Rangel: ‘We Have a Problem of Racism in This Country’
“We first have to admit as a country, as a great country, that we have a problem of racism in this country. That’s the long term problem ... A whole lot of white kids are saying, it's black kids today could be me tomorrow. We’re talking now about freedom of expression, but this is not only a constitutional right. We’re talking about a moral right to live in a country without fear of being unfairly attacked, whether people are in uniform or not. So really what I don’t understand is why the spiritual community -- we heard their voices there in the civil rights movement, and why all the silence now not to indict policemen ... It's wrong in a country to look at somebody and have a dual standard in how they’re treated because of their language, their accent, or their color. This is morally wrong. The rules we make should come from that.”