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Racism and The Race

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

It is the graphic in this article that is most disheartening but not surprising. To view it go to: ttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/opinion/09blow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22Blow%22&st=cse&oref=slogin and then the graphic, Whites, Race and the Election August 9, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist Racism and the Race By CHARLES M. BLOW This is supposed to be the Democrats? year of destiny. Bush is hobbling out of office, the economy is in the toilet, voters are sick of the war and the party?s wunderkind candidate is raking in money hand over fist. So why is the presidential race a statistical dead heat? The pundits have offered a host of reasons, but one in particular deserves more exploration: racism. Barack Obama?s candidacy has shed some light on the extremes of racism in America ? how much has dissipated (especially among younger people) and how much remains...continue to full post

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