Barack Obama held himself out of the debate for a long time. Now, the first black U.S. President speaks out clearly: The country has a race problem. The protests do not calm down.
Following recent events, the president called a conference to deal with the issue of institutional racism. He may have dropped his hesitant attitude, but some still think he’s not doing enough.
Attorney General Eric Holder has called the U.S. “a nation of cowards.” As attorney general, he fought against racism. Now he is resigning — and Obama has to choose a successor for a man whom black America trusts.