FLOTSAM & JETSAM: Leading the majority: how minorities change America

Monday, July 29, 2013

Leading the majority: how minorities change America

Sam Smith - Why should some of the weakest among us – like ethnic minorities – be expected to produce change? In part because they are actually stronger in some important ways. They know the real stories and have lived the facts. And while the depth of their pain may be greater than that of many whites there is no acceptable level of such pain. They have been less corrupted by power. They have relied on moral faith more than immoral convenience. Their dreams are better than the greed of those who suppress them. And all of this can be shared by anyone of any shade who still cares.

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