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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2002

"Indian people generally know where most forms of racism are going to appear. From the banker to the street cop who seems to love giving tickets to Native Americans. But when some of the leading newspapers of today decide to place Native people in their crosshairs it seems odd and ugly.

Two major mainstream papers have decided they are going to get into the Indian business and decide what is best for them. The Wall Street Journal while certainly conservative does not usually say much that could be construed as racist.

The Tulsa World has on more than one occasion taken on Indian people and the dynamics created by sovereign status. They continue to say Indian people do not pay taxes or avoid them in some slick fashion."

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Editorial: Racism from up high (The Native American Times 11/27)