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Snow says race and ethnic issues are topics many candidates avoid as a sort of political third rail, but particularly in New Hampshire, where commentators and analysts often talk about how the state is overwhelmingly white.
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The extreme wing of UMNO believes that it can win back more votes from these parties by appealing to Malay racial sentiment, than from Chinese voters or from urban Malays now more concerned with economic than ethnic issues.
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Colorblind in a world still struggling with issues of racial and ethnic strife, he tried to "heal the world" and bring people of all backgrounds together.
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Then they would map the world by transnational issues, as one would with trans-state or trans-regional issues at home: ethnic, racial, linguistic, cultural, religious, business, labor, women, family, generational, environmental, and so forth.
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And often this problem is further complicated by issues of tribal rivalries and ethnic problems between various areas.
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These grievances have been felt for a long time, but under Mr Suharto's rule open discussion of religious and ethnic disputes was prohibited, forcing the issues underground, and perhaps hardening attitudes.
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However, activists have cautioned that the reforms could stall, and that the issues of political prisoners and violence against ethnic minorities remain to be resolved.
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"I want to make sure that speed is the key factor in trying to get children adopted and we should not let issues like trying to find the perfect ethnic match be a factor, " he said.
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However, he said he was disappointed by the narrow remit of the committee after Gordon Brown said last year that it could address issues including weekend voting, the representation of women and ethnic minorities and whether voting age should be lowered to 16.
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Lord Judge was also asked about a range of other issues affecting the judiciary including a lack of women and people from ethnic minorities being appointed as judges.
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