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The New DU. Reply #6: No, I think it was valid. The African Amer. community has worked long and
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TexasSissy
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Wed Feb-04-04 01:58 PM
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| 6. No, I think it was valid. The African Amer. community has worked long and |
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hard to be recognized as a voting block to be reckoned with. They now are.
Sharpton spoke about race at virtually every debate, and spoke about the Af. Am. vote in SC. So Sharpton did indeed make it an issue there.
I think this is valid and should be discussed openly. It is certainly on the minds of the voters (black and white) and on the minds of the candidates, so it should be discussed. Blacks have certain issues that mean more to them than to whites, although there are a lot of issues equally important to all races.
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