one month later, Attorney General Chided for Language on Race (nation of cowards)

WASHINGTON — President Obama has chided his attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., for describing America as a “nation of cowards” when discussing race, wading into a tumult that flared over Mr. Holder’s indictment of the way this country talks about ethnicity.

. . . [Holder’s] remarks ignited protest, particularly from conservatives. One post, by Stephan Tawney on the American Pundit blog, said that “our attorney general is black, both major parties are led by black men, the president is black.”

“And yet,” Mr. Tawney wrote, “we’re apparently a ‘nation of cowards’ on race.”

Mr. Obama was asked whether he agreed with Mr. Holder. He hesitated for five seconds before responding.

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