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<title><![CDATA[Issac Bailey - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/32720.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Issac Bailey]]></description><category domain="32720">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Smollett and the Long Road to Racial Equality That Lies Ahead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/opinions/jussie-smollett-guilty-verdict-meaning-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's hard for me to think of Jussie Smollett without thinking of Amy Cooper. They each did something horrifically stupid and dangerous, echoing the worst of this country's racial history for their own selfish reasons, writes Issac Bailey.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I'm Not Celebrating After Chauvin Verdict]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/20/opinions/chauvin-verdict-reaction-opinion-roundup/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CNN commentators weigh in on the meaning of the verdict and what comes next for America. Three weeks after the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began, a Minnesota jury'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'deliberating for less than 12 hours'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'found him guilty in the death of George Floyd...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Should a Cop's Blue Fear Matter More Than My Black Life?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/opinions/daunte-wright-caron-nazario-police-and-black-lives-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Issac Bailey looks back on his own encounters with police after the killing of Daunte Wright. Bailey says he's never been harmed by police, but he's seen too much not to wonder if that could change tomorrow -- and that fear of random violence permeates everything.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I'm Struggling With My Christianity After Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/im-struggling-with-my-christianity-after-trump-opinion/ar-BB1dv6wq</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'm struggling to hold fast to my Christianity'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' because of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump. Not exactly Trump himself, though, but the undying support of the self-professed Christian pro-life movement that he enjoyed. My faith is in tatters because of that alliance. And I am constantly wondering if...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Must Emphasize Boldness, Not Moderation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-must-emphasize-boldness-not-moderation-opinion-1556523</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Obama's moderate approach led to significant accomplishments and the most progressive presidency in a generation. But that was when the GOP was semi-sane.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Rhetoric Follows American Policing's Logic of Fear]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/opinions/rayshard-brooks-killing-trump-police-reform-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American policing was born in white slave patrols, and that's one reason Rayshard Brooks is dead, says Issac Bailey. He writes that reform alone can't fix the logic of racist fear that history set in motion -- especially not the weak and illogical reform President Donald Trump offered up...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Hug of Forgiveness Isn't Absolution for America's Racism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/opinions/amber-guyger-brandt-jean-courtroom-hug-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The hug from Brandt Jean was genuine, but Isaac Bailey writes that the response, largely from white America, rubbed him the wrong way. Does it feel as though they've been granted another get-of-jail-free card to avoid any racial guilt or discomfort and to push off the responsibility of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's MAGA Hats Have Become Potent Symbol of Racism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/opinions/maga-hat-has-become-a-potent-racist-symbol-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It matters that they wore "Make America Great Again" hats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Black Voters Won't Buy What Trump Is Selling]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/opinions/black-voters-not-fooled-by-trump-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Black voters are not going to follow Kim Kardashian and Kanye West into the arms of President Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Black Voters Won't Be Fooled by Trump's Claim on Jobless Rate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/26/opinions/economy-not-trumps-2020-victory-bailey-opinion/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Sessions Doesn't Know About Free Speech on Campus]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/opinions/free-speech-is-alive-and-well-bailey-opinion/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Attorney General Jeff Sessions was saying that free speech is under attack on campus, it was alive and well in my classroom and others, too, Issac Bailey says.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Can't Forget the Racism of This Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/opinions/people-of-color-election-reaction-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I noticed the waiter lingering around my table a little more than usual. For the first time at this buffet-style restaurant, the waiter seemed agitated. Normally, he would be singing to mesmerized patrons in between busing tables and asking if customers needed any assistance in a place...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Birtherism Isn't Going Away]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/birtherism-isnt-going-away-214253</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was a stranger in a strange land'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'even though I was an American in the United States of America. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what it felt like recently as I was jogging through Surfside Beach, South Carolina, a mostly white area known for its beachfront homes, and stopped on a sidewalk for a few...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Was Right: Trump HAS Lifted Up Bigotry]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/10/opinions/how-trump-has-normalized-the-deplorable-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What's really deplorable is pushback against anyone -- such as Hillary Clinton -- who dares point out that Donald Trump has brought racism and hate speech into the mainstream.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[By Inviting Trump, Black Pastor Gives Bigot Access to His Flock]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/04/opinions/black-pastor-shouldnt-have-invited-trump-to-church-bailey/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bishop Wayne Jackson adhered to one of the most important principles of the African-American church by inviting Donald Trump to speak before his congregation. He also illustrated how faith is almost always diminished when it is used for crass political purposes.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jackson had spent the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Exposed America's White Identity Crisis]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/trump-race-white-america-identity-crisis-214178</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Issac Bailey</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am a black man living in South Carolina who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s voted for plenty of Republicans, including George W. Bush in 2000, Mark Sanford twice for governor, Lindsey Graham for the U.S. Senate, and current Gov. Nikki Haley in the GOP primary. I've also defended the party in the past from...]]></description>
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