October 28 – Is the GOP “Full of Racists”?; AP Poll Show 51% of Americans Express Racist Attitudes; How Did Chinese Premier Wen’s Family Accrue $2.7 Billion?

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Part 1	We begin with the recent emergence of racist remarks from the Romney Campaign and assess the legacy of the GOP’s Southern Strategy and whether the overt and irrational hatred of President Obama often expressed by Tea Party Republicans is becoming more or less acceptable. Colin Powell’s former Chief of Staff Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson joins us to discuss Republican criticism of Colin Powell’s endorsement of President Obama that suggested Powell’s choice was based on race, not the reasons he enunciated.
Part 2	Then, following a recent poll by the Associated Press that indicated racial attitudes have not improved since America elected its first black president, we continue to look into race as a factor in this election. Andra Gillespie, a Professor of Political Science at Emory University joins us to discuss how many Americans are hard-wired with racial resentment that politicians can exploit in a highly polarized society undergoing economic distress.
Part 3	Then finally we examine the fallout from the New York Times investigation of the wealth accrued by the family of China’s out-going leader Wen Jiabao. China expert Perry Link joins us. He has been following the behind-the-scenes succession struggle going on within the Chinese Communist Party Politburo that indicates the normally bland leadership transition is deadlocked in intra-party wrangling over power, privilege and profit.
	MUSIC: Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come; Black Star – Thieves in the Night; My Morning Jacket – I'm Amazed; Shanghai Restoration Project – Nanking Road