You know, it's very interesting to compare an article about the UN Commission on Human Rights report on racism in the US with the actual press release from the UN about the report itself.
Looking at the press release ... I keep getting the impression that the UN doesn't understand the way the US is organized. That they keep assuming a nationalized police force, which we don't have. That the national government has more influence on training than they actually do. That the national government can absolutely dictate, which it can't.
All that said, it doesn't seem quite as negative as the article would imply -- not quite -- but it's not what you'd call a ringing endorsement of the US, either.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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