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	<title>Comments on: The use and abuse of racial identity in politics, Atlanta-style</title>
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		<title>By: builder.b</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/28/the-use-and-abuse-of-racial-identity-in-politics-atlanta-style/comment-page-6/#comment-111966</link>
		<dc:creator>builder.b</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In 1993 my house was vandalized with the words &quot;N***R, KKK, swastikas and White Power&quot; by a black guy.  I was accused of being the racist when I reported it to the police and news media.  What hope is there when the perpetrators of  treacherous  racism and hate crimes are the ones who will never be  official suspects?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1993 my house was vandalized with the words &#8220;N***R, KKK, swastikas and White Power&#8221; by a black guy.  I was accused of being the racist when I reported it to the police and news media.  What hope is there when the perpetrators of  treacherous  racism and hate crimes are the ones who will never be  official suspects?</p>
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		<title>By: FUNGAZI.COM &#187; Blog Archive &#187; A Censored But Amazingly Significant Indicator of Current American Racism</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/28/the-use-and-abuse-of-racial-identity-in-politics-atlanta-style/comment-page-6/#comment-109722</link>
		<dc:creator>FUNGAZI.COM &#187; Blog Archive &#187; A Censored But Amazingly Significant Indicator of Current American Racism</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The use and abuse of racial identity in politics, Atlanta-style  [...]</description>
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		<title>By: NetAtlanta &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Memo about a ‘black agenda’ in mayor’s race roils Atlanta</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/28/the-use-and-abuse-of-racial-identity-in-politics-atlanta-style/comment-page-6/#comment-107075</link>
		<dc:creator>NetAtlanta &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Memo about a ‘black agenda’ in mayor’s race roils Atlanta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] memo is “dangerous” and “offensive,” writes the Altanta Journal-Constitution’s Jay Bookman in a blog, in that it “treats the mayor’s office as a black possession, a trophy of sorts that could be [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] memo is “dangerous” and “offensive,” writes the Altanta Journal-Constitution’s Jay Bookman in a blog, in that it “treats the mayor’s office as a black possession, a trophy of sorts that could be [...]</p>
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		<title>By: josef nix</title>
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		<dc:creator>josef nix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Enter your comments here

Constructive--and you can bet Luckovich would have a Cross of St Andrew in there somewhere!</description>
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<p>Constructive&#8211;and you can bet Luckovich would have a Cross of St Andrew in there somewhere!</p>
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		<title>By: hryder</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/28/the-use-and-abuse-of-racial-identity-in-politics-atlanta-style/comment-page-6/#comment-106384</link>
		<dc:creator>hryder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Racism, liberal guilt, idealist aura, are a few of the underlying reasons for electing our current incompetent in the Oval Office. The Big O never did really commit to anything but being elected and the ever nebulous &quot;change&quot;. Now we are stuck with an incompetent chief executive who truely believes  he is more competent and knowledgable than his detractors. Winning elections has been his forte. He is a novice at governing and has displayed a few major failures. He was elected to be President not king, change was desired in a few areas, not rolling out a new model with so many features that NO ONE person could comprehend its purpose or how it operated, and being totally oblivious to any economic realities. CONGRESS, ALL SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, SIT ON YOUR HANDS AND ALLOW THE BIG O TO DANGLE IN THE WIND. If not, you should resign or expect to be out of office when the next election for your current seat occurs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Racism, liberal guilt, idealist aura, are a few of the underlying reasons for electing our current incompetent in the Oval Office. The Big O never did really commit to anything but being elected and the ever nebulous &#8220;change&#8221;. Now we are stuck with an incompetent chief executive who truely believes  he is more competent and knowledgable than his detractors. Winning elections has been his forte. He is a novice at governing and has displayed a few major failures. He was elected to be President not king, change was desired in a few areas, not rolling out a new model with so many features that NO ONE person could comprehend its purpose or how it operated, and being totally oblivious to any economic realities. CONGRESS, ALL SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, SIT ON YOUR HANDS AND ALLOW THE BIG O TO DANGLE IN THE WIND. If not, you should resign or expect to be out of office when the next election for your current seat occurs.</p>
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		<title>By: Constructive Feedback</title>
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		<dc:creator>Constructive Feedback</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr Bookman:

Despite your attempt to show an even hand in the face of Black Racialism - you instead show your bias.

