American History X

There has been a lot of talk about race recently with Barack Obama’s speech on March 18. In his speech Obama kind of hints at a national conversation about race. There is a certain dichotomy that exists in our country. On one hand we embrace equality on the nation level, but on the personal level racism rages on. Simply because we denounce racism on the national level doesn’t mean we as a nation can divorce our self from those who are racist or simply afford ignore them because they are part of are country.
Although, I totally agree with Obama I’m not sure how this racist drift can be resolved. It’s such a personal issue, I’m not sure what the government can do to help unify us as a nation. It seems like any governmental program that tries to close the racial divide just stirs more racial unrest.
If you’ve never seen American History X I would recommend watching it. It kind of highlights the kind of racial dichotomy that exists in our country.
Anyway, here is a link to Obama’s speech.

Charles Gresko-McTiernan