When one of America's most prominent black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it's not just another episode of profiling — it's a signpost on the nation's bumpy road to equality...Summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale. MacArthur "genius grant" recipient. Acclaimed historian, Harvard professor and PBS documentarian. One of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Americans" in 1997. Holder of 50 honorary degrees...If this man can be taken away by police officers from the porch of his own home, what does it say about the treatment that average blacks can expect in 2009? -- MSNBC
Will it ever get better? Really?
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment