Our Father's Not in Heaven: The New Black Atheism [Rants]
# rants Several years ago, I pitched a freelance piece about black atheism to a prominent magazine geared toward African-Americans. The pitch was denied, but not for any real reason. "That one might be a bit, uh, hard," is all my editor said. I'd later come to find out that he was merely sheltering me from his ultra-Christian executive editor, who would never let a piece questioning religion run ...
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Our Father's Not in Heaven: The New Black Atheism [Rants]
Our Father's Not in Heaven: The New Black Atheism [Rants]
# rants Several years ago, I pitched a freelance piece about black atheism to a prominent magazine geared toward African-Americans. The pitch was denied, but not for any real reason. "That one might be a bit, uh, hard," is all my editor said. I'd later come to find out that he was merely sheltering me from his ultra-Christian executive editor, who would never let a piece questioning religion run ...
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Our Father's Not in Heaven: The New Black Atheism [Rants]
Blacks shrugging off Obama’s gay stand
ARDMORE, Pa. — Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn’t disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an “Obama 2012” placard and another that reads “We’ve Got His Back.” If Obama needs to endorse same-sex marriage to be re-elected, said Jackson, so be it ...
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Blacks shrugging off Obama’s gay stand
Many blacks shrug off Obama's same-sex views
Say president's statement supporting marriage for gay couples won't cost him their vote
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Many blacks shrug off Obama's same-sex views
Changes in Barack Obama's gay marriage stand are shrugged off by many black people
'We can agree to disagree on gay marriage,' one North Carolina man says
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Changes in Barack Obama's gay marriage stand are shrugged off by many black people
Obama Gay Marriage Announcement: Many Black Americans Shrug Off New View
ARDMORE, Pa. -- Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it.
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Obama Gay Marriage Announcement: Many Black Americans Shrug Off New View
Obama’s new view on gays doesn’t faze many black voters
Associated Press ARDMORE, Pa. Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay
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Obama’s new view on gays doesn’t faze many black voters
Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays
Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an "Obama 2012" placard and another that reads "We've Got His Back."
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Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays
Black Americans more likely to oppose gay marriage, but Obama's new view doesn't faze them
ARDMORE, Pa. - Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it.
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Black Americans more likely to oppose gay marriage, but Obama's new view doesn't faze them
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ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) - Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it.
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Obama's new view on gays doesn't faze black voters
Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an "Obama 2012" placard and another that reads "We've Got His Back."
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Obama's new view on gays doesn't faze black voters
Obama’s marriage epiphany
“God is the author of marriage,” came the declaration of National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown moments after President Obama’s historic ABC News interview aired this afternoon. It cannot be redefined, Brown charged, “according to presidential whim.” Indeed not, but while Obama’s expressed support for marriage equality changes nothing legally, his words — and particularly those ...
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Obama’s marriage epiphany
The color-blind scales of justice?
American law scholar Kenneth Mack discusses the warring ideals of egalitarianism and exclusion at the heart of U.S. politics and law, from the founding of the nation up to the present day. Our topic, “race and the law,” sounds simple but becomes kaleidoscopic as soon as you look into it. The role of the law in the construction of race and the role of race in the construction of law are just the ...
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The color-blind scales of justice?
COLUMN: Don Lemon & Whoopie Goldberg: White America's Chosen Pitfalls For Black America
Nationwide (April 26, 2012) -- Ever since Black America's self-prescribed, self-directed, effective, and much-needed Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the American systemic has continually worked relentlessly to find ways of combating or diluting the efforts of the Black community - one of which is paying attention to and promoting only those blacks who are willing to be sounding boards for ...
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COLUMN: Don Lemon & Whoopie Goldberg: White America's Chosen Pitfalls For Black America
Don Lemon & Whoopie Goldberg: White America’s Chosen Pitfalls for Black America.
( ThyBlackMan.com) Ever since Black America’s self-prescribed, self-directed, effective, and much-needed Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the American systemic has continually worked relentlessly to find ways of combating or diluting the efforts of the Black community—one of which is paying atten ...
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Don Lemon & Whoopie Goldberg: White America’s Chosen Pitfalls for Black America.
