Why Is The Peace Movement So White?
By Keith Boykin 

The thought hit me at church on Sunday as I pulled up in a cab to the North Presbyterian Church on 155th Street in Harlem. As I paid the driver and stepped out of the cab, I noticed a small crowd of liberal protesters carrying signs and banners against the war. That was no surprise. After all, I had come to this church for a town hall meeting on the Iraq War. The featured guest and speaker at the town hall session was Harlem’s own Congressman Charlie Rangel.

What surprised me was not the demonstrators outside. Instead I was surprised that all of them were white. I was surprised but I was not shocked. I had seen white liberals gathering at other events in the black community many times before. And anyone who has ever attended church in Harlem has seen the throngs of white tourists who flock to the popular churches to sit in the balconies and absorb a part of black culture. So the group outside was not a shock. But when I walked inside the church I got the shock of my life. Almost everyone inside the church was white.

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