NR West: West Coast Observer: 24-Hour Balkanizing

24-Hour Balkanizing

THE worst thing about the Simpson trial is not the outrageous verdict, but the furor in its aftermath. Captured on TV screens around the world was the jubilant reaction by blacks in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Most white Americans, in contrast, have exhibited horror and dismay. As Marshall Wittman wrote, “what we are seeing now is thirty years of moving from a colorblind society to a balkanized society.”

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Scot J. Zentner

24-Hour Balkanizing

THE worst thing about the Simpson trial is not the outrageous verdict, but the furor in its aftermath. Captured on TV screens around the world was the jubilant reaction by blacks in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Most white Americans, in contrast, have exhibited horror and dismay. As Marshall Wittman wrote, “what we are seeing now is thirty years of moving from a colorblind society to a balkanized society.”