[INDENT][INDENT]Holder: US is nation of cowards on racial matters

By DEVLIN BARRETT – 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says the United States is a nation of cowards on matters of race.

In a speech Wednesday to Justice Department employees marking black history month, Holder said that many racial issues remain unresolved and average Americans "simply do not talk enough with each other about race."

[highlight]The nation's first black attorney general, Holder said the American workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.[/highlight]

He urged people of all races to use Black History Month as a chance for frank talk about racial matters.

Holder argued that people who work at the Justice Department have a special responsibility to advance racial understanding.

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