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Posted By VotersUnite 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News

One issue that is just now catching the attention of main stream media is Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's apparent attitudes towards African Americans due to a recent disclosure that she made racially insensitive statements of her intention to not hire any blacks during her gubernatorial administration. In an illuminating post dated September 12, 2008 on the internet blog Electronic Village, the writer comments on Gov. Palin snub of Alaskan African American citizens who invited her to the annual Juneteenth celebration, an event which all past Alaskan governors had attended. Although numerous politicians made it out to the celebration, including, as reported in the Anchorage Daily News on June 15, 2008, "a booth full of Democrats," no one from the governor's office even responded to requests for an appearance by Gov. Sarah Palin.

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    b-dub1 year, 1 month ago

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    how can she be accountable for not hiring blacks in alaska .i was there for 15 days in 2004, and didn't even see a black person the whole time. what was she supposed to do, make them magically appear

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