On Wednesday, the Attorney General Eric Holder called the United States a nation of cowards in a speech to the Justice Department.  In the speech he said, "we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race."

Now, I ask you, are we a nation of cowards?  Or are we a nation that has been cowed by political correctness?  Mr. Holder is correct, we do not talk enough with each other about race.  That is because we are taught that if we say anything that may be construed as racist or offensive at work we could lose our job.  And if we are at a company function, or with company employees in a non-company function, and say anything that could be construed as racist or offensive, we could lose our job.

There have been many instances where people have had their careers ruined because they made a racial comment.  Sometimes those comments were offensive, and racist.  Sometimes those comments were more on the line of what Mr. Holder wants us to talk about.  But the person still gets rail roaded because someone else has a political axe to grind.  It is because of political correctness, and racist witch hunts conducted by minority pressure groups that have kept race relations in this country at a stalemate.  And it is the Democratic party that is the champion of political correctness and racial censorship.

Everyone knows that a person who is a minority can spout out all the racist and offensive language they want with almost complete impunity, while white people have to watch every word, and action they do least someone becomes offended.  As I write this article, I can't help but wonder what kind of attacks I am opening myself up to for pointing out what everyone knows.

So Mr. Holder and President Obama, if you want to have a better dialog on racial issues, well that is a two way street.  You have to be willing to call off the political correctness dogs, you have to be willing to listen to the grievances of white people, and you have to be willing to take your lumps too.  If you continue to punish white people for speaking their mind then they are not going to willingly talk to you about race relations.

 - Thomas Paine 2