Many Americans in their free time are still segregated inside what he called “race-protected cocoons.”
Eric Holder, the nation’s first black attorney general, saidWednesday the United States was “a nation of cowards” on matters ofrace, with most Americans avoiding candid discussions of racial issues.In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black History Month, Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.
“Thoughthis nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, inthings racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in toomany ways, essentially a nation of cowards,” Holder said.**
Raceissues continue to be a topic of political discussion, but “we, asaverage Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other aboutrace.”
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Holder told hundreds of Justice Department employees gathered for the event that they have a special responsibility to advance racial understanding.
Evenwhen people mix at the workplace or afterwork social events, Holderargued, many Americans in their free time are still segregated insidewhat he called “race-protected cocoons.”
“Saturdaysand Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differsignificantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. Thisis truly sad,” said Holder.
** Cowards? We find it amusing that AG Holder failed to mention the millions of dollars freely given each year by the federal government to non-white race-based lobbyist groups who work openly against the interests of European Americans. Consequently, many of those same European Americans who dare protest against their ongoing displacement before these well funded groups cannot possibly be considered “cowards.” — Ed.