Overcome ignorance
Apparently I was quite wrong when I stated in my first post-election column that I would have to find something else to write about besides the election. Despite the fact that Barack Obama’s presidency represents history-making progress in America’s race relations and the status of minorities in this country, the after-effects of the election have also re-emphasized some ugly realities about how far America has to go. The authorities have said Obama has received more death threats than any other president-elect in our nation’s history. Though the Secret Service says it investigated or is investigating many types of these threats and that not all are racially motivated, you would have to be living under a rock not to notice the racial overtones in certain incidents across the country during and after the election.
