I read this article on the Times online site - a reminder that having a US president with African ancestry doesn't mean that inequality has been eradicated, something that many people have tended to assume.

Please also see Lola Adesioye's article http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/22/race-america-henry-louis-gates

Angie

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The Boston Globe

Harvard professor Gates arrested at Cambridge home

July 20, 2009 05:55

By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation's pre-eminent African-American scholars, was arrested Thursday afternoon at his home by Cambridge police investigating a possible break-in. The incident raised concerns among some Harvard faculty that Gates was a victim of racial profiling.