BET founder strikes out into online distribution
Robert Johnson, the nation's first black billionaire, has invested in professional basketball teams, real estate, mortgage-backed securities and midsize hotels. Now he is returning to his old stamping grounds: media.
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BET founder strikes out into online distribution
Tulsa Shooting Could Be a Hate Crime; Hate Groups Are on the Rise
The Southern Poverty Law Center recently recorded their highest number of hate groups. Over the weekend, the two men arrested in connection with a shooting rampage targeted at African-Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma, confessed to firing the fatal shots that killed three and wounded two others.
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Tulsa Shooting Could Be a Hate Crime; Hate Groups Are on the Rise
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Trayvon polls ignore Latinos
George Zimmerman identifies as Hispanic, but pollsters lump Latinos with whites when asking about the controversy
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Trayvon polls ignore Latinos
Eric Copage: What Blacks Can Learn From Jews – Pt. 1
The Black Pearls Living blog is based on the best-selling series of books written by Eric V. Copage, an independent journalist living in New York. The books are founded on the concept of "Muscular Black Prideâ¢" -- pride borne from daily, concrete, positive action, not rhetoric. Connect with Black Pearls Living and share your stories of MBP⢠via the comments section of this post or on Facebook.
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Eric Copage: What Blacks Can Learn From Jews - Pt. 1
Before Trayvon Martin’s hoodie: A history of controversial fashion
Don't tell Geraldo, but hooded sweatshirts are just the latest in a long line of ridiculously "suspicious" clothes
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Before Trayvon Martin’s hoodie: A history of controversial fashion
Rodeo keeps alive legacy of black Americans in Old West
Growing up in Berkeley, Calif., Lu Vason never saw a steer or a horse, much less a cowboy. Despite such unlikely origins, for 28 years the former concert promoter and manager has exposed thousands of fans to cowboys and the little-known history of African-Americans in the West through his Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo.
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Rodeo keeps alive legacy of black Americans in Old West
Scottie Thomaston: NOM's Long-Term Strategy Revealed in Memos: 'Drive a Wedge Between Blacks and Gays'
In their quest to deny legal recognition to the long-term, loving relationships of same-sex couples, NOM goes disturbingly far off into the fringe. The most horrific document shows that they aimed at the heart of coalition building between the LGBT community and racial minorities.
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Scottie Thomaston: NOM's Long-Term Strategy Revealed in Memos: 'Drive a Wedge Between Blacks and Gays'
Where's the Trayvon Martin petition about gun control?
There’s a big cloud gathering, just beyond the horizon. It started a few weeks ago over Sanford, Fla. Now it’s everywhere, darkening with anger and outrage. You might even call it a storm cloud.
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Where's the Trayvon Martin petition about gun control?
Are African-Americans being misled by political rope-a-dope?
It’s not unreasonable to ask how valuable the variously labeled liberal, Democratic or progressive agenda has been to black Americans and whether blacks should proceed in political lock step with this agenda.
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Are African-Americans being misled by political rope-a-dope?
Trayvon Martin's Senseless Death Prompts DOJ Investigation, Rallies
Last month, a black teenager who was walking through a Florida gated townhouse community—to his father's girlfriend's home—was fatally shot by the captain of the neighborhood watch. While George Zimmerman called the police to say, "There's a real suspicious guy. This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something," and was told he didn't need to follow the teen, Trayvon Martin ...
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Trayvon Martin's Senseless Death Prompts DOJ Investigation, Rallies
Bumps along the way, but a good book nonetheless
The bag might as well be made of gold. That's because what's inside cost you dearly: Groceries mostly, a little milk, pasta, spinach, those chocolate bars you like, and two apples. That'll last you today.
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Bumps along the way, but a good book nonetheless
Studs Terkel's Race: 20 years on
What have we learned in the two decades since the oral historian Studs Terkel published his classic book Race? In the introduction to a new edition, Gary Younge weighs up what has changed – and what hasn't Cultures do not come by their obsessions lightly. They tend them over generations, feeding them with myths, truths, pain, resentment, collective generalisations and individual exceptions. They ...
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Studs Terkel's Race: 20 years on
Urban League: Voting laws threaten black gains
The National Urban League is calling on African-Americans to get out and vote come election time as a means of countering state laws the group says threaten education and economic gains made by blacks.
