Colin Powell talks about being profiled while he was National Security Adviser

this is a something I also posted in GD.

Like or dislike Colin Powell, and I am no fan..

he was profiled while he was national security adviser in the Reagan administration, which shows that no office is too high. At the end of the day, he is still black and subject to being profiled.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/powell.palin/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

he could have really made a difference but all of that is now water under the bridge with so many lives lost, Gitmo and the destruction of a sovereign country. If Mr. Powell is so remorseful, he should speak up against the Bush administration.

No doubt he was racially profiled even though he held a high office. Racial profiling did not end when President Obama was elected.

The Gates fiasco is just the tip of the iceberg and no doubt, it will continue. Who on earth would deem it right to handcuff a person who obviously needs a cane to walk and after showing his ID that he is the home owner. President Obama has a lot of guts to invite Crowley for a beer at the White House along with Professor Gates. Let's see how this pans out.

Am more concerned with health care in the US but the President is matured enough to know how to diffuse this wrongful arrest.

I'm not sure how close in age he is to Gates, but 50 years ago, the main point was to stay ALIVE and avoid being hauled off by the KKK. I finally saw the video of Powell saying it and he did try to be even handed. I don't agree with Powell but I'm glad he at least acknowledged that he himself had been profiled before.