In the past, especially in the United States, there have been moments when hell has broken loose due to racial inequality. In Race Matters, Cornel West particularly refers to the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and states that although on the surface it seemed like a racial riot, other factors such as unemployment and political unrest contributed to fueling the fire also. As always, both the liberals and the conservatives had differing views of the situation: …showed first 75 words of 719 total…

…showed last 75 words of 719 total…leader and the followers. The biggest problem today is that we lack followers because simple values like trust and platonic love don't seem to exist anymore. There are many things for us to do, but as West (1993) states, we can start by trying to learn this new language of "empathy and compassion" (p. 14), which will be the ultimate representation of our human values. Bibliography: West, Cornell (1993). Race Matters. Introduction. (pp. 3-14) New York: Vintage Books.