Racism

In 1967 at Stanford University, Dr. King delivered a speech entitled The Other America. With characteristic eloquence he described the very different economic, social and political conditions under which black and white Americans lived. Much has changed since Dr. King’s speech. But if you could ask Ahmaud Arbery or George Floyd if things have changed enough, and if they could answer, they would tell you that we still live in two Americas. In my America, I can wander into a house under construction and look around, or jog down a street, or roam a city park and no one is … Read more…