crimes are the dream of politicians. They know they can use government to fan the flames of racial unrest and turn tragedy into a national call to action as soon as they have helped the media render judgment. Justice in some form or other comes later. In 2012 it was the Trayvon Martin shooting. Now fate has dropped the Michael Brown incident into Democratic laps just … [Read more...] about Does Our Government Use Race to Create Hate Crimes?

Universal Preschool: Civil Rights or Bad Kids?

March 27, 2014 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Do Arne Duncan and Eric Holder understand what they are suggesting when they talk up civil rights and race as part of the push for universal preschool? The newest release of the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection is turning the argument for universal preschool into a dialogue about civil rights, race, and opportunity. Duncan and Holder are raising an … [Read more...] about Universal Preschool: Civil Rights or Bad Kids?

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