Quote of the Day

Shelby Steele, writing in The Wall Street Journal about the GOP's problems connecting with minorities:

American minorities of color -- especially blacks -- are often born into grievance-focused identities. Today the feeling of being aggrieved by American bigotry is far more a matter of identity than of actual aggrievement.

This article is very interesting and worth your time as you try to understand identity group politics in the U.S.