The Honeymoon Is Over: Withdrawal from Conference on Racism Surprises Many

The Obama administration has decided not to attend the second international conference on racism in April. Many organizers and activists are disappointed, to say the least. The marriage may not be over, says Kimberle Crenshaw, but the honeymoon certainly is. 

Rev. Patricia Watkins, Executive Director of Target Area Awakening the Spirit of Leadership, Rami Nashashibi, Executive Director of the Inner City Muslim Network, Marcy Westerling, Executive Director of the Rural Organizing Project, and Kimberle W. Crenshaw, Professor of Law at UCLA and the founder of the African-American Policy Forum discuss what the decision says about the administration’s commitment to issues of race and discrimination throughout the world.