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Alterman, Eric | July 17, 2000 issue

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The author says that, it is a depressing rule for students of American political discourse that the more one happens to know about a given subject, the more amazing one finds the brazen ignorance that passes for public debate on it. Patrick Lynch, president of the PBA, publicly attacked the artist Bruce Springsteen for allegedly "trying to fatten his wallet by reopening the wounds of this tragic case" and for suggesting that the killing of unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo was a case of racial profiling. Springsteen is a wealthy rock star with multimillion-dollar houses on both coasts and private planes to ferry him to his gigs. But Springsteen is also just about the most socially empathetic star the business has ever produced.

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POLITICS, Practical; LYNCH, Patrick; SPRINGSTEEN, Bruce; MUSICIANS; RACISM; SOCIAL structure
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