Legal Commentary

?Racial Tensions Roil Democratic Race?

So says this long review of racial backbiting that has broken out among Democrats, with Obama supporters stating resentment against various comments coming from both Clintons that they regard as racially insensitive.

If Obama has any ?beef? to offer, it is the promise ? so far, much more potential, implicit, than actual ? to ?bring us together,? to move beyond the outdated racial script of conflict and division. It seems to me that his failure to put a lid on his supporters (and some of his staff) complaining in effect that it is racist to criticize a black candidate undermines that promise.

Full post as published by Discriminations on January 11, 2008 (boomark / email).