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Beer, Cigarettes and Flat Screen TVs: Targeting the Poor in Times of Economic Crisis

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: AIG Bailout, Temporary Aid to Needy Families, Aig, Tanf, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, Race, US Poverty, Social-Policies, Investment Banks, Middle Class, Home Buyer's Credit, Home News
C. Nicole Mason

When it comes to lending a helping hand to poor people, there seems to be a double standard. The government requires states to match funds for poverty relief, while banks get stimulus money without a fee.

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The GOP Message To Children

Hal Sparks | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Politics, Gop, Deathers, Hal Sparks, Birthers, Obama, Cantor, Race, Tenthers, Comedy News
Hal Sparks

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Is Conservative Obama Backlash the New Racism?

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Fox News, Racism, Gop, Race, Barack Obama, Bakari Kitwana, Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
Bakari Kitwana

Conservatives across the board should be reminded that ideological differences with the new commander in chief is no excuse to abandon core principles of our Democratic Republic.

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MSNBC's Rev. Joe Watkins Accuses President Obama of Breaking and Entering the Nation's Schools While Pastor Steven Anderson Prays For His Death

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Img, Joe Watkins, Education, Will Horton, President Speech to Children, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church Philadelphia, Republican, Msnbc, ION-E Network, Socrates, Plausible Deniability, Christianity, Race, Stereotypes, Coded Language, Breaking and Entering, Conservative, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Obama Speech to Congress, Obamacare, Death Panels, Pastor Steven Anderson, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Joe Wilson Comment, Obama Speech to Schools, Michele Malkin, Health Care Reform, Implicit Association, Politics News
Ronald B. Robinson

Rev. Watkins, what you and your ilk are doing is the antithesis of Christianity and Christ's teachings.

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Today's Lesson: Undermining a Black Man's Authority in 2009

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Texas, Obama, Race, Diversity, Obama School Speech, Politics News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

Refusing to air the president's speech and pulling a child from school are brazen acts that, in essence, put the President Obama in his place.

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Leslie Crocker Snyder Should Not Be NYC's Next District Attorney

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Manhattan Da Race, Leslie Crocker Snyder, Manhattan District Attorney, War on Drugs, Race, New York News
Anthony Papa

Crocker was a "hang em' high" judge who was infamous for handing out stiff drug sentences under the Rockefeller Drug Laws. I served a 15 to life sentence under those laws.

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George Allen Could Make Comeback In Virginia: Poll

The Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Senate, Gop, Opinion Polls, Electorate, George Allen, Race, Jim Webb, Macaca, Politics News

Public Policy Polling releases a fascinating survey of the Virginia electorate, one that gives former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), defeated in a razor-t...

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"Negro" Used On School Form

Miami Herald | Patricia Mazzei | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Department of Education, Florida Department of Education, Jim Notter, Florida, Race, Broward County, Deerfield Beach High School, Politics News

Faced with complaints from parents and students about racial insensitivity, state and local education officials have dropped the word negro from a rac...

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South African white man granted refugee status

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Refugee, Race, Brandon Huntley, Persecution, Apartheid, Canada, Post-Apartheid, Asylum, Refugee Status, World News

TORONTO — A white man from South Africa has been given refugee status in Canada after claiming persecution, his lawyer said, angering many in hi...

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Atlanta's Next Mayor Could Be White

AP | ERRIN HAINES | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Atlanta Mayor's Race, Politics, Reverse Racism, Lisa Borders, Kasim Reed, Racism, Atlanta, Mary Norwood, Race, Atlanta Election, Georgia State, Civil Rights, Home News

ATLANTA — The city that became a post-civil rights movement emblem of the political power held by African-Americans could have a white mayor for...

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No, Not My America, You Mean Our America

2morrowknight | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Conflict, Diversity, Race, Culture, Gender, Ethnicity, Conflict Resolution, America, Demographics, Living News
2morrowknight

Rather than wage a losing fight against impending social and demographic changes, it is incumbent upon people to go beyond their communities, and to get to know the residents of other communities.

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Trumping Obama with Race

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Rightwing, Obama Joker Poster, Bloggers, Talk Jocks, Hate Groups, President Obama, Racism, Gop, Race, Fox, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The race card is back on the nation's table with a vengeance. And the aim is to trump Obama.

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Uh Oh, Here We Go Again with Ebonics 2.0

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Teacher U, Black Children, Education, Teach for America, Ebonics, Race, Diversity, Inner City Schools, Inner City Culture, Media News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

A collaboration of teaching organizations made a frail attempt to exhume the 1990's Ebonics debacle by acknowledging African American English in their training curriculum.

