Race and Politics

What will it take for race, racism, and race relations to become as much a part of the issues to discuss as healthcare, housing, and employment?

One can hardly consider themselves current with anything going on in this country, or their own communities, if they are unaware or oblivious to the incidents that occur all too often that are at a minimum insensitive, a show of ignorance, lack of concern, or downright racist or bigoted.

I can hardly consult any news outlet today, without confronting several reports of some racist or race-related incident.

With the 2012 Presidential Election in full campaign mode, the central theme among candidates is jobs, and what and how the next president should get more Americans back to work — what should be done to get the economy healthy again.

What about the perennial issue of how government functions, period?