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Turner's invitation to speak to the Urban Policy Roundtable, a forum run by the political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson, was rescinded shortly after it became public...

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Pro-immigration groups were outraged that Turner might gain such a well-known platform, and they were determined to stop him. They vowed to protest. Hutchinson was bombarded with angry e-mail.

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Hutchinson invited immigration advocates to present their side at the meeting, but none would share the podium with Turner.

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"Sometimes I think I have a better pulse on what's going on in the black community than the Al Sharptons of the world," Turner said... On that point, Hutchinson said, Turner is not far off the mark. "It all comes back to jobs. If Turner came, I believe he would have a huge constituency, a huge wellspring of sympathy and support. He would be met with thunderous applause."

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6 posted on 08/13/2005 4:34:59 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: DumpsterDiver
Pro-illegal-immigration groups were outraged...

Hutchinson invited illegal-immigration advocates...

There we go, fixed it. Turner's group is correctly listed as anti-illegal-immigration; their opposition should be identified correctly as well.

9 posted on 08/13/2005 4:59:47 PM PDT by Bob
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