"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did." — Nicholas Kristof on Thursday, December 4th, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show" By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, December 11th, 2014 at 5:10 p.m. A South African army patrols Port Elizabeth in 1985 during apartheid. (UN Photo) The primary debate over race in this country seems to be whether the country needs to have a debate at all. Polls show white and black Americans have markedly different views of where the problems lie. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has written a series of articles called "When whites just don’t get it." Kristof applauded the progress in race … [Read more...]