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Article: Can America EVER unite behind a black President? As Jimmy Carter says Obama's healthcare critics are racist, the ugly question that won't go away ...(Editorial)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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Byline: by Gavin Esler
ONE OF the greatest hopes for the Obama presidency was that it would finally heal America's worst wound - racism.
This week has shown that for all the good press Barack Obama has enjoyed at home and abroad, the wound is still there, just beneath the surface, and it takes very little to open it up again.
In the months since the first African-American President was sworn into office in January this year, American commentators have tip-toed around the race issue. Some have pretended it is no longer even relevant.
Others have rejoiced that a clearly loving and successful black family in the White House is providing a ...