Shikha Dalmia on Why Obama is Leading from Behind on Racial Justice

Barack Obama’s presidency was supposed to usher
an era of post-racial healing in America. But the racial unrest
following the shooting of Michael Brown shows that, if anything,
the opposite has happened.

The police officer may have been justified in shooting Brown, an
unarmed teenager, six times at close range, notes Reason Foundation
Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia—or maybe he wasn’t. But communities
can overlook an unjustified killing if it isn’t reflective of a
larger trend—just as they can overreact to a justified killing if
it is.

And there is certainly a trend of black targeting both in
Ferguson and America. Yet President Obama could muster nothing but
the most anodyne statements, showing that the cause of racial
justice might need someone other than a mealy mouthed, black
Democrat who is sweet on Big Government.

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