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Richard Cohen: No offense intended

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From: Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
Date: 20080429
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George Bernard Shaw said England and America were two countries separated by a common language. Richard Cohen says that white and black Americans are in a similar fix. Statements that one considers innocuous, the other can consider offensive. Things have gotten to the point where Bill Clinton, a president once adored by African- Americans, is now being accused of racially insensitive statements. Shaw would understand. It's not necessarily what was said, it's the way it was heard.

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