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Re: If reparations are due, start with Native Americans
And this is from the Prophetess of Anti-Hopelessness. And this is from the Prophetess of Anti-Hopelessness. One who hopes her views and critiques are respected since they go against the grain of "status quo" Black political thought.Slipping Into WHITENESS. Notice the detachment denoted by the term "YOU". Now, all-of-a-sudden ROWE is not among the "YOU". Hmmm.... I could swear... ...I see your true colors shining through. I see your true colors... Also??? Didn't you say something like...
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Re: Polygamy: A Remedy Or a Right?
Of course! However, as far as Manchild is concerned, a woman is incredibly selfish if she requires more from her marriage other than food and shelter. People like this, typically men, believe that a marital bond is limited to the man providing money and the woman providing children. He's addressed the community benefits, but fails to address the social and relationship dynamics involved. Perhaps he thinks that eventually women will simply accept their status and "deal with" no longer...
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Re: Is Race Real?
And that's often the exact reason this unqualified factoid is invoked. I would say that people, Black/White, have varying Agendas. The fact that the DNA supported "myth" of race is totally irrelevant to the real life experiences of people who can testify that "Race Is Real" will not change those with those Agendas. They are motivated by something other than reality and logic. For some, I continue to call it "The ROOTS Syndrome". For all of them... they simple want "race" to go away. I submit...
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Re: Is Race Real?
Spoken in true pompous form. Ebony or anyone else aren't looking for you to validate them and what they think. She should be so graced to think that ROWE feels she's absolutely correct. lol The funny thing is... she has said nothing different from what MBM has said. Yet, MBM gets no such "props" or cuddos from you.Speaking in abstract and utter lunacy. ROWE, we can (and some do, explicitly or not) acknowledge "White" humanity and/or "African"-origins but you forget that it takes TWO to...
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Re: NEVER MAKE EXCUSES FOR YOUR OPPRESSOR.
Xum: Not knowing where your satire stops, and 'you' begin, I defer to your best judgment. NEVER FORGET!! Jim Chester
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Re: NEVER MAKE EXCUSES FOR YOUR OPPRESSOR.
Reference: Not knowing where your satire stops, and 'you' begin, I defer to your best judgment. WHAT!! You mean there is some part of me that is not satirical? Tell me where it is so I can have it amputated. It is just that I think the whole "oppression thing" is more deeply rooted psychologically than simple choice. Like White people blaming everything on Hitler is ridiculous. Hitler didn't create the social-psychology of the German people. He was a product of it. The NEuRoMorons are the...
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Re: Can Virtual Reality Videos Put a Dent in Mass Incarceration?
If Blacks were incarcerating Whites in the manner they incarcerate us (God knows, they commit all kinds of crimes and walk free as birds fly), what do you suppose would happen to US?? How many of US would be breathing on this turf if that happened. I'd surmise NONE!!! We complain, moan and groan, march and sing; the incarceration, bullets and death continues; 500 years and counting.... Either we're gluttons for punishment, damn fools, or we just can't get out of this SlaveTrade Conundrum we...
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Re: Can Virtual Reality Videos Put a Dent in Mass Incarceration?
@Project Empathy is using the emerging medium to force action on criminal justice reform.
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Re: Can Virtual Reality Videos Put a Dent in Mass Incarceration?
This technology should also be used as preventative measures to deter teenagers and young people from crime in the first place.
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Re: S&P 500 closes above 1,500 for 1st time since 2007
Originally Posted by Muhammad Cipher: You still haven't given any basis for an employment boom as you are repeating the same "prediction" that many Obama supports have been making since he was 6 months into his first term. A prediction that has yet to materialize. Once again you have me confused with .... ... I don't really know WHO you think you've been talking to!! I, personally, have NEVER predicted an "employment boom" before now. I also can't remember anybody (Obama supporter or...
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Re: Cop shoots teen dead prompting near riot in Mo.
Jason Cherkis Become a fan jason.cherkis@huffingtonpost.com Nick Wing Become a fan nickw@huffingtonpost.com Ferguson Grand Jury Evidence Reveals Mistakes, Holes In Investigation Posted: 11/25/2014 6:09 pm EST Updated: 11/25/2014 7:59 pm EST Soon after Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, law enforcement’s handling of the case was already being criticized as callous and sloppy. Residents of Ferguson, Missouri, looked on in horror as police officials...
