Race Issues

Mulattos, Mammies and Maids: Accessing 'The Help'

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: The Help, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Film, Race Issues, The Help Film, The Help Movie, The Help Race Issues, Race Relations, Black Voices News
Michael Henry Adams

This film tells a story many blacks and whites would rather forget, how black women stepped up and did what they must to survive. That's a story important enough to make all the film's faults minor by contrast.

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Race Is Still a Factor in America

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 10.20.2011

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Rep. Barbara Lee

Recently the question has again surfaced: "Do we live in a post-racial America?" Simply put, race is a factor in the growing economic inequalities we have in this country, and we can no longer afford to sweep this issue under the rug.

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Contentious Tenn. School Merger Prompts Battle Over Politics, Race And Money

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Canon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Merger, Shelby County, Race Issues, Memphis Tennessee, Memphis City School District, Tennessee School, Education News

Memphis city residents voted "yes" in a referendum held last week, sparking the latest round of controversy in a contentious school system battle invo...

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A Cautionary Tale of Three Black Men

Ron Christie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race Issues, Blacks, Michael Steele, Juan Williams, Race, Ron Christie, African Americans, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ron Christie

Amid so many distractions of late, many Americans have lost sight of a truly remarkable accomplishment: Three of the most powerful and influential people in the United States today are African-American men.

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The World Is Full of Ground Zeroes

William Spear | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intolerance, Religious Freedom, Jewish Culture, Race, Racial Profiling, Islamic Extremism, The Diary of Anne Frank, Race Issues, William Spear, Ground Zero Islamic Center, Religion News
William Spear

After 9/11 and in the years since, I've watched the anti-Muslim drumbeat intensify in ways that impact multitudes of innocent people.

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Lloyd Marcus, the Tea Party Anthem, and Race in America

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, Race Issues, Lloyd Marcus Tea Party Anthem, Race, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Lloyd Marcus, Politics News
Marcia Dawkins

Marcus' Tea Party anthem is all about policing boundaries of our Constitution as well as our geography, values and identities, but also about reminding us that these boundaries must be policed because they've been transgressed.

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The Color of the Mortgage Crisis

Matt Fellowes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Race Issues, Financial Services, Economic Mobility, Homeownership, Business News
Matt Fellowes

As the lessons of the mortgage crisis are studied by historians in the coming years, a significant and widely overlooked consequence that will no doubt emerge is how it's set back the economic mobility of minorities in this country.

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The Color We See But Don't Speak: How Race Impacts Our Kids

Imani Perry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racism, Anderson Cooper, Race Issues, Race, Cnn, Media News
Imani Perry

When we don't talk to our children about race and inequality, the only way they have to make sense of it all is to assume that there is a greater human value for those who by accident of birth are white.

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Artur Davis Struggling To Escape Race In Deep South Election

Politico | Nia-Malika Henderson & Jonathan Martin | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: South, Alabama, Race Issues, Rep. Artur Davis, Artur Davis Governor, Obama, Race, Artur Davis, Joe Reed, Artur Davis Health Care, Politics News

After last year's historic presidential campaign, a new season of opportunity seemed at hand for African-American candidates in the South. Not only ha...

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Telling the Story of History

Richard Albert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race-Talk, History, Race Issues, Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Richard Albert

Years from now, when history strokes its pen to tell the story of the 2008 presidential election, how will it capture in words a moment whose full meaning can be conveyed only with emotion?

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Sham of the Year: Frank Rich, Tiger Woods and that Anti-Obama Op-Ed

David Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Kaufman

From the Big House to the White House, Pebble Beach to Pennsylvania Avenue, articles such as Frank Rich's confirm the nefarious notion that successful minorities should still feel "lucky just to be there".

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Americans: Much More Than a Profile

Nadia Tonova | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racial Profiling, Profiling, Race Issues, Politics News
Nadia Tonova

Police officers have a duty to protect and to serve everyone in the community, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin or immigration status. They have a responsibility to follow facts, not bias.

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Implementing CERD: A Call for Immediate Activist Input

Caitlin Watt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race-Talk, Cerd, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Race Issues, Race, Politics News
Caitlin Watt

Advocates and activists should take this opportunity to make their voices heard on the pressing need to implement CERD's mandate to eliminate all forms of discrimination at this crucial turning point in American history.

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Obama Defends Himself Against Black Critics

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday rebutted critics who say he isn't showing enough compassion toward black America, citing his healt...

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Forgotten Truths About the Rawness of Survival

Mia Charlene White | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race-Talk, Racism, Precious, Race Issues, Race, Entertainment News
Mia Charlene White

I can't accept that Precious will accelerate the stereotyping of Black women, of big women, of young women of color, of single moms, of urban places. Doesn't every movie reinforce some stereotype?

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Jenkins

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

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Is Barack Obama's Candidacy About Race?

Bill Blanning | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race and Politics, Race Issues, Race, Barack Obama Race, African-Americans, African-American Issues, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bill Blanning

The simple fact that an African-American is in line for the presidency serves to affirm for all of us our belief in America's best ideals.

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Reverend Wright In Jesse Helms's North Carolina

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

Reverend Wright is a problem in North Carolina. Down-ticket Dems hare already injecting race into their races. Jesse Helms was such a force in this state for so long that "some of that" is still lingering.

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When You're Wright, You're Right

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Hansen

The Wright/Obama story has been utterly mangled. It's a human story and a tragic one. Two decent men doing good work are being used against each other in a game of political one-upsmanship.

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