> For more than a century, the people of the United States have been locked in a game of cat and mouse with the forces of separation and segregation. Forces? W

> For more than a century, the people of the United States have been locked in a game of cat and mouse with the forces of separation and segregation. Forces? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the government of the United States has been in a game of cat and mouse with the people desiring separation? Calling them 'forces' is dehumanization.