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Re: Yet, Another GOP Pet Negro
Originally Posted by sunnubian: I'm not apologizing for President Obama, in fact, I have my own problems with him, but ignoring the fact that a United States President does not have dictator powers vested in him by the United States Constitution, therefore, has to have Congress actually vote in any of his policies, plans and ideas, still does not make Congressional blocking, evading, lying and indifference to the Will of the People and the best interests of the American people, the American...
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Why Affirmative Action in American Colleges and Universities Should Be Constitutional
Editor's Note: A distinguished scholar of constitutional law shows why prior rulings of a key Supreme Court justice are not in conflict with a final ruling that race may be considered as one factor in admissions to higher education. by Neal Kumar...
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The MisEducation of the Negro" In the African
The MisEducation of the Negro" In the African Context by George B N Ayittey Applied to Africa, [Carter G. Woodson's "The MisEducation of the Negro] has great validity, which can be labeled "elite dysfunctionalism." This restricts "mis-education" to African elites, rather than to the people at large. Colonization initiated a process of acculturation. Through contact with European colonialists and education, African natives came to learn of the former's way of life, such as mannerisms,...
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Democrats' Religious Coordinator Resigns
I thought this was interesting Democrats' Religious Coordinator Resigns Fri Aug 6, 7:34 PM ET WASHINGTON - The director of religious outreach for the Democratic Party says she resigned this week because of criticism over her support for removing the...
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37 Years Later: The Right to Marry
Two days too late...oh, well...Lovings Case's Lessons LingerBy Major W. Cox According to various news accounts, early on the morning of July 15, 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving awoke in their bed with three flashlights shining in their eyes. A voice...
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FYI: Common Dreams Headlines
Home | About Us | Donate | Subscribe | Archives Do you want to share the news with a friend? Click here to tell them about Common Dreams. News & Views | 02.29.12 Featured... Naomi Klein: 'If You Take Climate Change Seriously, You Have to Throw Out the Free-Market Playbook' http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/29-4 Headlines... Hezbollah says Attack on Iran Would Set Middle East Ablaze http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/29-0 Wikileaks: US Dept. of Homeland...
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Week ending Friday December 16, 2011 Readers' Choice / Most Read Views... John R. MacArthur: President Obama Richly Deserves to Be Dumped Ralph Nader: Congressional Tyranny, White House Surrender Robert Fisk: Bankers are the Dictators of the West Robert Reich: The Remarkable Political Stupidity of the Street Sam Pizzigati: Presenting America’s Ten Greediest of 2011 Diane Ravitch: A Nation's Education Left Behind David Morris: Occupy Economics Departments John Atcheson: The Walmartization of...
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The man trying to train Africa's future leaders
2 January 2012 Last updated at 07:57 ET The man trying to train Africa's future leaders Fred Swaniker is convinced that his academy will help change the continent Continue reading the main story African Dream An entrepreneur's best friend Tips from a 'money magician' What a TV man did with four toilets Cashing in on Uganda’s oil boom Fred Swaniker, an entrepreneur with a passion for solving social problems, believes that many of Africa's predicaments boil down to a lack of adequate...
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"First Ministers Were Licensed to Control"
Has anything changed, really?----------------------------------------- "Dirty Little Secrets" (249 pages) -- Pg. 6By Dr. Claud AndersonThe American War for independence gave blacks, both free and enslaved, cause to express their interest in religious...
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Organizing the discussion
Has anyone ever been in a book club and seen/experienced how these discussions go? Obviously, we could break the book into sections or even discuss things chapter by chapter, but if anyone has any insight about how to do this it might be helpful. I...
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Blacks, Military Recruitment and the Anti-war Movement
I came across this article on Black Commentator. It addresses the attitude of the majority of white left liberals when it comes to dictating what and how we should fight our battles or dictate to us what we should be fighting for. NOT SHOWING UP:...
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Family Affair
Recently, my mother-in-law has come to live with us. Although she is finely physically independent, she has health issues. Further, she is unable to support herself financially.I don't have problem with her living with us. We get along famously. In...
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Dreams of Africa in Alabama
Dreams of Africa in Alabama 2009 James F. Sulzby Award of the Alabama Historical Association 2008 Finalist Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association Watch Book Talk on Ebru TV ...
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What? Why Am I Stepping Off the Sidewalk for White People in 2014?
