Giuliani: Hero or Race Baiter?

By Steven Wishnia

Rudolph Giuliani's eight years as mayor of New York bridged two political eras: the racially coded politics of the late 20th century, which targeted the "pathological" African-American poor as Public Enemy No. 1, and the post-9/11 police state, which transformed dissenters into "terrorist" suspects. Of course, [RETURN TO ARTICLE]