The Lost Opportunities in the Gates Debate

The everyday fact of racial profiling seems to be erased from the conversation around the the Gates Affair. The the most recent hub-bub is about is about what Barak Obama said about the Cambridge policeman who arrested Gates. “Stupidly” may not have been the best word to describe the arrest of one of America’s foremost [...]

Racial Profiling at it’s Best

Yesterday one of the brightest academic superstars in America, Henry Louis  Gates was arrested for  breaking in to his own home. Gates was returning from a trip to China when he found that his door had jammed.  While he was trying to get into his home a neighbor called the police with her suspicions that [...]