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Evan Gahr evaluates President Clinton’s racial advisory board

by Evan Gahr

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TALK about liberals in a hurry: The first meeting of President Clinton’s racial advisory board was barely under way when a key member offered her decidedly ambitious plan for educating Americans on race.

California lawyer Angela Oh called for the creation of a federal department charged with promoting racial harmony. The department, she explained, would be modeled on the “ministries of unity” in Indonesia, where the government has undertaken population transfers in order to achieve racial balance.

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