[The Urban Sombrero]

What did you think about Obama's speech?

I thought President Obama was attempting to strike a balance: our nation has made so much progress in racial justice and attitudes that to suggest otherwise is nonsense; however, to deny that issues of race are still not all around us, and within us, is also to deny reality. He made it clear that the Dallas shooter exists as the lunatic fringe element, an element that threatens to push us all toward distrust and anger and fear. All in all, I thought it was a courageous speech, though a difficult one. The first part of it did a moving job of giving tribute to the officers, and appreciation of the work of police officers was throughout.