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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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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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Sonia Sotomayor and the Real Meaning of Republican Talking Points

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media

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, Media News
Ronald B. Robinson

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

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Changing the Image of Religion: The New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

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, 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 12.05.2008 | Politics

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 11.27.2008 | Home

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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Is Biden Ready For The Big Game?

Tom Douglas | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama White Voters, Democratic National Convention, Portland Maine, Joe Biden Vice President, White, Election 2008, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, White Voters, Catholic, Systocracy, Systocrat, Joe Biden, Home News
Tom Douglas

Tim Kaine seemed like a no-brainer, but Obama is the Jordan on this team. He needs role players. It remains to be seen whether Biden is more like a Luc Longley or a Steve Kerr.

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Why is No One Calling the Anthrax Suspect a Terrorist?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Muslim, Pat Leahy, Terrorism, Tom Daschle, Right-Wing, Terrorist, Anthrax Attacks, White, Bruce Ivins, Media, Pro-Life, Press, Christian, Republican, Catholic, Media News
Cenk Uygur

If you don't believe that they're not calling him a terrorist because he's white, let me ask you this question -- what if his name was Sheik al-Abdullah Muhammad?

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Oh I Get It, The Left Just Doesn't Want to Win This Year

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, John McCain, Pragmatism, Ralph Nader Presidential Candidacy, Nancy Pelosi, Don Imus, White, Fisa, Harry Reid, Obama, Black, Muslim, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Obama's a pragmatist, not a messiah. He has to win in order to make the changes I want. What merit is there in attacking him for his stance on FISA, now?

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Barack Obama: "Black" Or "Biracial"?

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

Read More: America, African, Political Language, White, Media Coverage, Obama, Media, Campaign, Race, African American, Culture, Politics, Barack, United States, Black, Biracial, Society, American, News, Home News
BlackAndBrownNews

There is discussion now taking place between mostly white editors and producers in newsrooms on how to identify Senator Barack Obama now that he is the Democratic nominee.

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It's The Con Job, Stupid!

Chip Collis | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Bittergate, Blue Collar, Clinton, White, Obama, Pennsylvanians, Hillary Clinton, Working Class, Home News
Chip Collis

Two of the three presidential candidates are running a major con job on you right now: It's in their attacks on Obama. He was right about economically disadvantaged and politically sidetracked Pennsylvanians.

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