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of the UN Durban II planning committee meeting, January 21st,
saw Iran once again take the floor more often than other single
state. "The UN is giving a regime headed by a notorious racist a
platform to manufacture anti-racist credentials," said Anne
Bayefsky, Editor of EYEontheUN. "The only question now is
whether President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are going
to lend legitimacy to this travesty by joining these racists at
the table," she added. Here is an example of Iran's lecture on
equality to the assembled Durban II crowd purporting to be
meeting for the purpose of combating racism: "The crux of matter
that in countries a different group of people - because of
color, ethnicity, background - are treated in a discriminatory
manner as they go to seek a job, or education or housing. As
soon as their ethnical identity, color of skin is known to the
employer, educator, supp