Attorney General Says Americans Are ‘Cowards’ on Racial Matters

Unfortunately, the 'tolerance' only goes one way....


Thursday, February 19, 2009
By Susan Jones, Senior Editor

(CNSNews.com) – Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday told an audience at the Justice Department that despite the nation’s progress on racial relations, “we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.”

Holder, the nation’s first black attorney general, was speaking at an African-American History Month program.

“One cannot truly understand America without understanding the historical experience of black people in this nation,” Holder said. “Simply put, to get to the heart of this country, one must examine its racial soul.

“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race.”


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