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Urban League: Voting laws threaten black gains
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Urban League is calling on African-Americans to get out and vote come election time as a means of countering state laws the group says threaten education and economic gains made by blacks.
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Historic civil rights group urges higher voter turnout to counter new state voting laws
WASHINGTON - The National Urban League is calling on African-Americans to get out and vote come election time as a means of countering state laws the group says threaten education and economic gains made by blacks.
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Urban League: voting laws threaten equality gains
The National Urban League is calling on African-Americans to get out and vote come election time as a means of countering state laws the group says threaten education and economic gains made by blacks.
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Urban League: voting laws threaten equality gains
Writer says blacks treated worse after slavery
TUSCALOOSA | In the 80 years after the Civil War, blacks in the U.S. endured conditions that were in some instances worse than slavery, author Douglas Blackmon said during a lecture Thursday night on the University of Alabama campus.
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Writer says blacks treated worse after slavery
Writer says blacks treated worse after slavery
TUSCALOOSA | In the 80 years after the Civil War, blacks in the U.S. endured conditions that were in some instances worse than slavery, author Douglas Blackmon said during a lecture Thursday night on the University of Alabama campus.
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'Obama has done a remarkable job'
Poet and veteran civil rights activist, Maya Angelou is the sage of black America. And for her, Barack Obama has delivered. She talks about her hopes for his-re-election – and receiving an award from his wife Michelle There has always been something bittersweet about the life experience of Maya Angelou . Think of the literature fashioned from a harsh and tragic upbringing in racially segregated ...
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'Obama has done a remarkable job'
In True Negro Project Manner: Planned Parenthood uses Black faces to push their eugenics services
Planned Parenthood Video: Black Genocide a “Vital Service” by Ryan Bomberger | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/15/12 4:43 PM A new video released by Planned Parenthood is nothing short of an infomercial for their continuing Negro Project, called “A Vital Service”. In True Negro Project Manner: Pla ...
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Black History Month has been celebrated for more than 35 years
Did you know? Black History has been recognized by Americans since 1926. Initially dubbed "Negro History Week," that week-long celebration soon grew into a month-long recognition of black people and their important contributions throughout the country's history.
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Black History Month has been celebrated for more than 35 years
Tant: Civil rights movement was multiracial struggle
February is Black History Month, an annual observance that traces its roots back to 1926 when historian Carter Woodson started Negro History Week to honor the legacy and contributions of black Americans.
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Tant: Civil rights movement was multiracial struggle
February is Black History Month – Black Women in America: Culture and History
Americans have recognized Black history annually since 1926, first as “Negro History Week” and later as “Black History Month.” However, Black history had barely begun to be studied or even documented when the tradition originated. Although Blacks have been in America since Colonial times, it was not ...
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Former Tuskegee Airman watches ' Red Tails'
Cornelius Davis has marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the cause of civil rights. He’s photographed John F. Kennedy. He’s been a union leader working to protect the interests of United Auto Workers in Detroit . The Calhoun County native also holds another distinction, one that predates all those accomplishments and gives him a special place in black history. He was a Tuskegee Airman ...
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Former Tuskegee Airman watches ' Red Tails'
The challenge of being black and Catholic in the U.S.
A few years ago I interviewed my friend, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, about being "black and Catholic in America". It is worth revisiting during Black History Month, as Deacon Harold addresses a number of important topics. Here is one of them: IgnatiusInsight.com: What specific challenges and issues ...
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African Americans recognized for their contributions to society
EDITOR'S NOTE -- To celebrate Black History Month, a series of articles throughout February will include a history of black churches in Guernsey County, the role they have played in the black community, and opinions from several local residents regarding what is important to remember during Black History Month.
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African Americans recognized for their contributions to society
Segregation Is Down. Great News, Right?
When Newt Gingrich says that housing project people don't work, our job is to show that they do. When he says that Obama is the "food stamp" president, our job is to show that most food stamp recipients are white....
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Segregation Is Down. Great News, Right?
