Open Thread

September 21st, 2009 1:25 PM

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Did Obama wimp out Sunday?

Many Americans believed that a Barack Obama presidency would go a long way to finally ending racism in this nation. Putting an African-American man into the White House surely had to bring us closer to Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream than we’ve ever been. Unfortunately, eight months into Obama’s first term, America seems more racially divided than it has in decades, and un-according to Hoyle, the new president rather than solving this problem is actually enflaming it.

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