America certainly needs a discussion about race relations.  But do we need the Congressional Black Caucus to be our teachers? It's clear that the black Americans who serve in Congress on the Democratic side are not interested in a conversation about race – unless it's conducted using their assumptions, and with white Americans agreeing with and acknowledging their grievances.  This is not a conversation.  This is a lecture – the same lecture we've been getting for decades from blacks willing to excuse all manner of thuggery and brutality from members of their race while refusing to acknowledge the cultural failings that have destroyed the black family. And what's a "conversation" about race these days without suggesting that reparations for slavery are in order? National Journal: Late Monday night, after the House took its final votes, members of the Congressional Black Caucus took the floor to speak for about one hour...(Read Full Post)