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China To Obama: Dalai Lama Was A Slave Master In Tibet

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Serfs, White House, Han Chinese, Serfdom, Dalai Lama, Tibet, Beijing, Obama, China, Free Tibet, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Black, Asian, Buddhism, Home News

BEIJING — The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in th...

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An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part II

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: New Orleans, Inner-City Neighborhoods, Five Points, Poverty, Latino, Drugs, Black, Highland, Denver, African American Culture, Gentrification, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

After gentrification the problems populating inner-city neighborhoods like Five Points aren't solved. They just relocate.

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The Deep Wounds of Black-Facism

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

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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Five Ways President Obama Changed My Life - An Inspirational Video

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, West Philadelphia, Politics, Video, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Mortgage, White House, President Barack Obama, African America, Environment, Cash for Clunkers, Philly, Robin Stanback Stevens, Black, Health Care, Stimulus, Healthcare, Politics News
Baratunde Thurston

I asked Robin, a college classmate of mine, if I could video tape her story, and she proceeded to rattle off five tangible ways her life has been improved by the efforts of our president.

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What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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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Is Larry David Right? Can Dogs be "Racist"? This is a Job for Cesar Millan

Waylon Lewis | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: African-American, Cesar Millan, Dog Training, Racist, Dog Whisperer, Pet, Homeless, Black, Dog, Aggression, elephantjournal.com, Elephant Journal, Waylon Lewis, Bum, Larry David, Living News
Waylon Lewis

How do we teach our confused furry pals that security guards, homeless gentlemen or African-Americans aren't anything to be afraid of?

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Unearthed Film Footage From Secret Sports Summit Reveals How Race and Sports Play Out (VIDEO)

Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Auto Racing, Steroids, Marathon, Luge, Logos, Race, Chinese, Tennis, African American, History, Figure Skating, Mary Carillo, Boxers, Gymnastics, Black, Boxing, Women, Baseball, Japanese, Football, Hispanic, Quarterback, Kenyans, Sports Writing, Basketball, Hockey, Native American Indian, Track, Racing, Running, Fishing, Kenya, Comedy News
Paul Mecurio

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Whites Who Say Blacks Are Racist Are Onto Something

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate, Collective, Break In, Police, Activity, President Barack Obama, Racist, Run, Healing, Drugs, Beer Summit, Robbery, Boy, Home, Urban, Henry Louis Gates Jr, 2nd Amendment, Running, Ritual, African American, Sgt. James Crowley, Freedom, Man, Glenn Beck, Credit Card, Black, Shelby Steele, Franz Fanon, Gun Rights, Cat-Calling, Reconciliation, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

In Glenn Beck's mind it doesn't add up. How can it be that people who are treated badly are not filled with hate?

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Drama in the People's Republic of Cambridge: Boston Has Two Faces

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blacks, Boston Celtics, Racism, Black, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Henry Louis Gates Arrest, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Red Sox, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

Cambridge is the most socially conservative, politically liberal bastion in America: The town's p.c. doctrinaire ways of thinking and living exact a stifling, conservative effect.

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Racism or Not, Cambridge Police Owes Professor Gates an Apology

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black, Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge, African-Americans, Post-Racial, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Ahmed Rehab

While it is easy to come to the defense of a black man who happens to be a world class scholar, how many less fortunate blacks get arrested on even more flimsy grounds with no public outcry?

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Punching the Tar Baby

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Mark Levin, Right Wing Media, Congress, Audra Shay, Peggy Noonan, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Jeff Sessions, Right Wing, Hispanics, Democrats, Democratic Party, Uncle Remus, David Brooks, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, David Frum, Racism, Hate Speech, Black, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, Right-Wing Extremism, Republicans, Politics News
Larry Gellman

From the moment Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the court, the Right wing made it clear that they were going to play the only card left in the Republican deck -- the race card.

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Same Old Philly ...

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, The-Valley-Club, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Inquirer, Black, Race, Swimming, Swimming-Pool, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

The Valley Club swimming incident reminds us of the Philly we grew up with and still know; that plain-spoken, steely segregated union town where the racial and economic demographics are very clear cut.

