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Archive for January, 2008

Southern “mistrust”

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Okay, still on hiatus, but this NYT Magazine article on Democratic presidential contenders Clinton & Obama annoyed me: In other words, if you condescend to Southerners or simply don’t show up, then it’s all but impossible to erase the legacy of mistrust left over from the era of desegregation. “Legacy of mistrust left over from [...]

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