When people ask why we can’t have a “conversation on race,” or wonder why Barack Obama generally avoids any discussion of white racism, they really should remember the country he governs. Whatever my critique of Obama’s rhetoric to black audience, the dilemma seems fairly clear to me.

We can talk about Skip Gates wrongful arrest. Or we can pass health-care. We can not do both.

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