Jacobs: What’s the matter with Minnesota?
We’ve got to move away from the complacent self-satisfaction that hides the reality and fuels the division that threatens all of us, not Minnesotans only, not Midwesterners only, but all Americans together.
Written By:
Mike Jacobs |
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Mike Jacobs, Grand Forks Herald columnist.
GRAND FORKS — Here’s the headline that confronted me on Sunday morning, when I opened my computer screen and clicked the icon for The New York Times:
“Minnesota is one of the best places in America to live. Unless you’re Black.”
The accompanying article, an opinion piece, provided perspective on some vexing questions, “How can this be happening? What’s the matter with Minnesota?”