Gwen Ifill's "Historic Role" -Maynard Institute

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by Richard Prince
October 6, 2004
Debate Moderator Gets Share of Praise, Pans

More seriously, Joe Davidson contended on BET.com that the debate "was particularly important for the role it played in highlighting and clarifying the differences between the Republican and Democratic campaigns on issues important to Black people.

"One reason for that clarification is that a sister, Gwen Ifill, was the moderator asking questions," Davidson said. "At one point, she noted that in America 'Black women between the ages of 25 and 44 are 13 times more likely to die of the (AIDS) disease than their counterparts' in this country.

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1. Gwen, who are the counterparts?

Black Men? White Women? White Men?

That question was so vague, no wonder neither guy really answered it