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At the big Oprah-headlined rally for Barack Obama in Los Angeles on Saturday, surprise guest Maria Shriver, California's First Lady, cited -- as one of a string of reasons why the state's Democrats should vote for the Senator from Illinois -- the fact that, like California, he was "diverse." In the wake of Super Tuesday, we've learned that such diversity doesn't necessarily include Latinos, especially those older than 30. But a self-congratulatory article in the India Express touting the influence of Indian-Americans in the Democratic primary process reveals even greater constraints on the appeal of Obama's diversity. In California, exit...

For Lillie Epps, one of the few African-American leaders in the anti-abortion movement, it was a telling moment. Epps was among top anti-abortion advocates who had gathered in the Oval Office of the White House last year to watch President George W. Bush sign into law a bill banning so-called "partial-birth" abortions. "When he signed the bill, there were some other African-Americans in the room," recalled Epps, 52. But when it came time for publicity photographs, some were ushered out, including all of the black leaders. "That sends a message that it's really not an African-American issue," said Epps, of...

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<p>LOS ANGELES- Yuji Ichioka, a University of California-Los Angeles historian who coined the term "Asian American" in the 1960s, has died at the age of 66, university officials said.</p> <p>Ichioka, who helped to found the UCLA Asian American Studies Center in 1969, was considered one of the top U.S. specialists on Japanese American history. He died on Sept. 1 of cancer, the Los Angeles Times said on Saturday.</p>