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    How come there are so few black ballroom dance competitors?

    The black elite apparently still have their children learn social graces such as classic and traditional dance. Yet, there are few black ballroom dance competitors (who need not come from elite classes, by the way). Anyone care to venture a guess as to why? (Or, perhaps you happen to know why.)
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    How come there are so few black ballroom dance competitors?

    The black elite apparently still have their children learn social graces such as classic and traditional dance. Yet, there are few black ballroom dance competitors (who need not come from elite classes, by the way). Anyone care to venture a guess as to why? (Or, perhaps you happen to know why.)
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    Could Obama have come as far as fast if his wife had been white, like the wife of...

    ...Harold Ford, Jr.? There seems to be a belief in politics that one must have the right spouse. For black (or barely black) men, does this mean their wife must be black or must be white? Take the case of Harold Ford, Jr...
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    Are inner-city gym administrators and parents less-likely to teach their children to

    swim? What are some reasons you're aware of for why inner-city children, such as the black children who drowned in Louisiana this week, are less-likely to know how to swim? Is it cultural or physical that many black children, for example, don't learn to swim by age eight?
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    Where's the big payoff from the Reagan and Bush tax cuts?

    After both the Reagan and Bush tax cuts, there were SHORT-LIVED booms in the economy. If tax cuts are so great, why are we where we are today with huge deficits having been left by both Reagan and Bush? Wasn't there supposed to be a resulting increase in tax revenue as a result of the tax...
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