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778Thanks. Looks like Bennett's introduction of race was accurate, but unnecessBill-9/30/2005
777<I>I was unable to grow up to be president because my name ended in an i.&Bill-9/30/2005
776I have always maintained that I was unable to grow up to be president because myRambi-9/30/2005
775<i> they did not put forth Bennett’s race-based argument.</i> Good Lane3-9/30/2005
774I just added up the different categories listed for convenience - the actual resConstant Reader-9/30/2005
773<i>55.5% of black women are single (never married) or divorced. The othersLane3-9/30/2005
772Yes, I just reread the section and you are correct: his argument is based on socConstant Reader-9/30/2005
771well actually it does.... but not in the sense that the name itself necessarilyMulhollandDrive-9/30/2005
770Re: Naming: We both need to read it again because I am pretty sure he concluded Constant Reader-9/30/2005
769i'm not sure the reason that race per se was left out of the chapter in the MulhollandDrive-9/30/2005
768Thanks. Bennett certainly did himself no favors in that exchange. The Media MattConstant Reader-9/30/2005
767<i>I think MD's calling it "code" is right. And probably wheMulhollandDrive-9/30/2005
766Here's the exchange with the caller: From the September 28 broadcast of SalRambi-9/30/2005
765I understand that the actual 1999 paper written by Leavitt was more specific aboConstant Reader-9/30/2005
764Whoops- this was supposed to be to Karen--- MD's article referenced an earlRambi-9/30/2005
763Thank you for outlining the context of his statements. Amazing that it has eludeBill-9/30/2005
762i recently read the book, and i do not recall him specify 'black' as a nMulhollandDrive-9/30/2005
761he is careful not to specify a particular race, but he states quite clearly thatMulhollandDrive-9/30/2005
760Adding more detail to my reply: According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2Constant Reader-9/30/2005
759Now this is interesting-- <i>the women most likely to seek an abortion --Rambi-9/30/2005
758Bennett was referencing Freakonomics (which I finally bought but haven't reaRambi-9/30/2005
757one has to wonder if apparently he'd been reading 'freakonmics' theMulhollandDrive-9/30/2005
756According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, black women accounted for 35.7% of leConstant Reader-9/30/2005
755<b>People have an unfortunate way of saying things sometimes that can be vMary Cluney-9/30/2005
754Did you see the context in which he said it? Someone offered an argument about Lane3-9/30/2005
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