He withdrew briefly from the spotlight. Forgiveness isn't the problem here. It gets pretty old. Jesse Jackson conceding to those who understand things differently from himself is a sight you don't much see. Expelling black high school students for fighting at a football game is racist.
Republicans conspire to steal votes in Florida and go on repressing blacks.
John Ashcroft's inattention to the Jackson agenda for race relations renders him unfit to be attorney general. Speaking a redemptive word about the Confederacy isn't possible for decent folk. It turns out that racial righteousness in America may be defined as total agreement with Jesse Jackson. Now, the First Amendment protects the right to say improbable, even demonstrably false, things. Jesse's race and verbal agility have been, up to now, his shield and buckler.