Race Manners: This is an understandable, if depressing, adaptation to the world you live in. But you don’t have to continue to repeat the Jim Crow era in your daily life. Dear Race Manners: When I’m walking on a sidewalk and white folks are approaching, do I step aside and hit the grass, or keep moving straight forward and make them move? Usually I’m the one who gives them the path, especially if it is a woman. But either way, I feel like I’m offending my ancestors or something by...
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No cure for The Permanence of Racism
Racism in America is the invention of white southern landowners for whom four centuries ago devised the system of slavery to maximize their profits. Although the harsh physical lived reality of slavery that our forefathers endured has long ceased, racism remains to this day as the close relative of slavery. Racism in the American institutions of law, government, education, religion, family, marriage etc, remains alive and well. All of these American social institutions carry their own...
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The Politics Behind "One" God
The Politics Behind “One” God Published on May 1, 2014 in Culture , Education , General T&T and Religion . 5 Comments Tags: corey gilkes , god . <big> Western Definition of Monotheism masks Imperialism </big> By Corey Gilkes May 01, 2014 – trinicenter.com/Gilkes So, following on from the last two articles, I want to look now at monotheism, the belief in a one and only god. To be more precise, the Eurocentric definition of it. What REALLY makes that concept so morally...
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'We Are Resetting the Net to Shut Off Mass Surveillance'
Published on Thursday, June 5, 2014 by Common Dreams 'We Are Resetting the Net to Shut Off Mass Surveillance' Online day of action marks one year since Snowden reporting began and calls for people to "take their privacy back" from prying eyes - Jon Queally, staff writer 'Don't ask for your privacy... Take it back.' (Image: ResetTheNet.org) To mark the one year anniversary of the first reporting based on information revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on June 5, 2013, privacy...
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Why The MSM Is Such A Farce
LaFeminista Follow RSS Daily Kos member Profile Diaries (list) Stream MON JUN 16, 2014 AT 03:23 AM PDT Why The MSM Is Such A Farce by LaFeminista Follow Email 176 Comments / 176 New This is why I have stopped listening to and reading most of the MSM in the US. NBC and ABC's Sunday news shows turned to discredited architects of the Iraq War to opine on the appropriate U.S. response to growing violence in Iraq, without acknowledging their history of deceit and faulty predictions Then again one...
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The 4- Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
The book has some interesting ideas worthy to be incorporated into one's lifestyle... and yet, the book must be placed in perspective relative to your situation.... I find much of the criticism warranted... as well as much of the praise...I am posting...
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Blacks, Latinos Mount Union Drive in North Carolina
Blacks, Latinos Mount Union Drive in North CarolinaNew America Media, News Feature, Marc GoumbriMay 07, 2007Editor's Note: Latino and African-American workers in North Carolina face tough working conditions and an employer intent on blocking their...
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Bush and Blair Should Be Sent to The Hague
Published on Sunday, September 2, 2012 by Common Dreams Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Bush and Blair Should Be Sent to The Hague South African Nobel Peace Prize Winner says former leaders should face international criminal court for war crimes- Common...
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Supreme Court High upholds jailhouse strip searches
Albert Florence Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor non criminal offenses. WASHINGTON (AP) – Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, the conservative majority declaring that security trumps privacy in an often dangerous environment. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled against a New Jersey man who was strip searched in two county jails following his...
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The Case of the Angola 3
The Case of the Angola 3 39 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000 acre former slave plantation called Angola. Peaceful, non-violent protest in the form of hunger and work strikes organized by inmates caught the attention of Louisiana’s elected leaders and local media in the early 1970s. They soon called for investigations into a...
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The Reverse Psychology Played of Deregulation Meaning "Smaller Government"
Published on Monday, October 15, 2012 by Common Dreams Five Ways Deregulation Is Ripping America Apartby Paul BuchheitConservatives believe that enriching individuals will eventually enrich society, and that government should not get in the way of the...
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NSA Whistleblowers: They're Spying on 'the Entire Country'
Published on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Common Dreams NSA Whistleblowers: They're Spying on 'the Entire Country' Former NSA employees Thomas Drake, Kirk Wiebe and William Binney warn of widespread gov't surveillance - Common Dreams staff The National Security Agency (NSA) has created a "pernicious, persistent and permanent" database since 9/11 and is spying on "the entire country" according to NSA whistleblowers Thomas Drake, Kirk Wiebe and William Binney. (photo: clarkk via Flickr) Drake,...
