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Frederic's Latest Blogs

Aug.20.2009 - 6:02 pm
Given the gigantic and seemingly-endless debate that we as Americans are being treated to about what caused the recession, who's to blame, whether or not the Community...
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Nov.10.2008 - 1:27 am
There is a common hypothesis, becoming increasingly popular on the eve of Obama's election (an important step forward in the history of race relations and a major change from the...
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Comments from Frederic

Nov.02.2010 - 2:34 pm
In response to: Your House is on Ground Zero (and Quite Without Permission)
That if people weren't insane, this would be considered a GREAT thing. Muslims trying to reach out to Americans,...
Aug.30.2010 - 9:58 pm
In response to: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Glenn Beck? Racism and White Privilege on the Liberal-Left
I'm a Davisite as well, and, yeah, it's got plenty roiling under the surface. My biggest problem, though, is how little...
Jul.31.2010 - 11:33 am
In response to: Webb of Deceit: Racism, Affirmative Action and History as Misunderstood by a U.S. Senator
The way citizenship in this country has ALWAYS been defined against a white, male, property-owning norm, such that when...
Jul.25.2010 - 11:23 am
In response to: Black Power's Gonna Get You Sucka: Right-Wing Paranoia and the Rhetoric of Modern Racism
"irst, an overarching comment. Again, if one had boundless time, one could compile an even more voluminous list...
Jul.25.2010 - 1:25 am
In response to: Black Power's Gonna Get You Sucka: Right-Wing Paranoia and the Rhetoric of Modern Racism
"Ridiculous. It's not racism that drives a government to bar convicted felons from voting; it's reason. A government...