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Race and racism: barriers and bridges – Source: DAILY KOS

Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on September 18, 2011

The United States is a country symbolically founded on the ideas of liberty and justice for all. Yet it is also founded on the practice of ethnocide of Native Americans, the enslavement of African peoples and their descendents, the removal of Spanish speaking citizens and a harsh and unjust policy to Asians—including exclusion acts.

And so hand-in-hand with its ideals inscribed in the Constitution and other documents, racism is deeply etched in both our roots and current conditions. One nation, divided by racism, with liberty for some, and injustice for many. (Read more)

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Posted in Barriers, Bridges, Daily Kos, Denise Oliver Velez Daily Kos, President Barack Obama, Race, Race and racism: barriers and bridges, Racism | Leave a Comment »

 
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