Why the focus on white/black racism?
Most manifestations of prejudice and racism affect not only African-Americans but Native Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos, and other “people of color.” These minorities, too, experience discrimination in housing, education, and employment. They, too, are subjected daily to humiliation or worse. Still, by the time you’ve finished this book, I hope you will understand why: • Christopher Edley, Jr., says that: “The black-white tension is the heart, the principal generator of the minority-rights controversy in national policy argument and in most areas of the country.” • Patricia Williams wonders: “How can it be that so many well-meaning white people have never thought about race when so few blacks pass a single day without being reminded of it?” • Andrew Young needs to point out that: “Most White Americans don’t even know the history of slavery and the long continuing struggle of blacks to overcome it.” • Martin Luther King, Jr., tells how: “Instinctively we struck out for dignity firs
