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Opening the Racial Floodgates I take offense at Ta-Nehisi Coates' article "When Race Matters" [Aug. 10]. Why is everyone apparently overlooking the fact that Henry Louis Gates Jr. immediately started mouthing off and playing the race card? A cop's job is tough enough. Why couldn't he have simply answered the officer's questions and said, "Thanks for looking out for us"? Jimmy Doich, RALEIGH...
...house is stupid - particularly if he is only angry, not threatening. We as a country are in turmoil when the masses are too immature to allow our distinguished representatives to openly participate in intelligent dialogue about the incident. We need to continue the discussion of the race and class issues that still plague our society. Alison McDonald, PASADENA, CALIF...
...Opening the Racial Floodgates I take offense to Tanehisi Coates' article "When Race Matters" [Aug. 10]. Why is everyone overlooking the fact that Henry Louis Gates Jr. immediately started mouthing off and playing the race card? A cop's job is tough enough. Why couldn't he have simply answered the officer's questions and said, "Thanks for looking out for us"? Jimmy Doich, Raleigh...
...house is, in fact, stupid - particularly if he is only angry and is nonthreatening. We as a country are in turmoil; we could barely allow our distinguished representatives to openly participate in intelligent, pointed dialogue about the incident. We need to continue a broader discussion of the race and class issues that still plague our society. Alison McDonald, Pasadena, Calif...
...performance. "When it comes to electric and hybrid cars, China is challenging the automotive industries in the Western industrial countries," writes Wolfgang Bernhart, a consultant with Roland Berger who estimates that electrics and plug-ins could account for more than half the auto market in China by 2020. "The race for electric mobility is just getting under way." (See the history of the electric...