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The Offing of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Bunche
Stanford U. demonstration, 1980s During the presidential campaign of 2008, I wrote an essay for History News Network http://hnn.us/articles/48809.html. I am posting the unedited version, which is also...
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Black Jesus poster A spirited discussion broke out on my Facebook page over a recent article in the New York Times characterizing Thomas Jefferson as a “monster.” (http://tinyurl.com/d6cnc3o.) During...
View ArticleGroupiness, group-think, and “race”
The close attention that the media are giving to the George Zimmerman trial in Florida is being justified by reporters because the verdict may trigger civil unrest in the form of “race riots.” Thus it...
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