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	<description>Exploring the Legacy of Slavery and Race in the United States</description>
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		<title>Should Harry Reid resign?</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/should-harry-reid-resign/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/01/should-harry-reid-resign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negro]]></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 should [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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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 and [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Abolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil War sesquicentennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Slavery]]></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 think [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remedies]]></category>
		<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 the fifth [...]]]></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 was born.
This, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing set for Massachusetts slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/09/hearing-set-for-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/09/hearing-set-for-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I wrote about Massachusetts State Representative Byron Rushing&#8217;s proposed slavery-era disclosure law. At that time, I indicated that Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts &#38; Cultural Development should hold a public hearing later in the year.
The committee has now scheduled a public hearing for Monday, October 5 at 1:00pm at which testimony will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama visits Ghana and Cape Coast Castle</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/07/obama-visits-ghana-and-cape-coast-castle/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/07/obama-visits-ghana-and-cape-coast-castle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is arriving today in Accra, the capital of the West African nation of Ghana.
Obama will meet with Ghana&#8217;s new president, John Atta Mills, and will deliver a policy address to parliament before leaving after just one day. He has said that he chose Ghana for his African stopover in order to highlight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senate votes on slavery apology</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/u-s-senate-votes-on-slavery-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/u-s-senate-votes-on-slavery-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S. Con. Res. 26]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Harkin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to debate and vote on the apology for slavery and racial discrimination offered by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).
Debate on the resolution should begin around 10:30am (Eastern time), following a period of morning business which begins at 9:45am and could last up to an hour, and will be broadcast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California weighs apology for Chinese immigrants</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/california-weighs-apology-for-chinese-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/california-weighs-apology-for-chinese-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese immigrants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often asked, when discussing apologies, reparations, or other proposals for addressing the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow, whether or not such measures have been taken for other historical events.
In weighing how to respond to historic injustices, a problem for which we have no widely-accepted and time-tested solutions, it seems to help people to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Harkin introduces apology for slavery and racism</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/senator-harkin-introduces-apology-for-slavery-and-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/senator-harkin-introduces-apology-for-slavery-and-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S. Con. Res. 26]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Harkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has introduced a bipartisan resolution into the U.S. Senate apologizing for the nation&#8217;s history of slavery and racism.
The resolution, S. Con. Res. 26, would have the U.S. Congress acknowledge the nation&#8217;s long and brutal history of slavery and racial discrimination, and apologize &#8220;on behalf of the people of the United [...]]]></description>
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