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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

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GOP Sees Opportunity With White Voters After Gates Saga

Washington Independent | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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Two weeks after President Obama said that Cambridge, Mass., police had "acted stupidly" by arresting Harvard University Prof. Henry Louis Gates for ar...

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White Racism Black Bigotry: The Talk About Race is All Wrong!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Yvonne R. Davis

The problem with discussing "issues of race," is that it dummies down the issue of racism to an individual level, when the real problem is at the macro level.

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If Skip Gates Lived in China and Other Stories of Racial Profiling Around the World

Phillip Martin | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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Phillip Martin

In many parts of China, without the protection of an American passport, Ivy League credentials, diplomatic status or fame, dark skinned people find themselves branded as a drug dealers or worse.

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The Gates Arrest: Racism? Not so much. Classism? You betcha!

Zondra Hughes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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Zondra Hughes

This was a classic town vs. gown drama, a show-me-the-power move, and Gates slipped up.

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Cambridge Officer Chooses CO Beer To Drink With President

The Denver Post | William Porter | Posted 08.30.2009 | Denver

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It is the sort of workplace meeting most of us can only daydream about: President Barack Obama is slated to sit down in his office today with a couple...

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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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Will Obama, Gates And Crowley Drink Local Beer At White House? Brewers Hope So

The Boston Globe | July 28, 2009 07:24 PM | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

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With two locals heading to the White House tomorrow for a couple of the most-talked-about beers ever, some area brewmasters say a Bay State beer shoul...

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Powell On Gates: I've Been Racially Profiled "Many Times"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with CNN's Larry King, former Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested that both the Cambridge police and Harvard professor Henry Lou...

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Can Prejudice Be Justified?

Etan Thomas | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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Etan Thomas

Do the isolated incidents in my past and what I have seen justify an overall prejudice toward all policemen?

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Gates Got Arrested Because He Hurt Sgt. Crowley's Feelings?!

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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Michael Fauntroy

For every Henry Louis Gates, with resources, notoriety, and connections, there are countless others like him who have to live with the reality of racism in anonymity.

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Gatesgate: They've All Got It Wrong.

Lionel | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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Lionel

The case has forced Americans to look at the issue of policing from the perspectives of African-Americans and cops themselves. If we're smart we'll learn from this.

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You Said What? Gates and Heated Speech to Police Officers During an Arrest

Emma Coleman Jordan | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Emma Coleman Jordan

The arrest of Professor Gates outside his house in Cambridge, Massachusetts is hotly disputed--in part because it brought about a murky interaction of three competing legal principles.

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The White House Beer Date: Best and Worst Scenarios

Carolita Johnson | Posted 08.27.2009 | Comedy

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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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Sam Stein

Fox News Obsesses About Gates Arrest During Exclusive Gibbs Interview

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media

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The White House was hoping that the president's impromptu address of the Skip Gates saga on Friday would effectively sweep the issue under the rug. Th...

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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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Gates Says What A Lot of Us Are Thinking: You Prove It!

John Ridley | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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John Ridley

We're sick and tired of having to prove things to the self-righteous reactionary fringe, which looks at life as one, big racial profiling traffic stop: Step out of the car Mr. President and show me your birth certificate.

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Jason Linkins

Mika Brzezinski Battles "Morning Joe" Guests Over Race Relations (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

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Henry Louis Gates is the new Gate, thanks to President Obama, who, by using the word "stupidly" in context with the arrest of Gates in his own Cambrid...

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Slavery, Abolition, Rebellion: A Reading List

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

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Kenneth C. Davis

All of these books should provide some correctives to the deep misunderstanding -- or desperate ignorance -- of this extremely important chapter in American History.

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The Big Stupid in Cambridge

Rob Kall | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Rob Kall

Professor Gates and Officer Crowley were both wrong. Both over-reacted and took unnecessary offense. They both need to show some contrition.

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Gates and Crowley: Through a Racist, Classist Lens Darkly

Lennard Davis | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Lennard Davis

If we make the assumption that racism was in play in this event, but that Crowley was not necessarily a racist, we might also assume that class and social status was at play as well.

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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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Free Skip Gates

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Michael Wolff

Crowley keeps complaining about Gates's "tone." It echoes teachers trying to assert authority over truculent children, and mothers and fathers with wise-guy kids at the dinner table.

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Marcus Baram

Cambridge Police Union President Stephen Killion "Disgraced" That Obama "Is Our Commander-In-Chief"

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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The president of the Cambridge Police Patrol Officer's Association says that President Obama's statement that officers "acted stupidly" when they arre...

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