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Dahleen Glanton: White anger over arrest of two black men at Starbucks is long overdue

It's nice that so many white people are appalled by that incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks where two African-American men were hauled off to jail for being black.

On behalf of black people, I'd like to thank you for your support.

But I'd also like to ask, "What took you so long?"

It was disheartening to watch the video of the young men sitting quietly at a table being surrounded by police officers and then led out in handcuffs. An employee at the Starbucks had summoned police because the men had

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