After Shirley Sherrod, we all need to slow down and listen
By Charles J. Ogletree Jr. and Johanna Wald | Sunday, July 25, 2010 | The Washington Post
“…Racial inequality is perpetuated less by individuals than by structural racism and implicit bias. Evidence of structural inequality is everywhere: in the grossly disproportionate numbers of young black men and women in prison; in the color of students shunted into remedial and special education tracks; in the stubborn segregation of our neighborhoods and schools; in the lack of recreational and academic opportunities for children of color in poor communities; in the inferior medical treatment that people of color receive; and in the still appallingly small numbers of men and women of color in law firms, corporations and government…”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072304583_pf.html
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