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New York lawmaker attends party dressed in blackface and Afro
A state assemblyman from Brooklyn is defending himself against charges of racism after a photo appeared on Facebook showing him attending a recent party dressed in blackface. Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D) told The New York Observer that he was “trying to emulate, you know, maybe some of these basketball players.”…
Is Rick Perry palling around with extremists?
At his Tuesday speech on Israel, Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry was flanked by a number of conservative politicians and religious leaders. But one figure, who is a Democrat, may be more controversial and extreme than all of the others. Democratic New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind recieved a warm…
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