HOUSTON – Professor Luis Salinas, Ph.D. is a sociology lecturer at the University of Houston and Houston Community College. He is a guest on this week’s Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall and takes on the tough conversation about Race relations in America. Recent polls show that most people think Race relations are worse than they have been in generations. Dr. Salinas says some of that has to do with inability to have the appropriate conversations and some has to do with tough financial times. “When people are doing what they’re supposed to be doing in society and things are not quite working out for them where they’re still struggling to stay afloat, it’s too easy to start blaming someone else,” he said. “I’m doing what I’m supposed to do. I’m not getting what I’m supposed to get so it’s got to be somebody else’s fault.“ Dr. Salinas takes on several aspects of the Racial divide including why there is not more dialogue about this very pressing issue. “Somehow talking about race became labeled as you’re a racist if you talk about race,” he said. “No you’re a racist if you think that one race is better than another is when you’re a racist“.
***MUCH MORE HERE IN THIS NEWSMAKERS EXTRA ON THE RACIAL DIVIDE IN AMERICA***
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