Whites

I Am White

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Unity, Whites, Treyvon Martin, Jews, Language, George Zimmerman, Latin America, Ethnicity, Pew Research Center, Mexico, Ray Romano, American., Hispanics, Rachel Welch, Minority, Race, American Family, Italians, Latino Voices News

I would rather call myself an American. But if you press me, if you really want me to adopt a label, for the sake of equality and freedom I will tell you: I am white.

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Why We Need National Black Marriage Day

Beverly Willett | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Whites, Marriage, Black Marriage, Divorce, President Obama, Black, Children of Divorce, Child Out of Wedlock, Family, National Black Marriage Day, Black Marriage Day, Weddings News

"What's the date for Black Marriage Day?" the reporter asked. Nisa told the woman she'd call her right back, hung up, then looked at the calendar. January, February and April-June were out -- New Year's, Black History Month, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day. March was empty.

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All The Voices Are White, And They Are Being Heard

Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Respect, Fear, Standing Together, Racism, Blacks, Evil, Whites, Religion and Politics, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Black Voices News

We cannot allow the artificial lines of division to deter us from standing together because we are losing our souls and the country's soul while we watch in silence.

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Is Beauty Black or White?

Daniel Weeks | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Whites, South Africa, Blacks, Identity Politics, Racial-Identity, Race Relations, United States, Identity, Race, Beauty, Barack Obama, Black Voices News

Walking through Shoprite the other day, a Wal-Mart-wannabe down the road from where my wife and I live in Cape Town, South Africa, I couldn't help but notice something peculiar in one of the aisles.

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Foreign-Born Blacks Hit Hardest Of All Immigrant Groups By Jobs Crisis

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Whites, Unemployment Rates, Wisconsin, Economic Policy Institute, Blacks, u.s. Born Americans, President Barack Obama, Great Recession, Jobless, Jobs, Immigrants, Hispanics, Foreign-Born Americans, Job Creation, Black Unemployment, Business News

Of all the groups affected by the unemployment crisis, perhaps the hardest hit have been those black citizens born outside the United States. Acco...

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Hulu Launches BBC Comedy 'Whites': Hit Or Miss?

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Whites, Alan-Davies, Video, Hulu British Comedies, Hulu Whites, Hulu.com, Whites Bbc Comedy, Hulu, Alan Davies, Bbc Whites, Comedy, On Our Radar, Culture News

Hulu has a new content strategy, and it's not what we would have expected -- according to the Wrap, they're going after "under-the-radar content from ...

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When Whites Feel Marginalized

Sam Sommers | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Stigma, Racism, Survey, Discrimination, Bias, Employment, Whites, Blacks, Ethnicity, Politics News

In an era in which all groups, even the historically empowered majority, see themselves as victims of bias, deciding from which direction to combat the problem of discrimination will only continue to become an increasingly difficult task.

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White Privilege and Illicit Drugs

Algernon Austin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whites, Perscription Drug Abuse, Criminal Justice, War on Drugs, Race, Marijuana, African Americans, Politics News

The vast majority of drug users are white. This fact has been true for the entire "war on drugs." Many whites live in majority white states. Most whit...

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Hurricane Katrina 5 Years Later: Mixed Recovery In Storm's Wake

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whites, Population, Mitch Landrieu, Gulf Coast, BP Oil Spill, New Orleans, Poverty, Public Housing, Camp Restore, Hurricane Katrina, Volunteers, Rebuilding, Fema, Hispanics, Pass Christian, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Bay St. Louis, Ray Nagin, Blacks, Schools, Politics News

NEW ORLEANS — A mother of four feels trapped in the same New Orleans public housing complex from which she was rescued when flood waters ravaged...

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Suburbs Losing Young Whites To Cities, Brookings Institution Finds

AP / Huffington Post | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whites, Suburbs, Baby Boomers, Austin, Jobs, Atlanta, Hispanics, Portland, New York City, Census, Dc, Young Professionals, Asians, Blacks, Washington, Cultural Generation Gap, Cities, Minorities, Business News

WASHINGTON - White flight? In a reversal, America's suburbs are now more likely to be home to minorities, the poor and a rapidly growing older populat...

