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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Racism Study Among NBA Officials: Pointless and Stupid |
| Published: May 8, 2007, 4:32 pm |
| Tags: Venting, Racism, Get Past Race, Nba Referees |
| There has been a lot of news as of late on the issue that the white referees in the NBA are using race as a factor for making foul calls. Personally, I think this study is stupid and really serves no purpose (but I'll get more into that in a second). What I found even more interesting is a little piece I read in the Chicago Tribune yesterday. |
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| Racism alive and kicking - why every ethnic group is capable of being racist |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 12:39 pm |
| Tags: Recruitment, Canadian Government, Racism, University Of Toronto, Siu, Evan Eid |
| This is Evon Reid, a political science studies graduate from the University of Toronto. Evon shot to unexpected (probably international) fame because a government employee responsible for managing a recruitment process (and his job application) referred to him as a 'ghetto dude'. The Toronto Star newspaper reports the story today. Here's a brief |
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| Racism and Pseudo-Islamophobia |
| Published: July 10, 2007, 9:32 pm |
| Tags: New Labour, Equality, Racism, Affirmative Action |
| So, in a way, old-fashioned racism seems to have found a new outlet. Here's an intelligent take on this particular issue and the Scottish political ruling class' response to this issue.Then, a report was published about Africa-Caribbean's living in London. Those interviewed suggested that racism in the capital had got quite a bit worse than it |
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| Petakh Tikvah schools reject Ethiopian students |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 1:18 pm |
| Tags: Ethiopia, Racism, Education, Israel |
| Haaretz reports, Eighty Ethiopian immigrant children, whose families transferred in recent months from absorption centers to permanent homes in Petah Tikvah, are still looking for schools that will agree to accept them for the upcoming school year. The immigrants cannot be accepted to state secular schools as they have yet to finish their |
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| Dixie Dianne’s Betrayal |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 4:56 pm |
| Tags: Power Games, Pinstripe Klansman, Safe Negro Report, White Supremacy, Nigger, Racial Diversity, Thad Cochran, Wingut Judicial Appointments, Leslie Southwick, Political Expediency, Racist Judges, Dlc, Trent Lott, 2008, Racism, Race, U S Senate, Hillary, Mississippi, Dianne Fe |
| Some Democratic Senators are lackluster, some are unreliable, and some, like Dianne Feinstein, are unpredictable. Civil Rights groups like People for the American Way and the Alliance for Justice were blindsided Thursday when Feinstein voted for another of Trent Lott's Brooks Brothers suited racists to assume a lifetime appointment to the |
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| Clinton/Obama 08: Never gonna happen |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 10:57 am |
| Tags: Black Endorsements, Obama Vs Hillary, Power Games, Black Voters, Black Consensus, Wingut Judicial Appointments, Cnn Presidential Debates, Political Expediency, White Supremacy, Vice President Of Color, Racism, Race, U S Senate, 2008, Hillary, Obama For President, Bill Cl |
| to pharmaceutical company racism in the denial of anti-retroviral AIDS medications to African countries desperate for help, is the real legacy of the Clintons. Barack Obama has done absolutely nothing to castigate their record or chart a different course that black folks could respect. Hooking up an already deficient brotha to that |
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| New Orleans Cop acquitted of police brutality in beating of black senior citizen |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 7:08 pm |
| Tags: Lance Schilling, Racist Judges, Stuart Smith, Robert Evangelist, Frank Marullo, Power Games, Robert Davis, Racism, Race, New Orleans Katrina, Racial Profiling, Police Brutality, Politics |
| Hat Tip: Associated Press, NPR’s News andViews blog. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) – A former police officer accused in the videotaped beating of a man in the French Quarter after Hurricane Katrina was acquitted Tuesday by a judge who heard the case without a jury. “I didn’t even find this a close call,” said |
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| Government or Society? |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 4:13 pm |
| Tags: Law Amp Amp Legal Matters, Society, Minorities, Racism |
| If we have a color-blind government, we’re effectively conceding that there will continue to be a color-conscious society. If we seek a color-blind society, we’ll need to allow for certain color-conscious governmental policies (for the foreseeable future). So, if it’s an either/or choice which is the one which should be |
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| The Audacity of Ambivalence |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 10:33 pm |
| Tags: Gop Culture Of Corruption, Safe Negro Report, White Supremacy, Power Games, Corporate Whore, Slavery Reparations, Political Expediency, Racial Diversity, Obama For President, Dennis Kucinich, 2008, Racism, Race, Hillary, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Dlc, Politics |
| Twenty-three years ago, I was transformed by the presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson. I became the political animal that haunts this blog with sporadic amounts of humor and cynicism. The campaign became a coming of age that should define a generation of us in our mid-thirties. The rhetoric of the campaign was uplifting and edifying in |
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| Better Racist Than Gay |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 5:16 pm |
| Tags: Law Amp Amp Legal Matters, Politics, Glbt Issues, Racism, Crime |
| Co-blogger Shaun already mentioned Florida State Senator Bob Allen’s (R) weird defense of his offer to give oral sex to an undercover cop (”He was big and Black!”). What I find odd is that Allen’s defense effectively boils down to “I’d rather be called racist than gay.” Again, I’m no optimist on race |
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| GOP bigotry rears its ugly head |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 8:21 am |
| Tags: Republican Party, Racism Bigotry |
| A few weeks ago, the Senate invited a Hindu leader to deliver the daily invocation. Apparently, this has sent Idaho’s Bill Sali (R) over the edge. “We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives now, Keith Ellison from Minnesota. Those are changes — and they |
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| Religion, race and the X-Factor |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 3:26 am |
| Tags: Dannii Minogue, Simon Cowell, Religion, Racism, X Factor |
| There's a curious little story pushing the new series of The X-Factor in today's Mirror:X Factor Muslim turmoilDannii Minogue says a Muslim X Factor contestant will be disowned by her family when they find out she auditioned.New judge Dannii said: "One girl, a Muslim, was shaking."Hang on a moment - why does the woman's religion even warrant a |
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| The ABC’s Of The 2008 Presidential Election |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 12:06 am |
| Tags: Terrorism, Politics U S, Iraq, Globalization, Holy War, 2008 Presidential Election, Iran, Glbt, Immigration Issues, Racism |
| For a number of years, the GOP political strategy has been characterized by a focus upon three prevailing issues that many have chosen to call “God, guns, and gays”. As we approach the 2008 election, there seems to be a growing belief that this effective trifecta is headed for the political trash heap. While I’m not ready to |
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| The Wit and Wisdom of Sir Francis Galton |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 6:03 am |
| Tags: Social Engineering, Racism, Eugenics |
| Racist Sir Francis Galton Racism, at least as I’ve known it, is inherently a belief in the superiority of one’s own race. Sir Francis Galton was something much more interesting, and possibly much more dangerous: he was a scientist. After all, claiming that Asians are humanity’s Master Race — something I’ve brought |
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