John Hardly - "Have you been enslaved and not allowed to leave your home? Have you had your family ripped from you? Have you been denied a vote? Have you had a cross burned in your front yard? Have you been denied a job because of the color of your skin? Ridden in the back of a bus? Drank from a different water fountain? Sat in the back of a theatre? Had to eat in a different restaurant?"

Most of the above is history thanks to the will of the American people. I doubt if its a qualification for martyrdom today. I am not denying that discrimination exists. I do think that Bobert is saying that the psychological warfare being used today does not discriminate on the basis of colour.

Having said that, I don't think Bobert's reality is anything close to the reality of being a woman of colour. I do understand what he means when he feels that the present administration de-humanizes anyone who does not follow the 'party line'.