Thus Obama's signal gaffe of the campaign so far--his San Francisco fundraiser comment about bitter small-town Americans clinging to guns, religion and racial intolerance--stuck because it fleshed in the Obama persona you already suspected was there.

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She said experts have noted inconsistencies in some jurisdictions, such as the relatively small number of hate crimes reports in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, where there is a large black population and a history of racial intolerance.

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The speedy and comprehensive elimination of all forms of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance is a priority task for the international community.

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