Obama Is To The Tea Party As

As Skills And Energy Became More Of A Demand, People Who Didn't Have Skills Just Got Left Behind, Got Shuttled To The Side. Education Didn't Keep Up With Their Promise. Education Didn't Prepare Them For This New World. Jobs Went Overseas.

If Your Bible Tells You That Gay People Ought Not Be Married In Your Church, Don't Tell Them They Can't Be Married At City Hall. Marriage Is A Civil Rite As Well A Civil Right, And We Can't Let Religious Bigotry Close The Door To Justice To Anyone.

As Legal Slavery Passed, We Entered Into A Permanent Period Of Unemployment And Underemployment From Which We Have Yet To Emerge.

I Don't Think Of Myself As A Negro. I'm A Southerner. I Just Like The Southern Way Of Life.

I Now Teach At American University And The University Of Virginia