The 10 Most Racist Moments of the GOP Primary (So Far)
One cannot forget that the contemporary Republican Party was born with the Southern Strategy, winning over the former Jim Crow South to its side of the political aisle, and as a backlash against the civil rights movement. This is a formula for a politics of white grievance mongering and white victim ...
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Black History Month Celebrations Come With Concerns
With Black History Month—and its recognition of culture and achievements—just around the corner, the nation can laud the impact of America’s African-Americans on U.S. [...]
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Black History Month Celebrations Come With Concerns
French Elle under fire for calling Obamas first fashionable Black Americans
London, Jan 26 (ANI): French Elle has been accused of racism after suggesting that the Obamas are the first African-Americans to be fashionable.
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French Elle under fire for calling Obamas first fashionable Black Americans
Colorblind Racism: The New Norm
Colorblind racism is the new normal in American conservative political thought. Well after the election of the nation's first African-American president, in 2012 Republican candidates are using egregious signals and dog whistles to incite racial divisiveness as an effective tool...
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Colorblind Racism: The New Norm
GOP Race Card Rhetoric Raises Hackles
WASHINGTON (AP)— Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a “food stamp president” and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts, a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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GOP Race Card Rhetoric Raises Hackles
Republican campaign rhetoric raises racial concerns
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich signs an autographs for a young supporter on Wednesday in Winnsboro, S.C.
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Republican campaign rhetoric raises racial concerns
Republican campaign rhetoric raises racial concerns (Video)
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich signs an autographs for a young supporter on Wednesday in Winnsboro, S.C.
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Republican campaign rhetoric raises racial concerns (Video)
Some fear GOP candidates' anti-minority campaign rhetoric means a return to racism
Political discourse seems to be rewinding to the days of "Southern strategy" campaigning that uses blacks as scapegoats to attract white votes.
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Some fear GOP candidates' anti-minority campaign rhetoric means a return to racism
New poll shows Romney's lead over Gingrich shrinking
Days before the South Carolina primary a new poll shows that Mitt Romney's advantage over Newt Gingrich is shrinking. According to a CNN/Time/ORC International poll, 33% of likely South Carolina Republican primary voters say they are backing Romney with 23% supporting Gingrich.
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New poll shows Romney's lead over Gingrich shrinking
New poll showing Romney advantage over Gingrich shrinking
Days before the South Carolina primary a new poll shows that Mitt Romney's advantage over Newt Gingrich is shrinking. According to a CNN/Time/ORC International poll, 33% of likely South Carolina Republican primary voters say they are backing Romney with 23% supporting Gingrich.
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New poll showing Romney advantage over Gingrich shrinking
GOP campaign rhetoric raising racial concerns
Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a "food stamp president" and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts — a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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GOP campaign rhetoric raising racial concerns
Newt Gingrich And Other GOP Candidates Cause Concern With Racially Charged Rhetoric
WASHINGTON -- Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a "food stamp president" and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts – a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Newt Gingrich And Other GOP Candidates Cause Concern With Racially Charged Rhetoric
MUSEUM OF BLACK WORLD WAR II HISTORY Rare history needs a Stamford home
It's clear Stamford has the will to be the new home of a unique museum honoring black Americans who served in World War II, but so far there is not a way.
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MUSEUM OF BLACK WORLD WAR II HISTORY Rare history needs a Stamford home
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a "food stamp president" and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts - a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Rise of rhetoric in GOP campaign causing concern about return to racial politics
WASHINGTON - Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a "food stamp president" and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts — a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Rise of rhetoric in GOP campaign causing concern about return to racial politics
Does Newt Gingrich not have a clue when it comes to African Americans?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Newt Gingrich is clueless when in comes to African-Americans. So writes Peter Beinart in a pretty tough Daily Beast column using Gingrich's own words from last night's Republican debate as proof. Before we start here, keep in mind this debate was held in South Carolina on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. [...]
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Does Newt Gingrich not have a clue when it comes to African Americans?
