One of the groups on Monday was thinking about how DuBois' ideas apply today. The injustices and the Veil are still affecting us today, but it is so complex. I think we mostly try to avoid talking about it. and now, in our election, we have a viable candidate who is African-American, and I have been worried about how old wounds would be opened. Too often in politics it becomes a big chessgame, and people are maneuvering and speaking to stay alive,but too often this means they can't deal with complex issues in complex ways.
I have never heard a more wonderful exposition of this that in Obama's speech. Please, please read it (or watch the YouTube recording). His final story hit me in the gut. I think it is in many ways the antidote to the John story, a speech that says there is common ground for us to stand on.
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