Who's a Coward? Save your Babies.

Eric Holder, our newly appointed Attorney General, made a controversial statement in a speech yesterday. He said " in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." I read the whole text of his speech because I didn't want to make any judgment based on a news clip. Eric said "Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race. It is an issue we have never been at ease with,... And yet, if we are to make progress in this area we must feel comfortable enough with one another, and tolerant enough of each other, to have frank conversations about the racial matters that continue to divide us. We have done a pretty good job in melding the races in the workplace. We work with one another, lunch together and, when the event is at the workplace during work hours or shortly thereafter, we socialize with one another fairly well, irrespective of race. And yet even this interaction operates within certain limitations. We know, by "American instinct" and by learned behavior, that certain subjects are off limits and that to explore them risks, at best embarrassment, and, at worst, the questioning of one’s character. And outside the workplace the situation is even more bleak in that there is almost no significant interaction between us. On Saturdays and Sundays America in the year 2009 does not, in some ways, differ significantly from the country that existed some 50 years ago."

He used the rest of his speech to build a case for, what I took to be, a need for a National Black History Education Program. As he put it, "Black history is a subject worthy of study by all our nation's people."

Isn't this just another "We are the victims" speech? This is exactly what we need to get past! Stop telling black people the cards are stacked against them, they can't win, they won't make it, America hasn't arrived yet, we don't want them to succeed! STOP!!

Look at every other ethnic class in the United States, there are many. The social interactions between each other is pretty much the same. You're right Eric, we get together very well in the work place and sometimes those friendships extend beyond our work. What's wrong with that? Why are you saying we don't socialize outside of the workplace enough with the black race? It's time to put the race card away and get to work.

Why couldn't you focus on the number one killer of African Americans, ABORTION. As President Obama wages war against life in the womb, do you care that for every 1000 black women, 50 have abortions? Do Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Charles Rangel care? And what happens when someone tries to reach out to these women in love and offer them an alternative? The Reverend Walter Hoye, a black pastor, will be sentenced today, which could amount to two years in prison and $4,000 in fines, for standing outside an inner city abortion clinic holding a sign and offering pro-life literature. This story is an amazing travesty of justice. And you, Mr. Holder, will stand by and do nothing!

Who is a Coward?

Watch this video as Clinic escorts block Rev. Hoye's sign with blank signs to prevent women from seeing his message: 'God loves you and your baby. Let us help.'