You know as well as I do (and I am a Black man - for the record) that if this type of memo was released from a WHITE group that you, Cynthia Tucker and Mike Luckovitch would take turn in blasting the group out of the water.

You WOULD NOT find a Black group who did the same thing and thus try to argue for balanced consideration - as this submission by you attempted.  

Sometimes its best to call out the scoundrels and repudiate their actions in a stand alone basis.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr Bookman:</p>
<p>Despite your attempt to show an even hand in the face of Black Racialism &#8211; you instead show your bias.</p>
<p>You know as well as I do (and I am a Black man &#8211; for the record) that if this type of memo was released from a WHITE group that you, Cynthia Tucker and Mike Luckovitch would take turn in blasting the group out of the water.</p>
<p>You WOULD NOT find a Black group who did the same thing and thus try to argue for balanced consideration &#8211; as this submission by you attempted.  </p>
<p>Sometimes its best to call out the scoundrels and repudiate their actions in a stand alone basis.</p>
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		<title>By: c.j.</title>
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		<dc:creator>c.j.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess I won&#039;t make any mayoral decisions about my vote, until Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson get to the bottom of this whole thing.  This must be a conspiracy by the Bush Administration to systematically  turnover racial mayoral control of all &quot;Chocolate&quot; cities in order to begin the demise of the Obama Presidency.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess I won&#8217;t make any mayoral decisions about my vote, until Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson get to the bottom of this whole thing.  This must be a conspiracy by the Bush Administration to systematically  turnover racial mayoral control of all &#8220;Chocolate&#8221; cities in order to begin the demise of the Obama Presidency.</p>
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		<title>By: josef nix</title>
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		<dc:creator>josef nix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ABM--not yet 10 p.m. EDT!  Who ARE her people? But the time tripping this weekend has been an experience.  Babylon 5 back to the 1930s, back to Babylon 5, back to the 1930s, of course with stops c 1960 with our other friends!  Oh, well, it&#039;s back to the present in the a.m.  Have a good one!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ABM&#8211;not yet 10 p.m. EDT!  Who ARE her people? But the time tripping this weekend has been an experience.  Babylon 5 back to the 1930s, back to Babylon 5, back to the 1930s, of course with stops c 1960 with our other friends!  Oh, well, it&#8217;s back to the present in the a.m.  Have a good one!</p>
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		<title>By: Angry Black Man</title>
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		<dc:creator>Angry Black Man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Josef &amp; Normal

You know there&#039;s a rule here about feeding the trolls.  You don&#039;t feed them after midnight.

And Denise,

I&#039;m sure you&#039;re just the epitome of perfection.  Well, at least in your own little world.  Throwing insults only makes you look childish.  If you can&#039;t refer to me by my screen name, don&#039;t refer to me at all.  I have not once said anything cross about you or your people.  It&#039;s a D@mn shame if you&#039;re representative of the women that&#039;s available.  No wonder men are either gay or in prison.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Josef &amp; Normal</p>
<p>You know there&#8217;s a rule here about feeding the trolls.  You don&#8217;t feed them after midnight.</p>
<p>And Denise,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re just the epitome of perfection.  Well, at least in your own little world.  Throwing insults only makes you look childish.  If you can&#8217;t refer to me by my screen name, don&#8217;t refer to me at all.  I have not once said anything cross about you or your people.  It&#8217;s a D@mn shame if you&#8217;re representative of the women that&#8217;s available.  No wonder men are either gay or in prison.</p>
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		<title>By: josef nix</title>
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		<dc:creator>josef nix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>K&#039;Chak--on behalf of the chazerim if not the Khazarim, apologies accepted, Toadie!  :-)</description>
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