Two sentences provide clarity about the driving forces of this particular race drama: If there was a teachable moment in this incident, it could be found in how some powerful white people well beyond Cambridge responded to it. That reaction is merely the latest example of how the inexorable transformation of America into a white-minority country in some 30 years — by 2042 in the latest Census Bureau estimate — is causing serious jitters, if not panic, in some white establishments.”
— Frank Rich, New York Times, Column, August 2, 2009
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Tags: Cambridge incident, Henry Louis Gates, Obama, Sgt. James Crowley
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Honestly This Time: The Final WORD on Obama-Gates-Crowley
Two sentences provide clarity about the driving forces of this particular race drama: If there was a teachable moment in this incident, it could be found in how some powerful white people well beyond Cambridge responded to it. That reaction is merely the latest example of how the inexorable transformation of America into a white-minority country in some 30 years — by 2042 in the latest Census Bureau estimate — is causing serious jitters, if not panic, in some white establishments.”
— Frank Rich, New York Times, Column, August 2, 2009
Click here for his column
Tags: Cambridge incident, Henry Louis Gates, Obama, Sgt. James Crowley
This entry was posted on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am and is filed under Journalism, News/Commentary/Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.