1.   Kemp sees a potential urban activist and racial healer.

2.   Sharpton is a vicious racist, the very antithesis of a racial healer.

3.   The mayor, whose credentials as a racial healer had been attacked during his recent dust-up with Ms. Patterson, did not take the bait.

4.   While African-American elected officials win white votes, such as former Mayor David Dinkins of New York, they do so partially on the perception they are racial healers.

5.   You fancy yourself a racial healer.