Horace Miskel

Just when many Americans believed that Barack Obama’s success in the Democratic primary was a sign that racial divisions were mending, racism has reappeared and threatens to curtail the progress that has been made Lyndon LaRouche recently compared Obama, one of the most successful Blacks in politics, to a monkey and referred to his mother as a race-mixing slut, comparing her to Margaret Mead, a woman who had various husbands of various ethnic backgrounds

Innocent until proven guilty, that statement has become synonymous within the court of law but it is sometimes nonexistent in the court of public opinion Countless men face rape charges every year and consequently endure crucifixion in the media and in the public despite the lack of evidence and sufficient facts

When it finally seemed as if Barack Obama had regained momentum, after losing primaries in Ohio and Texas, critics played a card that is still polarizing today, and ultimately threatening his goal of bringing all Americans together in a turbulent era In the 2008 election campaign, Obama has distanced himself from his rivals, not by solely focusing on the hot-button issues that have divided Americans in the past, such as 4,000 lives lost in the Iraq War or the imminent economic recession

Do you remember where you were when Doug Williams destroyed the John Elway-led Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII in 1988 Where were you when John Thompson led the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team to the national championship in 1984