September 6, 2008 1:05PM 

# You’re Paying to Promote Racial and Ethnic Division 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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… according to an [even-keeled rant](http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2008/09/06/youre-paying-to-promote-racial-and-ethnic-division/) on the Wash​ing​ton​Watch​.com blog.

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