MSNBC Panelist: Blacks ‘Have Been Dragging America to the Right Side of History Since We Got Here’

RUSH EXCERPT:

PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM: “We know that the massacre that happened on black Wall Street is not taught to school children all around the country or even many school children in the state of Oklahoma, even though it happened right in their backyard. We know that the recompense that needs to be paid to families, and descendants of survivors of that massacre, is still being delayed, and so there are so many rules, and culture pieces that need to be changed here, and you know, joy, it is interesting, people keep asking me if I’m surprised by the sea change we’re seeing in public opinion, around issues of race and racism. And my answer is always, have you met black people? We have been dragging America to the right side of history since we got here. We have been setting the moral bar when it was below the floor, as it is right now. Over and over and over again. America continues to be saved. And it is democracy continues to be saved by the black inhab tants of this country and the world. And this moment is absolutely no different.”