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That's Awfully White of You

Jack ShaferPosted Wednesday, June 11, 1997, at 3:04 PM ET

The headline on the top of Page One of today's USA Today--"Poll: Whites Increasingly Accept Blacks"--calls to mind Thomas Carlyle's response to the woman who said she "accepted the universe."

"You damn well better," said Carlyle.

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