White Folks Have Civil Rights Too…

A couple of posts ago, I praised Rev. Sharpton and his fight against police brutality, well the Field Negro on his blog presents a different side of the police brutality issue. The brother definitely has a point…

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Hillary Played Games With Florida from The Beginning…

Marc Ambinder in this blog post from September 2007, shows the Clinton camp’s hesitance to sign the Florida non-campaign pledge from the very beginning.
Here’s another blog post from back then…

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Black Folks Finally Get It Right…

At least that what Stanley Crouch seems to think, you gotta love ol’ Stanley:
But – due basically, it seems to me, to the extraordinary restraint of Bell’s fiancée – the reaction to that atrocity never went beyond a strong and measured response. In an important interview by Larry King where she was accompanied by the [...]

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Dick Morris on the Clinton’s Desire to Win…

Former Clinton Adviser Dick Morris gives some great insight on Bill and Hillary’s psyche:
That’s how the Clintons think - no matter what, they have to win. Winning is everything, and how you do it is not determined by any inner sense of values or ethics, but by a resolve to do whatever needs to be [...]

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Petition calls for the firing of Fox analyst who joked about killing Obama…

Are you really upset about Liz Trotta’s offhand comment regarding killing Barack Obama? Well, now you can make your voice heard, by signing this petition calling for Fox not to have her on the air anymore. They are looking for 15,000 signatures, and right now they have over 12,500!

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Rachel Ray Scarf Flap shows the Danger of Nationalism Run Amok…

What’s in a scarf? Unfortunately, a lot, when that scarf has any resemblance to a keffiyeh. What is a keffiyeh you ask? Well it’s a traditional Arab headdress, worn for hundreds of years by people who needed protection from the harsh environment of the desert. The headdress has received a great amount of notoriety from [...]

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White Pastor Mocks Hillary During Sermon at Trinity United, Obama Responds…

Even though Rev. Wright has not re-entered the spotlight since Obama’s public denunciation, Barack’s affiliation with Trinity United Church of Christ is still causing problems. The latest controversy surrounding the church centers around the Rev. Michael Pfleger, and some comments he made about Hillary Clinton during a sermon at Trinity last Sunday.
Here’s what he said:
“She [...]

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Picture of the Day:What Happened by Scott McClellan

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Copies of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s book “What Happened” sitting on the shelf of a Washington D.C. Bookstore. His allegations of widespread deceit in the Bush Administration have brought him major rebuke from his fellow White House staffers, and Bush supporters in general. What’s funny to me is that most people [...]

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Another Take on Why We Can’t Get Past Race…

Fmr. Clinton Defense Secy. William Cohen on why we can’t get over race:
Any discussion of race or racism inevitably stirs uncomfortable reactions. America is, indeed, a nation of immigrants. Most of our ancestors came here in search of a better life. Africans, however, arrived here in chains to make a better life for others. Yet [...]

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Should White Parents Adopt Black Children?

This question was raised on an ajc.com blog post, and it got me thinking.
Check out this excerpt:
“The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a non-profit that studies and provides education on adoption, examined national statistics and studies on transracial adoptions - those in which adoptive parents and adopted children are of different races - in the U.S. over the past [...]

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