Although, systematic discrimination against blacks has been eradicated, from a socio-economic perspective, they have been left far behind...Will President Obama be able to handle and address the fundamental issues facing the black community in the U.S.?
The rest of the civilized world hopes that this will be the beginning of the end of this kind of dirty war, which has only degraded those who promote and support it.
President Obama´s announcement arrived too late for the Democrats and too late for all the families who have been affected, but it is at least a step on the road to recognizing the rights of millions of people.
[T]here is is clearly no risk that one will suffer amnesia if statues are removed, no risk of erasing the collective memory of swaths of history integral to a people’s identity.
Americans love to mock French people, but France is in pretty good shape: high-speed trains, a healthcare system which is among the world’s best, healthy food, an enviable lifestyle, veneration for culture, leisure and education that the United States has never known.