The comments from Senator Clinton have pushed race to the forefront of the election, an issue that (surprisingly) hasn't gotten that much attention until recently. Many have jumped at the chance to use her comments to brand the senator, who has spen much of her career closely aligned with the African American community a closet racist.
I'm Black and I don't find Clinton's remarks racist or offensive at all (unlike Biden's "Articulate and Clean" remark). I don't agree with her though. I've always thought that LBJ doesn't get nearly enough credit for his role in the Civil Rights Movement...he was far more pro-active than JFK. That said, it was King and the countless unnamed Blacks who brought about TRUE change. It was the sit-ins, the marches, the boycotts, the four little girls bombed while in church...it took their sacrifices to bring attention to what was going on, to make people care about what was going on. The government's laws paled in comparison to the unwritten Jim Crow laws that were enforced.
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