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Esquire Gets Patriotic About... George Wallace?!

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace on July 1, 2011 - 10:23am; tagged Esquire, George Wallace, martin luther king, patriotism, racism.
black and white photo of George Wallace wagging his fingerCharles P. Pierce's already obnoxious "36 Reasons it's (Still) Good to be an American Man" slide show for Esquire (Steak! Highways! Football! The word "self-evident"! These things are for men!) crosses the line into offensive territory by listing George Wallace as reason #34.
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The Long Goodbye: Oprah Reflects on Race

Social Commentary post by JDTress on January 20, 2011 - 1:19pm; tagged martin luther king, MLK, n-word, Oprah, Race.
DownloadedFile.jpeg As Nadra put so well yesterday, it’s likely few Americans actually spent the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday engaging in civil rights activism or even reflection. And like Nadra, I spent part of the day watching The Oprah Winfrey Show and her retrospective on the program’s most memorable discussions on race. So much was discussed during the episode that we thought it deserved more coverage, which hopefully compliments her terrific Race Card series post.

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