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A provocative piece from 'The Root' about why Obama's speech may have been too little, too late. It has less to do with Obama, though, than how Americans fail to connect present sentiments (in this case, about racism) to their historical roots.
Quoted: Even though he strongly and correctly argued that today's racial disadvantage is based on the white supremacy of the past, we know that many, many whites do not connect the black situation today to either the injustices of the past or the present.
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