More on Colin and Condi
The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal’s Best of the Web today put forth the opinion that the liberal angst over Condoleeza Rice becoming Secretary of State is actually a sign that race relations are improving in America.
The charge of racism carries a certain sting because America has a long history of real racism. But the progress the country has made on race, especially over the past 40 years, has been nothing short of stunning. Here we have a president whose detractors describe him as a “radical conservative” appointing a black woman to replace a black man as the most senior member of his cabinet.
Even the liberals who attack Rice on racial grounds don’t have anything against black people in positions of power per se. They’re just desperately upset because those on their side of the political fence no longer have a monopoly on the belief in racial equality. They’re lashing out in an ugly way because they’ve lost the moral high ground.
It’s good for the country that no one occupies that high ground anymore–or, more precisely, that virtually everyone does. Secretary of State Rice will stand as an example of the greatness of America, a country where, after much struggle, people are judged not on the color of their skin but on the content of their character. We’re confident that one day even liberals will appreciate this.
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