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Whither Historic Riverside Church?

Sheryl McCarthy | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Riverside, Gospel Music, Black, Church, Endowments, Service, New York City, New York News
Sheryl McCarthy

Will Riverside continue to be a liberal, socially activist church that is welcoming to Christians of all races, genders and sexual persuasions, or will it will take on more of the trappings of a black, evangelical church?

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Define "Urban Lit" ...

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 07.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Literature, Urban Policy, Ghettos, Ghetto, American Literature, Black, Reading, African Americans, Urban, Style News
Charles D. Ellison

Rage against the Mullah machine fumes in Iran, economy is wrecked, and health care reform is a rubbery roast of ripped tire on the road to political h...

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Conrad Black Asks Supreme Court For Prison Release

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Conrad Black, Black, Conrad Black Prison, Conrad Black Requests Release From Prison, Conrad Black Requests Release, Conrad Black Release, Conrad Black Supreme Court, Conrad Black Court, Media News

WASHINGTON — Former media executive Conrad Black is seeking his release from prison, at least until the Supreme Court decides whether to uphold ...

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And I Thought Having a Black President Would Help

Elicia Berger | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: White, Color, Racism, Black, Obama, Racism in Politics, Asian, Race, United Nations Conference Against Racism in Geneva, Racial Slur, Asian Americans, 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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It's OK to Say Black

Jennifer Trannon | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: African American, Politically-Incorrect, Racism, Bi-Racial, BettyConfidential.Com, Black, Race, Politically-Correct, Politics News
Jennifer Trannon

Why are people so afraid to say "the Black guy?" It comes from the PC movement but go ahead, I'm giving you permission. It's OK to say Black.

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Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

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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Pssssst. Has Someone Told The Times About Latinos?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Whites, Latinos, National-Council-of-La-Raza, Race Relations, New York Times, Racism, National Council of La Raza, Black, Immigration, Immigrants, Janet MurguíA, Media News
Richard M. Benjamin

For the Times -- and most of the media -- "Race Relations" means "Are white and black people chatting along fine at the office water cooler, the Pilates class, and the corner bar?"

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Watch and Pray

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Scripture, Jesus, Economic Crisis, Politics, Budget, Tradition, Congress, Low Income Families, Black, Garden of Gethsemane, Poor, Mobilization, Prayer, Invitation, Vote, Hope, Change, Poverty, Black Church, M2ep, Mobilization to End Poverty, Policy Details, Obama Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Single Mothers, Unemployment, God, Imprisonment, Unemployment Rate, The Envirinment, Dropout-Rates, Prayer, Black, Faith, High School Dropouts, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Benedict, Karl Marx, Islam, Jews, Episcopalians, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Green News
Michael Henry Adams

Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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Republicans' 4% Mortgage "Stimulus" Is Latest Ponzi Scheme

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fha, Depression, Melvin Oliver, Sec, Mitch McConnell, Housing, New Deal, Social Security, Black Wealth White Wealth, Stimulus, Black, Republican First Principles, Mortgage Crisis, Redlining, Eugencis, Wealth, Predatory Lending, African American, Loans, Ponzi Scheme, Construction, Subprime, Bernie Madoff, Rush Limbaugh, Obama, Media, Politics, Bailout, Economy, Race, White House, Financial Crisis, Bignews, Paulson, Foreclosure Crisis, Credit Score, Great Depression, Credit Rating Agencies, Freddie Mac, 4% Morgage, Fanie Mae, Politics News
Ronald B. Robinson

Does the Republican ploy to provide 4% home mortgages to boost the economy sound too good to be true? It is. Buyer Beware!

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Another Thought on Race: A Difference With no Distinction

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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 03.04.2009 | Politics

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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Steele's Slippery Slope

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Rnc, Maryland, Republicans, Black, Conservatives, Steele, African Americans, Republican National Committee, Michael Steele Rnc, Rnc Chair, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Republicans needed a public relations break more so than a Michael Steele, a fact that will show itself much sooner rather than later.

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