Why George Lucas' New Film Took 23 Years To Develop: 'Because It's An All-Black Movie'
"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart welcomed legendary filmmaker George Lucas to Monday night's show to discuss Lucas' upcoming flick "Red Tails." But Lucas didn't just talk about the beauty of movie magic, importance of historic stories or the talented cast, he revealed why the film took 23 years to develop. [ more › ]
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Why George Lucas' New Film Took 23 Years To Develop: 'Because It's An All-Black Movie'
Black American income inequality
As we begin 2012, the issue of “income inequality” is a matter of high importance for millions of Black Americans and others who struggle to improve their overall quality of life.
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Black American income inequality
Cut out of the margins – Mon, 09 Jan 2012 PST
So here’s how it is: You have no driver’s license because you have nothing to drive. You have no passport because you’ve never been out of the country. You have no other photo ID because you have no bank account. You work and get paid under the table, a wad of cash sliding from hand to hand.
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Cut out of the margins - Mon, 09 Jan 2012 PST
‘Occupy the Dream’ aims to grow Black business ownership
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — A national group of Black clergy, led by former NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Chavis, is aiming to reverse the Black unemployment rate by changing the economic mindset of Black people.
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‘Occupy the Dream’ aims to grow Black business ownership
Louisville Catholics duped once again by Kwanzaa fraud [Opinion: The Arena]
by Thomas McAdam The Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office of Multicultural Ministry hosted the 30th Annual Citywide Kwanzaa Celebration Wednesday evening at the Catholic Enrichment Center, on West Broadway. This transparent attempt to drag African-Americans into the folds of the Mother Church will meet with the same laughable level of success as it has for the last three decades. That the ...
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Louisville Catholics duped once again by Kwanzaa fraud [Opinion: The Arena]
Raise Your Voice Against Dangerous Attacks on Voting Rights
At the heart of a democracy is the fundamental right to vote. Yet for Black Americans, especially, the right to vote is historically blood-soaked and sacred. We paid a heavy price to get the right to vote.
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Raise Your Voice Against Dangerous Attacks on Voting Rights
Disparity grows in incomes for black Americans
Over the past decade, the share of black households ranking among the poorest poor climbed from 20 percent to 26 percent while the percentage making $200,000 or more a year was unchanged at 1.1 percent.
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Disparity grows in incomes for black Americans
The Achievement Gap in America’s Education System
Structural racism is something that Americans need to acknowledge and demolish. While there are some plans in place, like affirmative action, there seems to be little class mobility for black individuals with a low socioeconomic status. There are many avenues to blame that have contributed to struct ...
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The Achievement Gap in America’s Education System
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Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities
New census data show affluent black Americans who are leaving industrial cities for the suburbs and the South are shifting traditional lines between rich and poor. Their migration is widening the income gap between whites and the inner-city blacks who remain behind, while making blacks less monolithic as a group and subject to greater income disparities.
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Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities
Race, Politics and Hypocrisy in 21st Century America
Freedom Rider: Black America at the Bottom New U.S. Census data show “black Americans are at the absolute bottom of the economic heap in a county still teetering from the effects of a seemingly endless recession.” With the median household income at $50,000, African American households earn only $32 ...
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Is The Church Brainwashing Black Folks Against Homosexuality?
Is the pulpit brain-washing blacks against supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) people? SEE ALSO: Father Says It Was ‘A Mistake’ To Use 9-year-old As Chauffeur It depends on who you ask. LGBT advocates have different perspectives on why blacks do not align themselves with gay ...
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Is The Church Brainwashing Black Folks Against Homosexuality?
Is the pulpit brain-washing blacks against supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) people? SEE ALSO: Father Says It Was ‘A Mistake’ To Use 9-year-old As Chauffeur It depends on who you ask. LGBT advocates have different perspectives on why blacks do not align themselves with gay ...
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Stacey Patton: Why Wall Street protests don’t speak to African-Americans
Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with black Americans. After all, unemployment among African-Americans is at 15 percent, versus almost 8 percent for whites. And between 2005 and 2009, black households lost just over half of their median net worth compared with white families, who lost 16 percent, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Stacey Patton: Why Wall Street protests don’t speak to African-Americans
Recession hit blacks hard
Joyce Davis began to see the change in Penn Hills after the recession hit. Ms. Davis is executive director of the Lincoln Park Community Center, which runs a food pantry that serves about 150 families each month. About 90 percent of them are African-American.