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Microsoft's Ad In Poland Photoshops Black Man, But Keeps Asian Man, White Woman

Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Photoshop, Black Americans, Poland, Advertising, Microsoft, Asian Americans, Racism, Race, Business, African Americans, Business News

Doing business abroad sometimes requires companies to tweak their marketing strategies. Companies often swap idiomatic phrases or images in advertisem...

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The Tyranny of the Tantrum

Terrance Heath | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Health Care Town Halls, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, Free Speech, Angry White Men, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Democracy, GOP Base, Health Insurance, Tea Parties, Race, Barack Obama Race, Public Plan for Health Insurance, Town Hall, Protests, Health Care Reform, Mob Behavior, Racism, Tea Party, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, White Voters, Republicans, Politics News
Terrance Heath

What we're seeing from the health care town halls and what we've seen from the "birthers" is essentially what I call the Tyranny of the Tantrum, which many parents encounter during the "terrible twos."

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It Was Never Fair and Balanced -- Now It's Not Even News

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Craig Newmark, Msnbc, Newspapers, Bill Kling, Tucson, Lou Dobbs, Aspen Institute, Mark Lloyd, Media Matters for America, Keith Olbermann, Democratic Party, Race, Democrats, John Carroll, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama 2008, Fcc, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Cnn, Craigslist, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Media News, Bill O'Reilly, Republican Party, University of Arizona, Republicans, Media News
Larry Gellman

What we now see on cable TV is nothing resembling news. The entertainers who pose as newsmen now routinely spew lies, distortions, and biased opinions or provide a platforms of legitimacy to the sociopaths who do.

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Why Won't Health Care Advocates Talk About Race?

The American Prospect | Adam Serwer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Segregation, Hispanics, Healthcare Reform, Race, African Americans, Politics News

Last week, over 8,000 people lined up to be treated by medical volunteers at the Forum stadium in Inglewood, California. It was a rare moment of visib...

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'Whites are People Too': Why Some White People are Stating the Obvious

Carol M. Swain | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whites, White Nationalism, President Obama, Race, Blacks, Sotomayor, White Supremacy, Glenn Beck, Racism in Politics, Town Hall Meetings, Post-Racial, Black-Nationalism, Politics News
Carol M. Swain

Hadassah's is one of many such e-mails I have received over the years from whites who confess to having been raised in liberal democratic- homes, but who are now flirting with white nationalism.

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The Uninsured Has a Black Face -- White Ambivalence Is Obama's Struggle

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Mongers, President Obama, News, African American President, Hateful Acts, White Ambivalence, Obama, White Privilege, Hate Crimes, Racists, Hate Groups, Rosa Parks, John Dovidio, Liberal Racism, Great White Hope, African Americans, Post Racial Society, Politics, Right Wing, Blacks, Barack Obama, Reparations, Breaking News, Yale, Racism, Race, Healthcare Reform, Functional Racism, Whites, Prof. Dovidio, Health Care, Dr. John Dovidio, Hate, Dovidio, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

Yale professor, John Dovidio, does not feel the ongoing protests, name calling and Hitler labels by white protesters are hate, but a fight by whites struggling to defend and maintain their position and status.

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Not All Bitter, Not All Clingy -- In Defense of "Whitey"

John Ridley | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Race, Race, Town Hall Meetings, White Men, Barack Obama, Politics News
John Ridley

Instead of blaming white men for all that's wrong with America, let's try walking a mile in their frustrated, little shoes.

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Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Gates, President Obama, Obama, The Nation, Race, Institutionalized Racism, Obama Town Hall Meetings, Officer Crowley, Town Hall, White Privilege, Racism, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Henry Louis Gates Arrested, African-Americans, Privilege, Health Care, African Americans, Whites, Leonard Zeskind, Pat Buchanan, Barack Obama, Driving While Black, White Nationalism, Lynching, People of Color, Sarah Palin, Sonia Sotomayor, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Erik Ward, Henry Louis Gates, Racial Inequality, Town Hall Meetings, Eric Alterman, Healthcare, Class, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.

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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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Barack Obama is Not Black

Earnest Harris | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Mixed Race, Racism, Interracial Marriage, Race, Mixed Ethnicity, Barack Obama, Politics News
Earnest Harris

Barack Obama is both black and white and he is neither black nor white, and he is mixed and he is half. He is all of those things and he is none of those things.

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What Affirmative Action Babies Can Give Back

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Race, Giving Back, Volunteerism, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

Too often, those of us who have benefited from affirmative action forget how and when to give back.

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The Last Gasp of the Angry White Man

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Tampa Town Hall, Bob Inglis, Town Halls, Conservative Talk Radio, Political Power, Healthcare Reform, Angry White Man, Race, Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

We're supposed to have the best democracy in the world. As it stands, we're one burning tire away from Haiti. We have to dial this health care debate back down.

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