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IS RACIAL BIGOTRY AND WHITE SUPREMACY A THING OF THE PAST?

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THE DEADWILEY TRUTH OP-ED COLUMN By Eric M. Deadwiley   IS RACIAL BIGOTRY AND WHITE SUPREMACY A THING OF THE PAST?   45 th Governor of Alabama, George C.   Wallace Jr.   Today in American society, we all live in a different social climate than that of our Fathers, Mothers and Grandparents. We have a Black President for the first time in the history of this great nation. We have more political representation than at any point in the history of America. Blacks now hold more positions in Federal, State, City and local governments than in previous generations. In fact, I don’t believe that anyone could say–with a straight face that things have not changed considerably since the days of slavery and Jim Crow in America. This is why a firestorm of criticism is being launched at our esteemed elder, scholar, activist, intellectual and civil rights icon, Harry Belafonte, for the statements he made in a Harlem Church alo