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| | Columns: The Archie Bunker Paradigm |
 | | During one of his finest moments of ethnic tolerance, Archie Bunker, the All in the Family paterfamilias, pointed out that while his loading dock co-workers, Black Elmo, the lone African-American, and Little Emanuel, the gimpy Puerto Rican, were Americans, only Stretch Cunningham, a fellow WASP, was "your real American." |
 | | Well, like it or not, Archie Bunker's ethnic sensibilities are still with us, and they are alive and well. |
 | | The smartest Democrats know, too, that only someone living the illusion of a "colorblind" America would ignore the wisdom of Archie Bunker: In the real world, Black Elmo and Little Emanuel are not the equal of Stretch Cunningham. |
| www.sptimes.com /2004/02/01/Columns/The_Archie_Bunker_Par.shtml (886 words) |
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