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The administration's "minister for scandal," Davis brilliantly defused the Thompson hearings by convincing reporters that the witnesses' testimony was old news.
Has the divisive, decades-long debate over affirmative action really been defused by a clever policy gimmick?
Both defused charges of pandering to the straight-hair, white ideal of beauty by becoming prominent "race women"--hiring only blacks (usually women), giving generously to black causes, and refusing to sell skin bleach, a popular item among African-Americans.
Other social conflicts can likewise be depoliticized and somewhat defused if we keep them out of the realm of government.
It is a grotesque relic of a defused threat, and we can feel good knowing that we have triumphed over its implications.