Bob Herbert points out the absurdity of accusing a black candidate of playing the race card. The reality, of course, is that race is an issue in this campaign and should be brought to the forefront — leaving it as a subtext allows it to fester and does no one any good.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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