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Riffing with the Writers: Was Barkley right?
Charles Barkley used the Monday Night Football stage to say that Philadelphia sports fans tend to grow tired of their superstars. Inquirer sports columnists Phil Sheridan and Bob Ford discuss.
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John L. Jackson, Jr., an associate professor of anthropology and communications at Penn, says African Americans live with a constant suspicion about racism in their daily lives.
But while politically correct talk once ensured that African Americans would be free of verbal intimidation, Jackson says that mentality has stifled "any honest discussions about race."
But while politically correct talk once ensured that African Americans would be free of verbal intimidation, Jackson says that mentality has stifled "any honest discussions about race."
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