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When First and Third World Meet

Daniel Weeks | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: South Africa, Poverty, White Privilege, White, Black, Race, Privilege, Inequality, Interracial Love, Impact News
Daniel Weeks

I may have worked hard when I was young, but the opportunities to learn and work that defined my growing up are hardly the norm in this country, where half the children are born into degrading poverty. The contrasts go on and on.

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Beyonce Gets Glam For Fragrance Launch In Floor-Length White Feathers

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Macy's, Launch, Feathers, Perfume, Fragrance, White, Beyonce, Beyonce Knowles, Fashion, Lanvin, New York, Pulse, Home News

Yesterday we saw Beyoncé colour co-ordinating with her new perfume at the official launch party (in shimmering blue sequins), but for her second frag...

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Internet War Of Words Over Alleged Hate Crime Killing In Mississippi

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Deryl Dedmon, John Aaron Rice, Run Over, White, Murder, Video, Mississippi, Mississippi Crime, Beer Run, Hate Crime, Black, Jackson, James Craig Anderson, Crime News

JACKSON, Miss. -- Authorities call it a hate crime by two white teens against a middle-aged black man, "murder by physically assaulting and purposeful...

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Victoria Beckham Designs One-Off Bag For Selfridges - Worth How Much?

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Shopping, Collection, Design, White, Insider Access, Handbag, Skin, Crocodile, Unique, Victoria Beckham, One-of-a-Kind, Bag, Selfridges, Victoria Beckham Bag, Christmas, Designer, One-Off, Reptile, Fashion, News, Home News

Victoria Beckham has designed a one-off bag for the Selfridges Christmas collection, and it comes with a whopping £8,995 price tag. The one-of-a-k...

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NYC Street Style: All White Now

Melissa Fedor & Abby Wallach | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, White, Fashion, Street Style, Beautiful Stranger, Style News
Melissa Fedor & Abby Wallach

Forget about waiting for summer to pull out the whites. Here, Beautiful Strangers herald the onset of spring by lightening up their looks with cream a...

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Ignore the Teen Employment Problem at Your Peril

Andrew Sum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teen Employment, National Report, Unemployment, E/P Ratio, Low Income Minorities, Demography, Employability, White, Nonhispanics, Teenagers, Business News
Andrew Sum

The deep deterioration in teen employment over the past decade will have severe adverse consequences for them (and the rest of the nation) in the future. We ignore this problem at our peril.

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Serious Guns and White Terrorism: Two Unasked Question in Tucson Mass Murder

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Mass Murder, National Rifle Association, Terrorism, Assault Weapons, Tucson, Racism, Surveillance, White, Muslim, Guns, Politics News
Bill Quigley

Question: How does a mentally unstable man who was kicked out of school and had run-ins with the law buy an assault weapon?

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When it Comes to Wine, Confidence Means Consumption

Tim Hanni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheap, Score, Rating, Choose, Matching, Food, White, Wine, Parker, Red, Help, Best, Recommendation, Food News
Tim Hanni

Wine consumers are a curious lot and wine experts are even curiouser. What do people really want fer christsake?

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Obama Endorses Steve Cohen, White Tennessee Incumbent, Over Willie Herenton, Black Challenger

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Steve Cohen, 2010 Elections, White, Obama, Race, Endorsement, Willie Herenton, Barack Obama, Incumbent, House, Midterm Elections, Tennessee, Memphis, Black, Elections 2010, Home News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a white incumbent who represents a majority black district in Memphis, landed the endorsement of Preside...

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Port Chester Election: New York Villagers Get SIX VOTES Each

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York, Port Chester, Doj, Caucasians, Six Votes, Voting Rights Act, White, Hispanics, Civil Rights, Election, Cumulative Voting, New York News

PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — Arthur Furano voted early – five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his f...

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Obama Census Choice: African-American

AP | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marian Robinson, Census Bureau, President Obama, White, Obama, Sasha Obama, Race, Ann Dunham, Malia Obama, Obama Census, Kansas, White House, Kenya, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hawaii, Caucasian, Biracial, Black, Negro, Obama Census Reply, Politics News

WASHINGTON — He may be the world's foremost mixed-race leader, but when it came to the official government head count, President Barack Obama ga...

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Supreme Court Rules That Black Firefighters Can Sue Chicago Over Tests

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Firefighters, Scotus, New Haven, Hispanic, White, Black, Discrimination, Tests, Race, Asian, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday a group of African Americans did not wait too long to sue Chicago over a hiring test they challenged...

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Why Ethnic Studies is Good For All Americans, Including White Folks

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Defense of Ethnic Studies, Ethnic Studies, Racial Justice, Social Justice, Patriotism, Progressive, Colonialism, Slavery, Founding Fathers, White, Arizona, Diversity, Politics News
Sally Kohn

There's a proverb that says, "Until the lion tells his own story of being hunted, history will always glorify the hunter." This, in essence, is the r...

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Why Is Leona Lewis Turning Herself White?

Andy Pemberton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singer, White, Star, Black, Race, Slim, Detox, Leona Lewis, Entertainment News
Andy Pemberton

New photos of a trim Leona Lewis appear to make the star look... white. Is Leona more self-conscious than she cares to admit?

