Something to Know - 30 November

Here are two op-ed pieces from the NY Times.  Hope that you are able to get both links.   One is kind of pessimistic and hard to figure out (Douthat), and the other (Kristof) charts a suggested way forward.  Both regard race relations after Ferguson.  Give each one a read and figure it out for yourself.  I know one thing for sure, and it's that the Robert's wing of the Supreme Court had it all wrong in figuring that things were better:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/opinion/sunday/ross-douthat-the-retreat-to-identity.html?emc=eta1

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-when-whites-just-dont-get-it-part-5.html?emc=eta1

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Juan
 

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