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<title><![CDATA[Sophia Nelson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15235.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Sophia Nelson]]></description><category domain="15235">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dear Republicans, Stop Playing 'We Have a Black Guy, Too']]></title>
							<link>https://thegrio.com/2023/01/06/dear-republicans-stop-playing-this-game-of-we-have-a-black-guy-too/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The problem with today's GOP is that they actually believe Black people are replaceable '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or more likely, interchangeable.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Jackson Brings Heat in the Court's Opening Term]]></title>
							<link>https://thegrio.com/2022/10/06/justice-ketanji-jackson-brings-the-heat-in-the-courts-opening-october-term/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If people thought new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would spend her first few days being silent, boy, did they get it wrong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Right to Make a Historic SCOTUS Nomination]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/01/29/breyer-black-woman-supreme-court-racism-biden/9251841002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Criticizing Biden's promise to pick a Black woman is demeaning to the distinguished jurists who happen to be Black and female.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Accomplished Black Women Always the Easy Scapegoat]]></title>
							<link>https://thegrio.com/2021/11/15/kamala-harris-black-women/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sophia Nelson says CNN report alleging tensions between Harris and Biden's team says a lot about how accomplished Black women are treated.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Charting a New Course for Centrists Left Behind by the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/13/charting_a_new_course_for_centrists_left_behind_by_the_gop.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are conservative women. We both have been engaged in Republican politics since the late 1980s. Susan is still an active Republican woman, working nationally as a consultant and she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also a political analyst at MSNBC. Sophia is a proud political independent woman of color who...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Do Black People &lsquo;Have to Lose&rsquo; w/Trump? Everything]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-do-black-people-have-to-lose-in-backing-trump-every-damn-thing-thats-what?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2016, he asked African Americans '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'what do you have to lose?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Well, now we know. Our voting rights. Our civil rights. Our jobs. Our lives.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Black Voters Aren't Buying What Trump Is Selling]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/28/trumps-team-convert-black-voters-wont-succeed-column/4727022002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Black voters aren't buying what Trump is selling.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' How do I know? I'm a black person who recently left the GOP after decades of being a loyal Republican.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Must Step Down]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/time-for-black-leaders-to-speak-up-and-tell-northam-to-step-down?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There had been previous hints about who Northam was, underneath the calm demeanor and gentlemanly manner.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for White Women to Do Better]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/womens-march-racial-bias-white-women-of-color-us-too-20180131.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The good news is that in the wake of the #MeToo movement, women are standing up like never before, but only having white women sit at the table is not good enough. In order for America to be truly inclusive, that table must include women (and men) of color too. But it won't be easy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Susan Rice Should Not Have Caved]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/23/susan-rice-should-not-have-caved-in-to-senatorial-opposition.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined." -- Toni MorrisonOn Thursday evening, embattled U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice tweeted this:"Those of you who know me know that I'm a fighter, but not at the cost of what's right for our country." Immediately, thousands of retweets and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blacks Should Reconsider Tea Party Movement]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theroot.com/views/should-black-folks-give-tea-party-second-look?hpid=topnews</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a black woman in America, I have remained largely silent about the Tea Party movement and whether the movement itself is ''racist,'' as it is being charged by many in our community, including the leadership of the NAACP.As a community, we should take a step back for a moment and learn...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP is Leaving Black Voters Behind]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112002959.html?hpid=opinionsbox1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Black. Female. Accomplished. Attacked.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802557.html?hpid=opinionsbox1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Nelson</author>
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