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Ready for a black president
The myth of America’s racist past
Electing Obama: how the country says "some of my best friends are black"
Mythmakers
McCain: victim of the old racial gamesmanship?

Ready for a black president
It keeps popping up everywhere this election, this question of America’s readiness for a black president. A Google search on the phrase, in quotes, […]

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The Chinese often remark on the ancientness of China. During the two years I was a teacher there, it happened quite often that my students would refer to China’s long history by way of explaining some enigma.
Sometimes I would surprise them by responding, China’s not that old. The United States is much […]

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