Race

President Biden's speech at Morehouse College had a hint of CRT. He spoke of the problems facing the Black community but let out the successes in fighting racism. He said, It's natural to wonder if democracy you hear about actually works for you' What is democracy if Black men are being killed in the street. What is democracy if a trail of broken promises still leave Black communities behind. What is democracy if you have to be 10 times better than anyone else to get a fair shot. And most of all, what does it mean, as we've heard before, to be a Black man who loves his country even if it doesn't love him back in equal measure. To be fair this should have been followed up with examples of the progress the country has made in fighting racism. He could have mentioned the Civil Rights Act, affirmative action, and Brown v Board. He could have pointed out that in 1950 only 13% of Blacks graduated from college and today it's 40%. In 1972 there were 187,000 Black owned businesses and in 2012 there were 2,500,000. Telling only part of the story increases tension between races instead of uniting people.