Your either part of the solution or part of the problem

Race relations. "To delve into the thicket that is the question of race relations in America is always a dangerous undertaking. It’s a loaded topic that cuts to the core of who a person is and how he perceives he fits in American society - or doesn’t."

Race relations is beginning to be a topic of discussion in Canada. "There is this idea that racism is a U.S. problem. That it doesn't happen here. It does. We are just more polite about it," explains Darren Lund, an education professor at the University of Calgary."

This article is calling out an op-ed article from the LA Times, which they claim contradictory. "One of the problems with the way racism is discussed in this country is that saying that it's still a problem sounds reactionary, and saying that it isn't still a problem sounds naive. The Los Angeles Times has found a novel solution to this conundrum: Publish an op-ed that makes both claims at the same time, wrap it all up in a few meaningless platitudes, and call it a day."

This article is about a Jazz club in Oakland California which put out a "a 10th anniversary CD with no African American musicians." "Jazz is the great cultural achievement of America where blacks took a leading role as creators and practitioners, and where blacks and whites and eventually Asians, Latinos, and well, everyone, performed and listened in harmony (literally and figuratively). That era ended yesterday, thanks to the forward-thinking "progressives" of the San Francisco Bay Area. Race is now more important than music, according to authoritative local commentators and practitioners."

Here is the article from the SF Chronicle referenced in the above article. Despite the CD, "Williams said race and ethnicity are "things that I just never think about when I'm booking the club. It always comes out that we have a great mix. I'm very comfortable with what we've done.""

Every day for the next few days I'm going to put up another part of several part series of Jordan Maxwell's called "Who Controls the World?" Here is part four.