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Valerie Purdie-Vaughns

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You can’t say that on television: NPR correspondent loses his job after making racially tinged remarks on FOX

Conflict & Justice

This week, NPR’s Juan Williams was fired, after saying on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ that he is fearful when seeing passengers dressed in Muslim garb aboard airplanes. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns studies what we say about the way we think at Columbia University.

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Conflict & Justice
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Business, Economics and Jobs
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