{"id":171,"date":"2003-08-26T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2003-08-26T19:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/08\/an_open_letter_to_african_americans_from_latinos\/"},"modified":"2003-08-26T15:41:57","modified_gmt":"2003-08-26T19:41:57","slug":"an_open_letter_to_african_americans_from_latinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/26\/an_open_letter_to_african_americans_from_latinos\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter To African Americans From Latinos"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got e-mailed this article and thought I’d post the link – An Open Letter To African Americans From Latinos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just got e-mailed this article and thought I’d post the link – An Open Letter To African Americans From Latinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/11\/is_race_real\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":0},"title":"Is Race Real?","date":"July 11, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"The NY Times Op-Ed section has an article about race today. It addresses whether race actually exists. 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