A Black man's perspective

Here's an interesting view, from Harvard professor Cornel West. He's
recorded a CD, and says, in the Denver Post..."The experience of feeling
unsafe, unprotected, subject to random violence and hatred is new to
most Americans. But for black people between 1619 and about 1965, that's
what it meant to be (black)....We can gain great insight from a blues
people. Especially now, as a whole country has the blues." Of course, he
didn't mention the Native Americans, who not only have suffered
enormously, but have had their whole country occupied by a foreign
culture for the last few hundred years (which BTW, is still a living
issue, not a remnant of the past. It's also something that not a lot of
folks seem to talk about...but, I believe it's an enormously important
concern). If the recent horrid events get folks to thinking about such
profound and serious issues, there may indeed be hope for the future.
For, if nations (and surely not just the US) can honestly look at their
past mistakes, and vow to never commit them again, I believe that peace
between the myriad cultures of the world is attainable...Hstick