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Harvard University
Writer for Slate and the Atlantic; PhD student in Anthropology at Harvard University, where he works with the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
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Jason Silverstein
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FROM Jason Silverstein
To the Point
Race and the Justice System: Can We Talk? President Obama wants white Americans to understand why blacks are so angry over George Zimmerman's acquittal in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Polls show 51% of whites approve the verdict while almost 90% of blacks disapprove — so on Friday, the President got personal about stereotyping and fear. Can whites really "feel the pain?"
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