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Has Our Country Come Far Enough to Elect Obama as President?

Tucson Weekly | September 4, 2008

Many of us have been so blinded by outright relief that whatever the outcome of this presidential election, we're finally going to be rid of George W. Bush, that we've soft-peddled one simple but crucial fact: The United States is a racist country.

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Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, race relations

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