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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; Politics</title>
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	<description>Exploring the Legacy of Slavery and Race in the United States</description>
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		<title>Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination successfully filibustered</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2011/05/goodwin-lius-nomination-successfully-filibustered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anticipated by my lengthier blog post this morning, Professor Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination to be a federal appellate judge has been successfully filibustered by Senate Republicans opposed to his judicial philosophy. The vote was 52-43 in favor of voting on the nomination, but the motion to invoke cloture and take an up-0r-down vote on Liu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our role in the Goodwin Liu nomination controversy</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2011/05/our-role-in-the-goodwin-liu-nomination-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 17:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this hour, the U.S. Senate is meeting in executive session to debate the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. If Liu&#8217;s supporters are able to muster 60 votes in favor of cloture, which is scheduled to be voted on around 2:00pm ET, this will end the threatened filibuster and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does political rhetoric cause violent acts?</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2011/01/does-political-rhetoric-cause-violent-acts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gabrielle Giffords]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jared L. Loughner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge John M. Roll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the terrible shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and others at a constituent event in Tucson this weekend, there&#8217;s been a great deal of heated rhetoric about &#8230; well, heated rhetoric. What do we actually know about whether incendiary political rhetoric can inspire violent acts? Even before anything was known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama re-nominates Goodwin Liu to 9th Circuit</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/09/president-obama-re-nominates-goodwin-liu-to-9th-circuit/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/09/president-obama-re-nominates-goodwin-liu-to-9th-circuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House announced late yesterday that President Obama has re-nominated Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Liu&#8217;s nomination became controversial when it was discovered that he had addressed the subject of reparations for slavery on a panel following a special screening of our documentary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodwin Liu nomination sent back to White House</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/08/goodwin-liu-nomination-sent-back-to-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/08/goodwin-liu-nomination-sent-back-to-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s nomination of controversial law professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has been blocked by Senate Republicans and returned to the White House. Professor Liu became the subject of controversy in late March, in part due to remarks he made on a panel convened to discuss our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Harry Reid resign?</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/should-harry-reid-resign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dialect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skin tone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Census]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had hoped that the imbroglio over Harry Reid&#8217;s remarks on race would have died down by now, but unfortunately that is not the case. Those who have read my previous post about Reid&#8217;s remarks know that I don&#8217;t see any reason why Reid should resign as Senate majority leader, or even why his remarks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid and light-skinned Negroes</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/harry-reid-and-light-skinned-negroes/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/harry-reid-and-light-skinned-negroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trent Lott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the blogosphere erupted in a firestorm of controversy over remarks by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in 2008 that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama was &#8220;light-skinned&#8221; and spoke &#8220;with no Negro dialect.&#8221; This is the second time in recent weeks that Senator Reid has found himself in hot water over issues relating to slavery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid compares health care debate to ending slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/12/harry-reid-compares-health-care-debate-to-ending-slavery/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/12/harry-reid-compares-health-care-debate-to-ending-slavery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil War sesquicentennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been taking heat since yesterday for his remarks on the Senate floor comparing the opponents of health care reform to those who opposed ending slavery. As I&#8217;ll explain below, I believe the criticism over Reid&#8217;s remarks is misplaced at best, and political gamesmanship at worst. However, I also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing held on Massachusetts slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/10/hearing-held-on-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/10/hearing-held-on-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Byron Rushing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical amnesia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Slave trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I previewed last month, the Massachusetts state legislature held a hearing yesterday on state representative Byron Rushing&#8217;s proposed slavery-era disclosure law. Update: Governor Deval Patrick has commented that while he hasn&#8217;t read the bill, he agrees that &#8220;we have some unfinished work about some injustices that goes back generations.&#8221; H 3148 would make Massachusetts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where was President Obama born?</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/09/where-was-president-obama-born/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/09/where-was-president-obama-born/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial prejudice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a disturbing statistic: In the U.S., 58% of Republicans either believe that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, or say that they aren&#8217;t sure. This, despite the fact that President Obama has a U.S. birth certificate which has been verified by the Republican governor of the state in which he [...]]]></description>
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