Quote of the Day

So little understanding exists between black and white America.  On the face of it we are at best civil with each other, but all too often this civility masks unresolved resentments and hatreds.  African Americans are repeatedly asked to reveal proof of the realities of racism to skeptical white people.  They reluctantly explain the countless incidents of discrimination, and even assaults directed at them and those they love.  Some cite the election of President Barack Obama as evidence that racism has ended.  More often than not, the response of the questioner is denial and disbelief, while the black person, having reopened wounds, is left frustrated and reinjured.

-- Joy DeGruy, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, p. 16