Eric Holder actually said...

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been and we -- I believe continue to be in too many ways essentially a 'nation of cowards.'

Context

Eric Holder discusses the uncomfortable nature of racial issues in America, suggesting that the country avoids confronting these matters.

02/17/2009

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