FORTHCOMING ARTICLE: "RACIAL EXHAUSTION"

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AbstractRacial ExhaustionProfessor Darren Lenard HutchsonWashington University Law Review (vol. 86, 2008) Contemporary political and legal discourse on questions of race unveils a tremendous perceptual gap among persons of color and whites. Opinion polls consistently demonstrate that persons of color commonly view race and racial discrimination as important factors shaping their opportunities for economic and social advancement. Whites, on the other hand, often discount race as a pertinent... Read Full Story
Sinister Minister? Race, Wright and Obama
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Many liberal pundits have begun to analyze the racial issues involved in Wright-Gate. Frank Rich of the N.Y. Times has a very extensive analysis that represents the general racial critique among mainstream liberals. Here's my take...... _______________ Rich, I agree that race has shaped the public's response to Wright, but I have a few comments on your essay. First, you dismiss the 20-year association, but it matters. And it's more than a mere association. He performed the Obamas' wedding... Read Full Story
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New York Times to Hillary Clinton: "Call Off the Dogs"
Written on - Published to Hillary Clinton
After the ABC News Pennsylvania debate and primary, journalists have come out swinging hard! They have renewed demands that Clinton abandon her bid, called her divisive and destructive, and have also attacked ABC for a debate seen as ruthless. The Editors of the New York Times have joined the fray. See http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/opinion/23wed1.html?ref=todayspaper . Here's my take.... ______________________ On "Low Roads" and Hypocrisy Apparently, the New York Times ("NYT") grew... Read Full Story
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New York Times to Hillary Clinton: "Call Off the Dogs"
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New York Times Company April 23, 2008 Editorial The Low Road to Victory The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it. Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work. It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for... Read Full Story
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