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Old 01-24-2009, 10:39 AM   #4
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Let's say he said" would go to white construction workers" would that be racist?
No, you can't take his statement out of context just so you can wave the hypocrite flag.

Given Reich's profession and the context of the discussion it's quite reasonable to assume he was citing a statistic. We do not live in a color blind society and the government does measure metrics based on race at the very least to understand the distribution and consumption of government services.

60 years ago we still had segregated schools you know.

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