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Race Consciousness? Race Baiting?

Howell Raines, the former New York Times editor who resigned in disgrace after the Jason Jayson Blair affair, has no doubt continued to think about the role of race in American society.

Based on this evidence, however, he doesn?t seem to have made much progress.

Howell Raines said tonight that Bill Clinton has engaged in a subtle race-baiting campaign against Barack Obama.

?He has sought to, in a low key way, remind people, ?Hey, this guy is black,?? Raines said of Clinton during a panel discussion at a journalism awards banquet sponsored by The Week magazine.

Does that mean it?s ?race baiting? when college admissions officers mention to each other that this or that candidate is black (or isn?t)?

Full post as published by Discriminations on April 09, 2008 (boomark / email).