Race relations are bad and will only get better when we deal with issues based on history grounded in truth, not myth.
Most people agree on one important point regarding race in America, and that is relations are bad. We can make the situation better, but to do that we’d have to share a common and accurate understanding of where we are and how we got here.
A New York Times/CBS poll published last week showed a huge increase over the past year in the percentage (now 60 percent) of Americans who say race relations are bad.