Mississippi Monte Carlo
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The effects of the gambling industry on Tunica County, Mississippi has surprised residents and business owners with its astonishing growth. Despite their labor efforts, Tunica's black community now is under financial pressure to leave as whites buy their land.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1996
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What Jefferson helps to explain
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Thomas Jefferson's racial attitudes were shared by most of the founding fathers of the US. The belief in the inferiority of blacks was closely related to the belief in equality among whites. Christianity offers the best means of eradicating racism in the US.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1997
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The diversity myth: America's leading export
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The US has a false view of itself as a successful melting pot that should serve as a model for solving the ethnic conflicts in other countries. In reality, US history is filled with the sort of ethnic cleansing that it condemns in other nations.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1995
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