Goldberg’s take on Republican strategy: Black people have lost the desire to perform a day’s work. Black people rely on food stamps provided to them by white taxpayers. Black people, including Barack and Michelle Obama, believe that the U.S. owes them something because they are black. Black children should work as janitors in their high schools [...]
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The GOP’s Lazy Black People Meme
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · 2012 Presidential Election, america, Democracy
Tags: 2012 presidential election·black people·Food Stamps·Republican candidates for President·Republicans running for president
Don Cornelius: A Socially Conscious Pioneer
February 1st, 2012 · No Comments · america, News
Soul Train was must see television before that phrase was ever coined, and Don Cornelius was not simply its host — he was its maestro–conducting virtuosos of dance, music, and style in an age of black chic. His deep baritone illicited more than questions seeking answers–they spoke plainly and loudly to black youth in America. [...]
Tags: Black Culture·Don Cornelius·Don Cornelius Death·Soul Train
A Reflection On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr And His Legacy
January 16th, 2012 · No Comments · america, Democracy, News
(This was originally published January 17th, 2011) We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. Perhaps it [...]
Tags: American History·Civil rights movement·Martin Luther King·Martin Luther King and the Dream·Martin Luther King Holiday
Living While Black In New York City
December 21st, 2011 · No Comments · america, News, Racism
I try not to riff off of another blogger’s work, even though there are a significant number of writers I admire greatly. But when I read this piece on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog regarding an op-ed written by a young black man in New York City, I had to link to it. Here’s the dagger for [...]
Tags: New York City Police·Police Brutality·Profiling in America·racism in America·Racism in The New York City Police Department
The Ron Paul Surge
December 19th, 2011 · No Comments · 2012 Presidential Election, america, News, Politics, Republicans
Ron Paul is now leading in Iowa. photo credit: Public Policy Polling Newt Gingrich is on a two-week slide, invariably because of increased scrutiny on his character and his record. Paul has reaped the benefits of the implosion.
Tags: 2012 presidential election·Newt Ginrich·republican primary·Republicans running for president·ron paul
Herman Cain’s Predictable Use Of Race
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · 2012 Presidential Election, america, News, Racism
This didn’t take long:video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Of all the reasons for Herman Cain’s spectacular flame out, being a brother wasn’t one of them. In fact I submit it helped him far more than it hurt him in his spectacular rise to the top of the polls. What’s more fascinating is Cain’s persistent calls [...]
Tags: Herman Cain·racism in America·Republican Nomination for President
The Real Newt Gingrich, Presented By Ron Paul
December 1st, 2011 · No Comments · america, Elections, Politics, Republicans
This video leaves little doubt as to what type of campaign President Obama would wage against republican nominee Newt Gingrich. It’s brutal tone is only matched by its reality. No matter how much Newt professes to be the outsider with a spine of steel, his actions and words always belie that. The president isn’t [...]
Tags: 2012 Presidential elections·newt gingrich·president obama·Repulbicans running for president
