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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:00 AM

The mix master

Barack Obama's candidacy spells the end of the one-drop rule and the beginning of a painful but necessary exploration of the real meaning of race in America.
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Monday, June 9, 2008 07:06 PM

    Acting black

    "...whites are comfortable with black people, but much more uneasy about certain aspects of black culture, those associated with the so-called black underclass. Being black is OK; acting black, in certain ways, isn't."

    The fact that "acting black" is essentially shorthand for "certain aspects of black culture associated with the so-called black underclass" (i.e. crime, violence, black nationalism) more or less sums up "the real meaning of race in America" right there.

    —Graham C Read Graham C's other letters

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