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Roland Burris Race Card

Durbin: Race Factored In Burris Seating

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson and Deanese Williams | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Dick Durbin, who advised Sen. Roland Burris last week to step down from the Senate, acknowledged Sunday that racial considerations were at play i...

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Blagojevich's Race Card Appointment Was Inevitable

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The idea that there are seats and appointments specially reserved for blacks and minorities in Illinois or anywhere else is hardly an aberration. Politicians shuffle the race card all the time.

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