AN AMERICAN DILEMMA

By Stephen Balkaran

Good things dont come to those who wait; good

things come to those who agitate.
A G I T A T E , A G I T A T E , A G I T A T E,
Stephen Balkaran.
-Mr. Julian Bond, Civil Rights Activist.
President of the NAACP

America is at her best when she serves the least

of us, offers her best to not just some of us and
holds hope for a future for all of us.
Keep up the good work Stephen.
-Peggy Wallace Kennedy, Civil Rights Activist,
Daughter of Segregationist and late Governor
of Alabama: George C. Wallace

-Rev. Billy Kyles, Civil Rights

Activist, and witness to the
assassination of Dr. Martin L. King
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By Stephen Balkaran

Dont stop what you are doing until you

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The Continuing Significance of Race: An American Dilemma

The Continuing Significance of Race:

The Continuing
Significance of Race:
AN AMERICAN DILEMMA

By Stephen Balkaran

The Continuing Significance

American Dilemma

of

Race:

An

The history of America has been closely pegged

with racism and discrimination against African
Americans, its an issue the founding fathers
struggled to address in the early stage of the great
nation and as a result it has continued to haunt our
society during slavery, Jim Crows segregation, and
modern day legalized and systematic racism. Since
the inception of America, the house of democracy
has been plagued with cracks of racism and
discrimination against African Americans, women
and other minority groups. During the last 300 years
we have made little attempts to fix these cracks and
as a result, we have struggled with defective a
foundation. Yet in the 21st century there are still
many facets of oppression that exits and are
prevalent in American society. Thus, here lies the
problem of why race still matters in America.

Stephen Balkaran, African American Studies

Instructor. Quinnipiac University.