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2010 Census: Officials Worry Low Response Rate Is Form Of Anti-Government Protest

Houston Chronicle | Richard S. Dunham and Meredith Simons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Whites, Congress, Briscoe County, Money, Lubbock, Ron Paul, Funding, Race, Democrats, Michele Bachmann, Census, Texas, 2010 Census, King County, Conservatives, Blacks, Asians, Gop, Culberson County, Minorities, Republicans, Slidepollajax, Politics News

"Contrary to historical trends," the Houston Chronicle reports, "some of the toughest challenges" facing the agency responsible for carrying out the 2...

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Mass Incarceration: A Destroyer of People of Color and Their Communities

Jamaal Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whites, Latinos, The Sentencing Project, Minnesota, Policy Change, Obama Administration, Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, Reentry, Criminal Justice, Blacks, Native Americans, Mass Incarceration, Prisons, Racial Disparities, Rebuild Resources, War on Drugs, Politics News

Instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system?

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More Minority Babies Will Be Born In 2010 Than White Babies, Demographers Predict

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Whites, Asian Babies, Census Bureau, Minority Births, Sociology, Hispanics, Race, Mothers, Black Babies, 2010 Census, Census, Hispanic Babies, White Babies, Education, Birth Control, Asians, Blacks, White Births, Minority-Majority, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become t...

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Separation Anxiety -- Why South Africans Can't Let Go of Their Favourite Toy

Luso Mnthali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toys, Whites, Tourism, South Africa, Blacks, Crime, Racism, Black, Perception, Cape Town, World News

Racism affects everyone to a degree that's unacceptable, yet here they all are. They can't seem to leave the poison behind.

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Assigning Value to Race: The Reid-Matthews Dilemma

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whites, Harry Reid, Game Change, Race, Blacks, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Politics News

With their racially charged comments, Chris Matthews and Harry Reid innocently exposed personal perspectives erroneously characterized as indicative of the views of most Americans.

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ABC's The Deep End Has Law Firm Diversity Dead On

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Deep End, Latinos, Whites, Law Firm, Recruitment, Blacks, Diversity, Retention, Business News

While I can toss out most of The Deep End's antics as hyperbole -- no partner would allow a first year associate to go within 20 feet of a client--the show is 100% correct when it comes to life at a firm for blacks and Latinos.

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The Pride of Precious Jones

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whites, Harlem, Poverty, Gabourey Sidibe, Real Estate, Race, Hollywood, Barack Obama, New York, Rodney King, South Africa, Unemployed, Precious, Oprah Winfrey, Lenny Kravitz, Blacks, Paula Patton, Lee Daniels, Michael Mccollom, Brooklyn, Sapphire, Push, Mo'Nique, Armand White, A. O. Scott, Divas, The Color Purple, New York Press, Mariah Carey, New York Times, New York News

Almost every African-American knows, is related to, or is acquainted with a Precious Jones or her mother, Mary.

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Minority Population Growing, Dispersing: Fewer Congressional Districts Are Predominantly White

The March of Diversity | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asian Voters, Caucasians, Whites, Hispanics, Congress, Latinos, 2010 Elections, Black Voters, Race, Elections, Asians, Blacks, Hispanic Voters, Congressional Districts, Demographics, Voting, Minorities, White Voters, Elections 2010, Politics News

With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...

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

Carol M. Swain | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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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Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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HuffPost Review: Prom Night in Mississippi

Katya Wachtel | Posted 05.25.2011

Morgan Freeman attempts to coax a revolution in his hometown of Charleston, Mississippi, where the local high school still has segregated proms.

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Why do White People Have to Outscore Everybody Else on Tests? And Other Questions You've Wondered but Didn't Dare Ask!

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ricci v. Destefano, Whites, Supreme Court, Education, Conservatives, Judges, Sonia Sotomayor, Racism, Conservatism, Fire, Race, Prejudice, Politics News

How can public institutions achieve "diversity" in a way that's fair and legal?

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Pssssst. Has Someone Told The Times About Latinos?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Failed Drug War Now Targets Whites

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meth, Whites, Drug Sentencing, Bush, Clinton, Blacks, Crack Cocaine, Sentencing Project, Powdered Cocaine, Drug War, Drugs, Race, Politics News

The result of the fiction that blacks are the prime drug users and abusers has been devastating in law and public policy.

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