Proper use of the name “Negro”

Rick Perry is jawing about the name of his hunting lodge, “Niggerhead,” that he eventually painted over, he said. Who named it that? Who painted that sign? What was the purpose? There is a mountain in West...

It’s Not Abe Lincoln’s 1862 Emancipation Proclamation — It’s Our

by rmship | 07.04.2010http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/118 The local "Avenging the Ancestors Coalition" (ATAC) held a fourth of July ceremony, which included a crowd-pleasing dramatic public...

Harry Reid and The New and Fake Racism

There is a new and fake *racism, that is the product of the rovian school of deception, perpetrated by major media, and designed to make racism inarticulable, confusing and frightening enough,  to stop anyone from attempting an honest dialogue about it —  thereby...

Obama is El Negrito-Little Black Man---Honduran Foreign Minister

.There are two translations of his remarks listed below.I do not know which is more accurate but either way is inappropriate, or insulting. One report says the foreign minister was fired.  I am going to look...

U.S. Muslim leaders denounce al Qaeda's slur toward Obama

Muslim leaders speak out against statements made by al Qaeda spokesman."As Muslims and as Americans, we will never let terrorist groups or terror leaders falsely claim to represent us or our faith"A bold and...

For Pioneering Black Theater, A Season

" In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's long-running family drama A Raisin in the Sun brought together an ensemble of African-American artists — Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett Jr. among them — on...

Clarence Thomas - Book Reviewed at African American Opinion

A Book Reviewed With Severe Bias--Forgive Me Submitted by Femigog The Sable EklektikThe Clarence Thomas memoir "My Grandfather's Son" was released on Tuesday (10-02-2007) and from what I can...

Rimbaugh Continues Playing "Racist" Obama Song

Politics aside, I don't understand why Limbaugh can keep on doing this sort of thing in the shadow of Imus' fall from grace. Limbaugh's rationale (in the article below) is intelligence-insultingly weak, be you Dem...

Limbaugh’s “Barack the Magic Negro,” blatantly racist

If you haven't heard this audio clip yet, you need to. Limbaugh's blatant racism is despicable. Anyone who hears this--conservative or liberal--without feeling a sense of profound shame and outrage has no sense of...

Black for a Day -- MLK Day

"You know, it seems like Martin Luther King Day is the one day when white people feel it's safe to talk about race. Or maybe some feel like it's their civic duty. For some reason, this has begun to strike me as lip service frankly. Particularly in the wake of Katrina, Bush's...

Brown, Ford, Castro

"RIP The Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown, the mouth that roared, the veritable voice of R&B, died on Christmas Day. It was a case of auspicious timing. Now Christmas will ring with his voice as an alternative to all the Christmas Carols."

Two more Israeli soldiers captured.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _ Israel calls it an "act of war" and the U-S calls it "a very dangerous escalation" -- the capture of two Israeli soldiers today by Hezbollah guerrillas. Israel has responded to the...

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