What we have seen for literally about the past two decades now, the black community being used as a pawn, being used as a wedge by the conservative right to try to carve gay and lesbian people out of the broader civil rights movement with the perception that the black community are the gatekeepers.

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The perception of Zelaya representing some populist movement comparable to the FMLN or the Sandinistas is a fantasy.

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As well as affecting movement, some people with CP may have hearing, vision or perception difficulties or an impaired intellectual capacity.

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Because of such tensions, the strongest glue holding the Islamist movement together aside from the declaration of faith remains the perception that Islam faces enemies.

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Unfortunately, the reality of the present Polish situation is much more complex and far less certain than this popular perception suggests with profound implications for Western policies toward assisting the democratic movement there.

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