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Recession hit blacks hard
The Rise of Black Atheists
Many Black Americans who don’t believe in God are finally taking to the Internet to voice their unpopular opinions. It’s well known by now that African-Americans as a community are the most religious ethnic community in America.
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The Rise of Black Atheists
Why Wall Street protests don’t speak to blacks
Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with black Americans. After all, unemployment among them is at 15 percent, versus almost 8 percent for whites. And between 2005 and 2009, black households lost just over half of their median net worth compared with white families, who lost 16 percent, according to the Pew Research Center. However, these numbers have not translated ...
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Why Wall Street protests don't speak to blacks
Commentary: Herman Cain Now Certain Blacks Will Vote for Him
After saying African-Americans have been “brainwashed” by the Democrats, Cain is backtracking to say he can get lots of the Black vote if he’s on the ticket in 2012.
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Commentary: Herman Cain Now Certain Blacks Will Vote for Him
When I Say Hip Hop, You Say Hatchback
Memo to the makers of the Toyota Prius: Somebody over there might want to pick up their iPhone, call Kanye...
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When I Say Hip Hop, You Say Hatchback
Actress/Filmmaker Rie Rasmussen Says If Tarantino’s "Django" Doesn’t Change Face Of Films, Then Hollywood Is Truly …
The Playlist had a very interesting interview with 'model-turned-actress-turned-filmmaker' Rie Rasmussen, who has closely followed the development of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained since its inception a year and a half ago. Rasmussen first connected with Tarantino while her short film Thinning the Herd traveled the festival circuit. Ever since, the two have become business comrades ...
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Herman Cain And The Politics Of Race
Cain is riding high in the polls — tying with, and in some cases, outdistancing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. And amid allegations of sexual harassment, the Republican presidential candidate's supporters are sticking by him. Still, he hasn't been able to break through with one group — black voters.
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Herman Cain And The Politics Of Race
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Siapakah orang yang sibuk? Orang yang sibuk adalah orang yang tidak mengambil berat akan waktu solatnya seolah-olah ia mempunyai kerajaan seperti kerajaan Nabi Sulaiman a.s Siapakah orang yang manis senyumannya? Orang yang mempunyai senyuman yang manis adalah orang yang ditimpa musibah lalu dia kata ...
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Tees Maar Khan (2010) —> VIZIONEAZA ONLINE
“Tees Maar Khan” este un remake-ul filmului italian "After the Fox" din 1966 si spune povestea unui mare escroc pe nume Tabrez Mirza Khan/Tees Maar Khan (Akshay Kumar). Doi ofiteri de politie, Chatterjee (Aman Verma) şi Mukherjee (Murali Sharma), reusesc sa puna mana pe el, insa in avionul care il d ...
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Not into Occupy? You’re not alone
When Ray Leeds saw a crowd gathering in front of the California Museum of Photography, in Riverside’s downtown pedestrian mall last week, the photography buff and out-of work union pipefitter left nothing to chance.
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Not into Occupy? You’re not alone
‘Occupiers’ Showing Anger, So Why Aren’t Blacks?
During a brief conversation at an event last week two apparently well-educated African Americans tried to carefully “explain” to me that President Barack Obama has no choice other than to ignore Black political issues because he wants of course to be re-elected and “there are more white voters than Black voters.”
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'Occupiers' Showing Anger, So Why Aren't Blacks?
Most Black Americans sitting out ‘Occupy’
(Special to the NNPA from the Black Voice News) — When Ray Leeds saw a crowd gathering in front of the California Museum of Photography, in Riverside’s downtown pedestrian mall last week, the photography buff and out-of work union pipefitter left nothing to chance.
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Most Black Americans sitting out ‘Occupy’
Same-Sex Marriage and Blacks
The quest to legalize same-sex marriage has met particular resistance from African-Americans.
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Same-Sex Marriage and Blacks
Strong Arm Forearm Crutch – Copper – Strong Arm Forearm Crutch – Copper – 8410184101
Best Strong Arm Forearm Crutch - Copper - Strong Arm Forearm Crutch - Copper - 8410184101 review for shop online By : Kinsman Enterprises | Go to store Price : Please check price In Stock David Seume Leavin Official Music Video Tube. Duration : 2.48 Mins. The Colour of The Old West One Saturday afte ...
