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DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 12, 1994                   TAG: 9411150044
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: SAM FULLWOOD III LOS ANGELES TIMES
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MISTRUST OF OTHER RACE RESURGING

Joe Melsha, a 33-year-old office manager for a heating and cooling company in Iowa, appears to be the voice of a new American majority, and his sentiments are getting the attention of legislators and politicians: Government efforts to improve the lot of minorities have "gone too far."

"I mean, I'm not a racist and I'm not going to go out and shoot anybody, but I don't think [black Americans] deserve all the special programs that are offered to them," Melsha said.

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