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	<title><![CDATA[The Politics of Identity Politics]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-chang/the-politics-of-identity_b_108753.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Last weekend's <a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101825.html?hpid=topnews target=_blank>Washington Post/ABC poll of white and Black voters racial attitudes</a> revealed, well, not much at all. </p>

<p>The headline was "3 in 10 Americans Admit To Racial Bias". According to this poll, when asked the useless question of whether one experiences "feelings of personal racial prejudice", Blacks (34% of respondents) rate worse than whites (30%). (I say Black respondents are more truthful. Meanwhile, yellow and brown apparently are still not worth polling at all.) </p>

<p>But the piece...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-01T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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