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July 20, 2012 06:50 AM
In Joe Willams’s firing, questions of race
Would the former Politico reporter have been dismissed for his comments if he were white?
In America, talk about race is complex and fraught with danger. It is easy for people of good will to stumble when discussing it - and then trip a landmine. One recent explosion seems to have led to the firing, in late June, of respected Politico reporter Joe Williams. You may have heard the story. Williams, a White House correspondent...
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