What Has Obama Cost Blacks? A Columbia Professor Asks Hard Questions

Blacks overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008. Now a Columbia University professor is asking tough questions. By Mansfield Frazier.

Published Jul. 15 2012 10:36AM EDT

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Have blacks been giving President Obama a pass on his shortcomings? That’s the argument of Columbia University professor Fredrick C. Harris’s new book, The Price of the Ticket:

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What Has Obama Cost Blacks? A Columbia Professor Asks Hard Questions

Blacks overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008. Now a Columbia University professor is asking tough questions. By Mansfield Frazier.

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