July 2009
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Thoughts on Henry Louis Gates and Post-Racial...
While Jonathan Capehart at the Washington Post seems genuinely surprised by the recasting of Henry Louis Gates’ arrest, I was always suspicious of the “bigoted cop” angle. Not because racial discrimination is extinct, but because, for all the hand wringing, no one—even Mr. Gates—sought to substantiate the accusation of racism. What’s to explain, right? White cop, black man, case closed. Despite...