BY FROMA HARROP In covering the violence engulfing Ferguson, MO, media routinely cite the following numbers to explain the frustration of the minority community there: Ferguson’s population is two-thirds African-American, yet the mayor, five of the six City Council members and nearly the entire police force are white. But there are other numbers. In the municipal election held last year, 52% of the voters were white – in a city, to repeat, that is 67% […]
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