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Henry Louis Gates Jr. cries racism; Amanda just cried.

race and gender

Today we asked a friend of ours to guest post. As I listened to the dust up over Henry Louis Gates Jr.,--or Skip to the President--whose handcuffing the president called “stupid” and proves “that race remains a factor in this society,”….well, I immediately thought of my friend and her ordeal about 2 years ago. She too was cuffed and ultimately hauled to criminal court. Her story shows that Gates was actually treated with kid gloves by comparison.
“Gates finally produced a Harvard ID.” My friend was given NO chance to explain, let alone accuse anyone of sexism.