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Fear and Envy of Black Masculinity: How Politico's Jonathan Martin Mugged President Obama and Got Away With It

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: April Ryan, Aggresive, Meltdown, Emotional, Implict Cognition, Obama, Media, Black, White Male Workers, Race, Ashley Todd, Bush, Msnbc, History, Press Room, Male, Agitated, Conservatives, Envy, Implicit Bias, African Americans, Racism, Masculinity, Whiteness, Meme, Rove, Fear, Carrie Budoff Brown, White House Press Corp, Rush Limbaugh, Irritated, Msm, Black Male, Lou Dobbs, Jonathan Martin, Association, White Male, Cnn, White, Politico, Press Corps, Barack Obama, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Fox, Politics, Rnc, Michael Steele, Republican Chair, Politics News
Ronald B. Robinson

Almost all black men recognize the contemptuous look Jonathan Martin gave Obama on Thursday.

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The Deep Wounds of Black-Facism

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racis, Comedy and Satire, Jackson Five, Comedy and Humor, Humor, Satire, Black-Face, Black-Facism, Harry Connick Jr., Jackson Jive, White, Black, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Black Face, Humor and Satire, Comedy, Blackface, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Spurred by a recent debacle on Australian television program "Hey Hey It's Saturday," black-face people worldwide are stepping forward and demanding they be treated with the respect and equality they deserve.

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What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, President Obama, Voting, Racial Equality, Head of State, Racial, Black, White America, Civil Rights, Republican, African-American, Citizens, Conservative, Martyr, Inauguration, Justice, Health Care, Equality, Lying, Conservative Friends, Politics, Racist, Congress, Health, United States, First Black President, President of the United States, Minority Race, Race, Racism, Apologies, White, Disagreements, Party, Ethnicity, Rhetoric, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I see racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric.

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Sonia Sotomayor and the Real Meaning of Republican Talking Points

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Latino, US Senate, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Racism, White, John Roberts, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.

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And I Thought Having a Black President Would Help

Elicia Berger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: White, Color, Racism, Black, Obama, Racism in Politics, Asian, Race, United Nations Conference Against Racism in Geneva, Racial Slur, Asian Americans, Healthy Living News
Elicia Berger

Walking around Upper Manhattan, I hear a man's voice shout, "Tingy wei wei! Me want to drink tea!" I am stunned into silence, and keep walking. It is only a half a block later when I can even think. "Seriously?!"

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Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President, Leadership, Football, Children, Economics, Washington, Common Ground, Conservatism, Congress, Legacy, Black, Bleeding Heart, Republican Jack Kemp, Compassion, Civil Rights, Republican, Conservative, Racism, White, Housing Projects, Housing, Bill Bradley, Political Leader, Development, Poverty, Housing and Urban Development, Partisan, African Americans, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Kemp was a fervent believer in "supply side economics," which I just as fervently oppose. But you do not have to agree with all of Jack Kemp's economic policies to be impressed and inspired with his life and leadership.

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Another Thought on Race: A Difference With no Distinction

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bike Culture, Human History, White, Black, Obama, Race, Ethnicity, African-Americans, Barack Obama, African Americans, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

The tragic mistake of human history is that we have either assigned meaning to skin color or tried to ignore its reality. Both are deeply flawed world views.

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Being Biracial and Black in the Age of Obama

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dreams From My Father, White, Bi-Racial, Black, Barack Obama, Mixed Race, Children, Heritage, Immigration, Race, Mixed Ethnicity, Jamaica, South Africa, Kids, Identity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Racial Identity, Parents, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

When Obama was born, it was illegal in 16 states for blacks to mary whites. Today the product of a relationship between a black man and a white woman is the President of the United States.

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Changing the Image of Religion: The New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: President, New Evangelical, Leadership, Media, Campaign, Christian Community, Black, Poor, Pastors, Prayer, Consistent Ethic of Life, America, Human Trafficking, African-American, Conservative, Muslim, Abortion, Common Good, Values, Climate Change, Religious Right, Pro-Life, Hispanic, Catholic, Religion, Human Rights, Abortion Reduction, Church, Common Ground, Election, Evangelical, Religious Leaders, Jewish, Vote, White, Gay Marriage, Liberal, Poverty, Emerging, Healthy Living News
Jim Wallis

The day after the inauguration, I will be joining religious leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president. I will pray that this new era can change the image of religion in our country.

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An Obama Victory Will Itself Reassert US Leadership: First Person of Color to Govern Any Country with a White Majority, Ever

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President, Left-Brain, Obama, Right-Brain, White, Person of Color, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Abrams

The election of an African-American man to the presidency is an achievement for which no description is hyperbole: earthquake, transformational, monumental, whatever your pleasure.

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Political Tourists and Out-of-State Obama Activists in Indiana

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indiana Early Voting, Indiana Ohio, Obama Volunteers, Indiana Ground Report, Midwest Obama, Indiana Obama, Swing State Midwest, Indiana, Door to Door, Two Party, Chicago, White, Mccain, Obama, Kirstin Sears, Schrimpff's, One Party, Winnie Godfrey, Senator, 2008, Latino, Get Out the Vote, Ohio, Black, Universal Health Care, Gotv, Wardell Goodman, Illinois, Mikhail Heaven. Kenneth Paton, Canvass, HR 676, Texas, Mito Kakijama, Biden, Election, New York, Japan, Spring Street, Mccain-Palin, U.S. Political Tourists, David Waters, Independents, Undecideds, Louisville, Early Voting, Will Wooten, Paula Neff, Galveston, Jill Herren, Brent, Jeffersonville, Jamaica, Home News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...

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