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story. the main issue most people have with this piece is that it is a middle class white guy talking exclusively to middle class white people about race. the writer ends the whole article by saying, quote, we need to bridge the conversational divide so that there are no longer two private dialogues in philadelphia, white people talking to other whites, and black people talking to black, but a city in which it is okay to speak openly about race. he goes on meanwhile when i drive through north philly to visit my son at temple university, i continue to feel sad and a desire to escape. am i allowed to say even that? this writer as we mentioned facing serious backlash. philly mayor michael nutter considering asking a city panel to formally rebuke the magazine. we ll get to all of that in a moment. panel, i want to bring you back in. peter shankman, it s free speech, but are we limited to

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