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...sees worth in some or all of the causes our national dialogue has embraced, it seems impossible to justify the behavior of the Race Advisory Board with regard to the most important race-related issue of our time: affirmative action. Early in the supposed discourse, John Hope Franklin, the chair of the board, refused to hear from opponents of affirmative action. Franklin stated that these pariahs "don't speak the same language" as more enlightened thinkers such as himself. Since these remarks there has been a hailstorm of criticism, and President Clinton has pressured the board to host more opposing...
...FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 1941 Leading America into the war against the Axis...
...FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 1932 Promising a New Deal amid the Depression...
...FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 1934 Basking in popular--and electoral--approval...
...consult privately. "We can't sit down and brainstorm," says Robert Thomas, executive vice president of Republic Industries and one of two Republicans appointed by Clinton to the board. But if board members could talk to one another, they might not come close to reaching a consensus. When Franklin declined last month to hear from Connerly, his decision not only enraged conservatives but also caused grumbling among otherwise sympathetic board members. And Angela Oh, a Korean-American attorney, had wanted to broaden the board's discussions to talk about all races, but Franklin declared that the main issue was still...