1. Two contributions to #CrimingWhileWhite : 1) a reminder that Pat Buchanan was no angel: https://storify.com/JeetHeer1/pat-buchanan-was-no-angel …
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2. Second contribution was a story the novelist John O'Hara told about his dad (and reworked in his great story "A Doctor's Son")
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3. John O'Hara's dad was a doctor. Once in 1920s, Dr. O'Hara was driving, rushing to a pregnancy he had to deliver. Cop starts following him
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4. Dr. O'Hara stopped by cop and is pissed off. "This guy knows me, knows I'm a doctor and should be able to guess I'm on call."
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5. Dr. O'Hara punches out cop, knocks him unconscious. Goes to deliver baby. No serious repercussions. Now, imagine if he had been black....
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6. Another
#CrimingWhileWhite: William F. Buckley's siblings burned a cross on lawn of Jewish family that moved into their Connecticut town.2 replies 13 retweets 12 likes -
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7. Buckley himself wanted to participate in that cross-burning but was sick that night. He writes about being hugely disappointed.
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8. Important correction: Buckley siblings didn't burn cross outside Jewish neighbor but a Jewish resort.
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