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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.
It is a grotesque relic of a defused threat, and we can feel good knowing that we have triumphed over its implications.
The administration's "minister for scandal," Davis brilliantly defused the Thompson hearings by convincing reporters that the witnesses' testimony was old news.
Other social conflicts can likewise be depoliticized and somewhat defused if we keep them out of the realm of government.
Has the divisive, decades-long debate over affirmative action really been defused by a clever policy gimmick?