“Calling someone racist is the quickest way to shut down communication.” I have previously written about the tactic (Want to end debate? Play the race card ). It’s a short cut to smearing a person’s credibility, but comments supporting the claim are often taken out of context and frequently misconstrued. Let’s take two recent examples: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and University of Chicago student Steve Saltarelli.
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