Pajamas Media. “I find myself uncomfortable even discussing the subject, because for most of my life I was a liberal Democrat — I was on the front lines of the original civil rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s as a protester on the streets and as a federal civil rights official. I was present in the deep South to expose and dismantle the vast machinery of violent racial discrimination which was truly a stain on our national honor. . . What outrages me is that despite our country’s wonderful successes, too many seek to gain and hold power by cynically perpetuating and exploiting racial grievances. These racial racketeers seek to convince minority members that nothing will help them improve their lives unless they buy into the myth of racial helplessness and continuing victimhood. Those leading this destructive scam are both blacks and whites in positions of power, including — to my astonishment — lawyers in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division who once were involved with me in securing the destruction of racial segregation.”
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