Posted on March 21 at 4:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

rtu's post above offers a lot of wisdom. The link given is well worth reading.

I'd like to offer another link that sheds some light on the very complicated issue of race relations in this country.

Officeholders, candidates, parties, press, and public all need to do much more to face up to, discuss, and understand the underlying issues. Without this kind of effort, we shall never have any hope of finding any solutions.

<http://www.democrats.com/node/15993>

Here are the pertinent disclaimers and disclosures:

I used to be an enrolled Democrat. I am now a "blank". I think both major parties and their candidates are not good enough for our country, which I love.

I often agree with Mr. Strock. I respectfully suggest to him that he has not performed up to his usual standard on this admittedly challenging issue.

I am white, not black.

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