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"Gatesgate" Is Over. John McWhorter Asks, "Now What?"
August 3, 2009 Now that "Gatesgate" is over, John McWhorter wonders what we've learned from the "teachable moment." Anything?
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When Will It Be The 'Right' Time?
July 30, 2009 You may have noticed or heard — because we are repeating it ad nauseum — that we (as in the collective NPR we) have redesigned the NPR Web site, the "new" NPR.org. I've been checking it out, and I came across an opinion piece that I've been thi...
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A Beer To Wash It All Down?
July 29, 2009 And so tomorrow evening, at around 6-ish, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Cambridge police officer Sgt. James Crowley and President Barack Obama will sit down for probably the most awkward — but hopefully reconciliatory — happy hour-cleansing-inspiratio...
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What Will Obama Drink? (WWOD?)
July 29, 2009 President Obama chooses his brew for the get-together at the White House.
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Gates' Arrest: Why The Conversation Continues
July 27, 2009 What continues to surprise is what an emotional story this is. I know to some people it's a "distraction," a waste of time from talking about more important legislative priorities, like health care. But one person's distraction is another person's...
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This Week's Lesson: It's Hard Out There
July 24, 2009 When host Michel Martin suggested we do a segment about "Black Women Behaving Badly" (toward each other), I shook my head from side to side with force. ... I was out-voted, so I pursed these full lips together and pouted.
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Why Is Gates Still So Upset? Consider This ...
July 22, 2009 So, Lee, what exactly is racial profiling? I see it, informed by my own experience, as being perceived as those in authority as inherently criminal, or innately incapable of good (born to be and do wrong), based on one's skin tone.
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Racial Profiling In 02138?
July 21, 2009 A variety of voices on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., in Cambridge, Mass.
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Racial Profiling Goes High Profile
July 21, 2009 You are a police officer. You get a 911 call about two black men, and the caller says, "I see them trying to force the door." You show up. You see a man. He's on the phone. You demand ID. He produces it but then demands yours, too, and you think h...
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January 27th Show
January 27, 2009 In our first hour, football coach charged in player's death, and Neil Gaiman receives the 2008 Newbery Medal. In our second hour, tracing our roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr, and cashing in on Obama-inspired merchandising.
