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Tag: Henry Louis Gates

Obama’s Dangerous Dance With Crowley and Gates

By The Rev. Madison Shockley —

Let me declare my bias up front. No, I am not a friend of Henry “Skip” Gates, but I had an encounter with the Cambridge police similar to that of the good professor—36 years ago!

Posted on Jul 30, 2009 READ MORE | 28 COMMENTS

Let’s End the Score-Settling

By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —

The problem with “teachable moments” is that the term sets up one group of people as teachers while another group is consigned to the role of pupils. In a democracy, that’s troublesome.

Posted on Jul 29, 2009 READ MORE | 14 COMMENTS

What if the Big Cheese Had Been White?

By Eugene Robinson —

If race were the only issue, there would be much less hyperventilation about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.‘s unpleasant run-in with the criminal justice system. The debate is also about power and entitlement.

Posted on Jul 28, 2009 READ MORE | 39 COMMENTS

Current National Threats, According to Colbert

Stephen Colbert walks us through the top three threats of the moment: Harvard professor and criminal mastermind Henry Louis Gates, Bill Gates and his weather-controlling madness, and an unemployed Wilford Brimley, who breaks into Colbert’s house in search of food. Check out this clip from last night’s “Colbert Report.”