Half a century ago, this country approached a crossroads- a decision was to be made nationally, whether to continue legal apartheid, or complete the job of emancipation begun under our greatest President, Republican Abraham Lincoln. Our country has now reached a second major crossroads. We must decide whether or not to become a responsible member of global society, or intensify the emergent Know-Nothingism and neo-Fascism implicit in the program of the extreme right.
In the spring of 2007, I began a series of National Public Radio commentaries focused on the Obama campaign. This Zellner Blog will address current issues of racial and social justice by occasionally reprinting these commentaries written early in the Obama administration, as well as releasing new commentaries on the current situation. I will be focusing on contrasting the hopes and dreams of the early Obama phenomenon, with the progress and setbacks facing us today.
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