No discussions of Obama 2016?

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Here is an op-ed that D'Souza wrote entitled: End of Racism: The White Man's Burden
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/endofrac.htm

Snippet:

Specifically, I question and reject the following widely shared premises that shape the conventional wisdom about racism, as well as America's civil rights laws.

* Racism is simply an irrational prejudice, a product of ignorance and fear.

* Slavery was a racist institution, and the Constitution's compromise with slavery discredits the American founding as racist and morally corrupt.

* Segregation was a system established by white racists for the purpose of oppressing blacks.

* In American history, racism is the theory and discrimination is the practice.

* The civil rights movement represented a triumph of justice and enlightenment over the forces of Southern racism and hate.

* Although Martin Luther King, Jr. helped to secure formal rights for blacks, white racism has become more subtle and continues its baleful influence through institutional structures.

* The civil rights leadership is committed to fighting racism and building up the economic and cultural strengths of blacks, especially the poorest ones.

* Affirmative action is a policy that assures equal opportunity for disadvantaged African Americans and other minorities.

* Multiculturalism unites blacks and nonwhite immigrants in a common struggle against white racism.

* Blacks and other persons of color cannot be racist because racism requires not just prejudice but also power.

* Racism is the main obstacle facing African Americans today, and the primary explanation for black problems.