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We are talking about an adult who persued a 17 year-old child. Gay or straight, would we not consider  that the mayor be of a character that would atleast past what might be considered as fundemental as  "would you trust him with your child?'

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I am Black and my wife is Asian...but drilling down into ethnicity becomes more complex when you consider Asian ethnicity...Ethnically my wife is Chinese...Hokkien specifically. Our kids look black, but because they speak Mandarin they move easily within their mother's community even while self identifying as Black...race is an issue that is shifting along economic and class lines where divisions in America will define us to a greeater degree than race.

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