Race Card Fraud

By Thomas Sowell Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem.

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Playing the race card takes many forms. Judge Charles Pickering, a federal judge in Mississippi who defended the civil rights of blacks for years and defied the Ku Klux Klan back when that was dangerous, was depicted as a racist when he was nominated for a federal appellate judgeship. No one even mistakenly thought he was a racist. The point was simply to discredit him for political reasons -- and it worked. More...