The great problem with this whole Latino/Black divide story, is the undergirding idea that “the divide” even comes close to approaching the cluster-bomb of racist terrorism, government-sponsored wealth destruction, systemic discrimination which was visited on blacks in the 20th century. For nearly half that century, blacks in the South—on pain of death—were essentially forbidden from voting. Its amazingly self-serving to suggest that that evil even approaches anything that’s happened between blacks and Latinos in this country. It also conveniently allays American discomfort, with an ugly, shameful past that we’d love to see go away.
— Especially The Blacks And The Latinos - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Short URL for this post: http://tmblr.co/Zq-Yay6rSUt
