Goldstein writes: "Former President Jimmy Carter, who has long put religion and racial reconciliation at the center of his life, is on a mission to heal a racial divide among Baptists and help the country soothe rifts that he believes are getting worse."
Jimmy Carter. (photo: Action Press/Rex)
28 May 16
ormer President Jimmy Carter, who has long put religion and racial reconciliation at the center of his life, is on a mission to heal a racial divide among Baptists and help the country soothe rifts that he believes are getting worse.
In an interview on Monday, Mr. Carter spoke of a resurgence of open racism, saying, �I don�t feel good, except for one thing: I think the country has been reawakened the last two or three years to the fact that we haven�t resolved the race issue adequately.�
He said that Republican animosity toward President Obama had �a heavy racial overtone� and that Donald J. Trump�s surprisingly successful campaign for president had �tapped a waiting reservoir there of inherent racism.�
