Their opponents argue that the history of race relations in Brazil is very different, and that such policies risk creating new racial problems.

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The incident sparked national outcry and shed light over South Africa's racial integration problems.

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Ponting, meanwhile, said he had acted on the guidance of the game's governing body, the International Cricket Council, to report any racial incidents following problems with spectators on Australia's tour of India last year.

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You know, on the heels of that victory over a year ago, there were some who suggested that somehow we had entered into a post-racial America, all those problems would be solved.

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While their dinner parties include an unusual amount of discussion about Africa, and their problems with adoption and racial issues feel a little forced, the two couples are appealingly written and acted.

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Employers' problems feed, in a vicious cycle, the urban problems--like regional and racial divisions, lousy city schools and a poorly prepared work force--that seem to afflict St.

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No-one expects Eduardo Rodriguez to solve Bolivia's entrenched problems - of widespread poverty, social exclusion, racial discrimination and regional divisions.

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"He had a number of problems in his life, and every problem he was involved in he attached some racial motivation to the person and institution he was dealing with, regardless of their race, " detective Mel Kenny of the Nassau County Police told the New York Times.

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