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April 13, 2013 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 2449
Second White Supremacist Arrested In Colorado Prison Chief’s Murder Has anybody noticed that none of the two Aryan Brotherhood gang members arrested in connection with the murder of the Colorado prison chief, Tom Clements, do not have blue eyes? Seriously,
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April 12, 2013 •
Culture, Entertainment, Race •
Views: 1088
Accidental Racist: Brad Paisley, LL Cool J, & Mending Fences. Yes, we have a problem to discuss. In this episode of Madness & Reality Radio we discuss the new and controversial song, Accidental Racist by Country music star Brad Paisley. Since its
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April 2, 2013 •
Politics, Race •
Views: 822
I realize I haven’t said a lot lately about the current immigration debate. But if you know me — or follow this site — you’ll know that I have said plenty. Specifically, I’ve mentioned on more than one occasion that the heart and
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March 29, 2013 •
Politics, Race •
Views: 1041
Here’s an idea for my Republican friends: since you guys are re-branding and are concerned about your image, it’s probably not a good idea to refer to Hispanics as “wetbacks”. Now I know being racist or remembering not to be racist can
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March 14, 2013 •
Politics •
Views: 1282
So apparently ethnic studies classes serve no other purpose other than promoting racial resentment. Yep, who knew? I remember taking one of those classes back in college, but I never realized that my doing so was responsible for my occasional “kill
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February 25, 2013 •
Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 1803
Some time ago I joked about me not being able to wait for Django Unchained winning the Best Picture category at this year’s Oscar Awards, to finally be able to celebrate our post-racialness. Well, at last night’s Oscar ceremony, that didn’t
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February 22, 2013 •
Race •
Views: 3723
We’ve seen this before, right? Okay, so it hasn’t happened more than once in American history; but, the novelty of having an African-American president hasn’t worn off. And why should it? Barack Obama’s most significant political
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February 18, 2013 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 1659
It appears that once again, not everyone here in the America has received the memo. Of course as a reader you may not be aware, but, the United States is post-racial. That’s right, folks; it all started once we elected our first African-American
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February 18, 2013 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 2322
Unless you’re the Prince of Brunei or Beyonce, and have the luxury of boasting about not having passengers on your private plane, most of us regular folks have had to experience the pains of flying commercial. The annoyances range from having to
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February 5, 2013 •
Politics, Race •
Views: 1403
Today would have been Trayvon Martin’s eighteenth birthday. Unfortunately for him and his family, there will be no celebration of his coming of age. Why? Because as I’m sure you know by now, Trayvon Martin is dead. Yes, no blowing out of candles;
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January 22, 2013 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 931
Think Progress has published what I think to be a disturbing report on children in schools in Mississippi. The report stems from a recent Department of Justice lawsuit that calls into question disciplinary action against students for seemingly minor
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December 30, 2012 •
Entertainment, Race •
Views: 2030
Hollywood has again deigned to allocate space for a movie set during slavery to be disseminated for public consumption. It has debuted to mostly positive reviews and a massive PR machine is doing its best to make sure everyone takes in the movie for the
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December 27, 2012 •
Entertainment, Race •
Views: 1108
OK, let’s get something straight: Django Unchained is not about Martin Luther King Jr, nor is it the black version of the epic The Birth Of A Nation. However, it’s a very timely film. I doubt very seriously whether it was Quenten
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December 10, 2012 •
Politics, Race •
Views: 3070
Should the Keishas of the world put Karen on their resume? That question was in fact the title to a piece written by Yolanda Spivey that I ran into after hearing her tell her story last week on Current TV’s The Young Turks. You see, last month Yolanda
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November 13, 2012 •
Media, Politics •
Views: 779
So, Paul Ryan says that they didn’t lose the presidential race because of the issues. According to him, the Romney-Ryan ticket only lost to President Barack Obama because of the “urban vote.” Now of course when I read that this morning, my
