Nation of CowardsIn a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title, Attorney General Eric Holder argued forcefully that Americans today need to talk morenot lessabout racism. This appeal for candid talk about race exposes the paradox of Barack Obama's historic rise to the US presidency and the ever increasing social and economic instability of African American communities. David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley maintain that such a conversation can take place