Monstro Must Not Be Allowed To Swallow America

“As long as people remain ignorant, and hand that ignorance down to their children, I fear there shall never be a national change of heart within my lifetime.”

This opening quote is the closing sentence of my previous column.

I figured picking up where I left off last week, the second consecutive entry addressing the insidious racial divide which threatens to swallow America like Monstro devoured Pinocchio, would be apropos.

Most painfully apropos.

Because the debate has now risen to a level of toxicity that undermines the very fabric of democracy.

I admit that calling it a “debate” is somewhat overly tactful; mob rule has never been a byproduct of debate, and vice versa.

For at least two generations Congressional Republicans have made it their mission, abetted from the Executive by Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Bush, to minimize educational opportunities for the less fortunate