Thomas Sowell - Race Card Fraud

Posted by Jim Spence on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem. Playing the race card takes many forms. Judge Charles Pickering, a federal judge in Mississippi who defended the civil rights of blacks for years and defied the Ku Klux Klan back when that was dangerous, was depicted as a racist when he was nominated for a federal appellate judgeship. No one even mistakenly thought he was a racist. The point was simply to discredit him for political reasons-- and it worked. This year's target is the Tea Party. Read more here:
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Anonymous said...

Racism is a political strategy that has worked in the past. Until race is rendered irrelevant, the Democratic Party will continue to use it. Republicans use equally despicable tactics. Tactics change as voters vote and share with pollsters why they voted the way they did. When Obama was elected he declared that race in politics was over. Is it?

July 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM

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