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 Posted: Fri 11:54, 02 Aug 2013 Post subject: I haven't heard them urging him to push for " |
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is relevant right now, and why Obama should involve himself in a discussion on the subject, is never actually explained. Some black progressives have been pushing for Obama to have an explicitly "black agenda." Whatever you make of their arguments, I haven't heard them urging him to push for "reparations." Indeed the reparations argument has been trumpeted loudest, not by blacks,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but by white populists looking for any way to oppose Obama. Besides providing more grist for columns like this, I have no idea why Obama would engage the subject. But judging by Gates' piece, which from what I can tell is pegged to nothing, we don't need Obama for that.From my perspective, the most interesting and provocative modern questions around America's racial dilemma, like any societal dilemma, do not necessitate blame. To put it differently, I am not concerned about gender equality because I think I'm to blame thousands of years of sexism, I'm concerned
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