<DIV>Our own Chris Doss has a very thoughtful piece on the issue of race in Russia. </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=header>Some Thoughts on Seeing Beyond Black and White</B></SPAN> <BR><SPAN class=lmpaper><FONT size=1>By <A href="http://www.untimely-thoughts.com/index.html?author=12">Chris Doss</A> <BR>Published on March 16, 2004 <BR><BR></FONT></SPAN>
<DIV align=justify><FONT size=2><B>When a foreigner turns his or her pen to writing about another country, he or she encounters a hermeneutic problem: Of necessity, the commentator brings to bear the conceptual framework he or she acquired in the home country, which may or may not correspond precisely to the events to be described.</B></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>the rest: <A href="http://www.untimely-thoughts.com/index.html?cat=3&type=3&art=435">http://www.untimely-thoughts.com/index.html?cat=3&type=3&art=435</A></DIV></DIV><p><font face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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