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Republicans not only party practicing 'racial duplicity'

By Dan Hofrenning
January 4, 2003

"For most of this century, the Democrats have practiced racial hypocrisy more successfully than the Republicans," says St. Olaf Political Science Chair Dan Hofrenning, in a recent article in the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune. In the wake of Trent Lott's resignation as majority leader of the U.S. Senate, it would be wise to remember, he states, that racial double standards are not exclusive to any political party.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.