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Barney Frank's Not-So-Funny Trayvon Joke

File this one in commencement speech gaffes 101. In his speech at the University of Massachusetts, the congressman quipped to honorary degree recipient Hubie Jones, an African American activist, that the hoodie on Jones's graduation robe was one 'you can wear and no one will shoot at you.' Someone's speech writer should start looking for a new job.

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