Quotes of the Day
Thursday, Sep. 17, 2009
It gets to the point where we don't have a word that we use to call people racist who actually are.
- JOHN MCWHORTER,
- researcher of race and language at the Manhattan Institute, on remarks that described Republican Representative Joe Wilson as racist for shouting "You lie!" at President Obama during his health-care speech last week
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