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As Blacks Lose Their Land, They Also Lose the Future
An old African proverb goes like this: "A people without their land will be a people without a future."
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As Blacks Lose Their Land, They Also Lose the Future
Bill Bojangles, a black man who could run 75 yards in 8.2 seconds, a tap dancing legend!1
Do you like to tap? Can you tap dance circles around competition? Professionals do this. Anyways, I’m drawing in inspirations for tap dance right up our alley, right here in our black race. We all here about what Europeans do. That’s routine. What do our black people do? Lets learn about what our bl ...
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Bill Bojangles, a black man who could run 75 yards in 8.2 seconds, a tap dancing legend!1
Review: Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
Title: Coming of Age in Mississippi Author: Moody, Anne Length: 432 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, History Publisher / Year: Bantam Dell / 1968 Source: Amazon Kindle store Rating: 4/5 Why I Read It: Our fourth read for The Real Help project. Date Read: 21/10/11 Note: This is a project initiated by Amanda ...
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Conference – Debating Toleration, University of Pavia (3-5/11/2011)
Debating Toleration: Attitudes, Practices and Institutions 3 - 5 November, 2011 - University of Pavia (Italy) 3 November 13:30 Registration 14 -15 Presentation of current European Research Projects on toleration Emanuela Ceva (University of Pavia), Coordinator RESPECT Project Zacharoula Kouki (Europ ...
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Conference - Debating Toleration, University of Pavia (3-5/11/2011)
Black History Museum doing a great service to preserveAfrican American fashions!
Well, I look at the black race as a very stylish group of people. We do It big. I know I love fashion. Let’s see how our black people do It in fashion. The black fashion museum has got my eyes wide open, Or at least the news about it. They are showcasing a velvet opera coat that was made with Specia ...
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Black History Museum doing a great service to preserveAfrican American fashions!
Black couple disguise themself to boost their way to freedom, with biracial woman disguising herself to be a white man and the black man pretending to be her servant
Black couple escapes slavery Ellen and William Craft was like any other escaped slaves I read about so Far. Instead of enduring the harshest conditions, they actually experiencedThe luxury while on their mission to escape. Mr. and Mrs. Craft traveled Amongst the first class trains, ate with the stea ...
Demotivate Yourself: PART 17 (20 Pics)
1. Now Mommy will have a lot of explaining to do 2. F*ck, yeah! 3. And then will sing a sonata at your funeral 4. About time! 5. Fear is one of the laws of physics 6. Look at the girls face, looks like someone’s chopstick is in the right place 7. Seems that most of my ex girl friends had the same se ...
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The Racist History of Gun Restrictions
Though many Black people now support handgun bans, there once was a time when Black leaders fought quite hard to have guns in their communities.
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The Racist History of Gun Restrictions
Commentary: West and Smiley Lash Out at Herman Cain’s Latest Statement
Herman Cain is again on the attack about Blacks and racism in America. But the duo that brought you the poverty tour is quick to fight back.
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Commentary: West and Smiley Lash Out at Herman Cain’s Latest Statement
Harry Belafonte Calls Cain a "Bad Apple"
The legendary entertainer says the GOP candidate doesn’t represent Black people and knows very little.
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Harry Belafonte Calls Cain a "Bad Apple"
Pittsburgh native, scholar Derrick Bell Jr. dies, focused attention on bias in legal system
Pittsburgh native Derrick A. Bell Jr., a onetime civil rights lawyer whose provocative ideas about race and the law made him one of the country's most influential legal thinkers and led to his dismissal from the faculty of Harvard Law School, died Oct. 5 of cancer in New York City. He was 80.
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Pittsburgh native, scholar Derrick Bell Jr. dies, focused attention on bias in legal system
Bolitics: Herman “Greater Than Godfather’s Pizza” Cain Stands By Comments That Blacks Are Brainwashed And Continues To …
Herman Cain continues to stand by his unpopular comments that Black voters are brainwashed and not open to the conservative alternative. He defended last week’s remarks on “brainwashing” in an interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Thursday: “I did not insult
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