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'Prom Night in Mississippi' Reveals Racial Divides

The same week an African-American family moves into the White House, a movie about a Mississippi high school's first integrated dance debuts at the Sundance Film Festival. What's most significant about "Prom...

New York Times Supports White Supremacist Theory of "Race"

The New York Times and the white supremacist group Storm Front share a belief that there are significant and fundamental "racial" differences between color and linguistic groups based upon and residing in their genetic heritage.  Today, for example, Ian...

NYT Insists "Race" Exists, But Human Genome Project Disagrees

Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog and the American Journal of Color Arousal.A New York TImes story today by Susan Saulny, entitled "Voices Reflect Rising Sense of Racial Optimism ", uses variants of the word "race" twelve times, including the root word "race" in the...

March 21: Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Each year on March 21, the United Nations marks the day in 1960 when peaceful protesters were shot by police in South Africa when they were demonstrating against apartheid there. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says that the massacre in 1960 represents...

Time to end Black History Month?

"Should Black History Month itself fade into history?Many have long argued that African-American history should be incorporated into year-round education. Now, claims that Black History Month is outdated are...

Two South Carolina men seek forgiveness for Racism

'The times they are a changing',  is more then a Bob Dylan Lyric in Rock Hill South Carolina. After four decades,  two men  who were caught up in the racist south  asked forgiveness of the...

Senate Dems in tough spot on Burris

"Top advisers to Burris are suggesting that Reid doesn’t want an African-American to succeed Obama. “It’s interesting that all those who are viable are white women and the ones who are unacceptable are black men,” Prince Riley, a senior consultant to Burris,...

DISTURBING trend : Election spurs "hundreds" of racially motivated crimes

These are under reported disturbing events taking place since the recent Presidential election.As the article points out, this reflects the stubbornist of racism STILL holding rootsin America.I highlighted a few incidents, but the entire article is worth the read."Cross...

Alice Walker - An Open Letter to Barack Obama

Alice Walker on expectations, responsibilities and a new reality that is almost more than the heart can bear."Nov. 5, 2008 Dear Brother Obama,You have no idea, really, of how profound this...

Obama and the Revenge of Democracy

"by Mosharraf Zaidi Perception is reality. So while there is an almighty chorus of those that are warning the people of the world to be cautious and not invest so emphatically in the hope that the US election result has inspired, it is important to listen not only to our...

Harding: The first African-American president?

Warren Gamaliel Harding, the 29th U.S. president, served from March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923. The American Decades reference source spoke of "attempts to arouse racist sentiment against (Harding) with accusations...

Abortions in US at 30-year Low

The rate of abortions in the US is considerably lower than it was 30 years ago, having fallen 33% between 1974 and 2004.  The Guttmacher Institute report also found significant trends throughout the course of...

Man held in Fla. for threatening Obama's life

The scary thing about this story is that for most people who are Obama supporters - this is one of their largest unspoken fears. "MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in...

Identity Theft vs. Minority Vote Suppression: Proof Positive that Virginia is...

Virginia is still a battleground state as evidenced on Monday when the commonwealth's GOP chairman made a few choice statements of his own." Jeffrey Frederick accused the Obama campaign and local canvassing organizations of colluding to register new minority voters in...

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