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Who Should Live in the U.S.?
Racism, alive and well
This is just a reminder to those that thought just because there is a black president, doesn’t mean that America has fully dealt with their issue with racism. Rick Sanchez of CNN interviews a member…
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Racism Workplace Etiquette
Racial Situations in the Workplace
An interesting take on how one can use racist attitudes to one’s advantage – they hit some things dead on, some they missed, entertaining nonetheless.
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Jasiri X – Blackface
Just getting caught up on Jasiri X as he is capturing the essence of how this thing called hip-hop got started; that is by reporting on the issues that affect the black/urban community via rap. Apparently he has weekly music videos that are a summation of the weekly events, this week in particular focuses on the re-emergence of ‘Blackface’ entertainment; as featured on CNN and YouTube.
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Black Face Watermelon Soda
Black Face Watermelon Soda
I just have to shake my head at this … and shake my head at Target Department stores
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Colorofchange.org vs. Fox News
Colorofchange.org vs. Fox News
Nas delivers Fox News a message to their headquarters. The message is a petitions signed by over 600, 000 people claiming that Fox News spews propaganda and has been racist to the Obama family and…
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I Don’t Know her anymore … (that’s a good thing)
I Don’t Know Her Anymore … (That’s a good thing)
Discourse: change, history, adaptation Type: poetic styleI was told all about her;
Her nasty past – filled with chains, whips, confinement, guns;She was troubled;
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Rodney King ’08 in Philly
Cops beat up Suspect
Rodney King ’08 in the city of brotherly loveThis is nasty, the quiet video speaks volumes of how law enforcement treats black people. In this instance, in Philadelphia, cops drag out a…
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Major Taylor: An Unknown Great, Cyclist
Major Taylor
A Great UnknownFrom Wikipedia:
Marshall Walter (“Major”) Taylor (November 26, 1878–June 21, 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899, 1900, and 1901.
Taylor was the…
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The conditioning of Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglas
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong”
Some background information on Frederick Douglass, excerpt from wikipedia.com:Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who later became known as Frederick Douglass,
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Created Nostalgia
Image source: tru-thoughts
Created Nostalgia
Virtues: homesick, condition, feelings
Nostalgia is defined as the state of being homesick; a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or or irrecoverable condition.… -
The boys in blue, black, brown
Law Enforcement & Race
In the black community, there is a strong disdain for law enforcement. Historically, the law enforcement has enforced the racist and segregation laws of the government. Thus, it is only fitting that the black community did…
