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Meanwhile, Black leaders shamelessly manipulated their constituents to incite hatred and violence. Al Sharpton, Sonny Carson and others have pandered to latent anti-Semitism in the Black community, producing what New York Mayor David Dinkins labeled an "absence of responsible leadership". Like Jeffries, Sharpton and his demagogic buddies sold the Black community short by leading them down the path of placing blame, espousing racism and provoking violence. Dinkins was pelted with bottles. Leaders of moderation were absent from the stage...
Probably not. In fact, the problem is not particular to this state or even to the South in general. Sure, the latent racism that continues to frustrate attempts at U.S. racial harmony as a whole is a little less latent in Louisiana. And in some rural areas, it's a lot less latent...
...recent crime wave has also brought about the resurgence of latent student unease about campus security efforts. Many, especially women, seem to think the administration isn't doing enough...
...rethinking of the relationship between a citizen and his country is particularly apt at a time when America is waging its first major war in this century with a volunteer army. Encouraged by the suddenly reawakened sense of national community, Etzioni observes that often "war brings out latent things in a society...
...home, I was acutely ashamed of my unease. No amount of post facto rationalizing (It was a high-crime neighborhood, I'm just not used to being in the city), could erase the fear that a dangerous, latent racism lurked beneath my avowedly liberal exterior...