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Gates Arrest

Why This White Guy Was Not Arrested While Trying to Break Into a House Not His Own

Warren Goldstein | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

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Warren Goldstein

My hope is that white folks will finally get what our African-American brothers and sisters have been trying to get through our thick skulls for about half a century now: It's different being black.

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UPDATE: Gates, Crowley To Join Obama For Beers On Thursday

Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: There are several reports that the beer diplomacy between President Obama, Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...

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Race and Reason

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey R. Stone

When a police officer approaches a home where a burglary may be in progress, it is both rational and racist for him to think differently about the situation depending on whether the suspects are black or white.

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The Unteachable Lesson: Can We Learn From Gates and Crowley?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

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Yvonne R. Davis

Whether he likes it or not, Gates stands as America's new 21st Century Poster Child for "racial profiling."

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Sam Stein

Gingrich: Obama Should Humbly Admit He Blew Gates Reaction

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Friday morning ventured into the racial and political debate over the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates...

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Obama Stands By Criticism Of Gates Arrest: 'Cooler Heads Should Have Prevailed'

ABC News | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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President Obama today stood by his comments that the Cambridge, Mass. police department acted "stupidly" in its arrest of Henry Louis Gates, telling A...

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James Crowley, Policeman Who Arrested Gates, Won't Apologize

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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NATICK, Mass. — A white police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insisted We...

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Gates Arrest: Harvard Professor Considering Lawsuit

The Boston Globe | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said this morning that he has not ruled out the possibility of filing a lawsuit over his arrest las...

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