The white community sees the reaction of the black community and thinks it is too strong, too violent, and too much. But we in the black community feel we have been oppressed too long and that the changes boasted are, in reality, a far cry from the rhetoric and the legislation. So, of course, we tend to react strongly. Both sides are yelling too loudly to listen to one another. We have accommodated the racism and the segregation in society for so long that we have lost our ability to hear or understand one another.