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The Greensboro Four, 50 Years Later
Statue Honoring the Greensboro Four, Remembering the four young men who challenged segregation and launched a movement. The image of the Greensboro Four is frozen in American history, four young men sitting quietly at the lunch counter at the F.W. Woolworth in downtown Greensboro, N.C., on Feb. 1, 1960—politely asking to be served and being refused because they are black. There had been sit-ins before, but the headlines generated by the simple act of Franklin McCain and three friends at...
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Under the radar, Obama pushes for Patriot Act renewal
With key sections of the U.S. Patriot Act set to expire Dec. 31, the Obama administration - essentially tiptoeing through the corridors of Congress and using the raucous health care debate as cover - has quietly maneuvered for renewal of the...
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Wachovia busted for laundering drug money
You are hearing this first here! For those of you who have accounts with Wachovia. http://www.justice.gov/dea/pub...essrel/pr031710.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2010 Contact: DEA Special Agent David Melenkevitz (954) 660-4602 Wachovia Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement Bank Agrees to Pay $160 Million MAR 17 - Wachovia Bank, N.A. (“Wachovia&rdquo , one of the largest banks in the United States, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s...
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Bush's second-term presidency could be surprisingly centrist: Newsweek
Let's All Calm DownWith nothing left to prove, Bush's second-term presidency could be surprisingly centristWEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARYBy Michael HirshNewsweekUpdated: 5:48 p.m. ET Nov. 3, 2004Nov. 3 - Liberalism is dead. Liberal internationalism is dead....
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Florida Protesters Upset With Verdict Leave Capitol
Florida Protesters Upset With Verdict Leave Capitol The executive director of the Dream Defenders said that while the group was leaving, it had accomplished many of its goals By Gary Fineout | Thursday, Aug 15, 2013 | Updated 11:42 PM EDT View Comments ( AP Harry Belafonte was one of the celebrities who joined the Dream Defenders during their protest at the state Capitol. He spoke to them on July 26 in the Capitol rotunda. A small but determined group upset by the acquittal of George...
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An(other) Open Letter To Lou Dobbs
An(other) Open Letter To Lou DobbsMr. Dobbs:You have been quite outspoken in your support of working Americans. In that effort, you have appropriately critiqued some aspects of business that are harmful to "the middle class and those who aspire to be...
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"Traditional Family" Is An Anglo-Saxxon Myth
http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article...SVB8F79C&sub_cat=106 http://www.alternet.org/story/23400/ http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/public/mintz1.php quote: ] Steven Mintz John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History University of Houston A revolution has taken place in family life since the late 1960s. Today, two-thirds of all married women with children--and an even higher proportion of single mothers--work outside the home, compared to just 16 percent in 1950. Half of...
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"Traditional Family" Is An Anglo-Saxxon Myth
http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article...SVB8F79C&sub_cat=106 http://www.alternet.org/story/23400/ http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/public/mintz1.php quote: ] Steven Mintz John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History University of Houston A revolution has taken place in family life since the late 1960s. Today, two-thirds of all married women with children--and an even higher proportion of single mothers--work outside the home, compared to just 16 percent in 1950. Half of...
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Lessons of MANDELA
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership By Richard Stengel Nelson Mandela has always felt most at ease around children, and in some ways his greatest deprivation was that he spent 27 years without hearing a baby cry or holding a child's hand. Last month, when I visited Mandela in Johannesburg — a frailer, foggier...
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Divisions Seen In Administration Over Cyberthreats
Divisions Seen In Administration Over Cyberthreats by TOM GJELTEN Listen to the Story Morning Edition [4 min 32 sec] Add to Playlist Download Transcript text size A A A June 9, 2011 A long-standing debate within the Obama administration over how to characterize the cyberthreat has complicated the U.S. effort to lay out a governmentwide cybersecurity strategy. At issue is whether the nation faces the prospect of cyberwar and needs to prepare for...
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Black Caucus Won't Air Debate On Black TV
I wasn't sure where to put this, but I thought it was an interesting article! Do you think the CBC made the right choice? And does anybody get the MBC channel mentioned here?Black Caucus Won't Air Debate On Black TVBy Hazel Trice Edney |...
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After election, new president has to wait 77 days
After election, new president has to wait 77 daysBy JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON – The world is anxiously awaiting new ideas and fresh leadership from America's new president to deal with the economic crisis that has...
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Building trust and respect for human rights
Those who watched Barack Obama take office on 20 January were part of a far-reaching celebration of the once seemingly impossible becoming reality. From isolated villages to sprawling cities, millions of people felt included in the new...
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Congress to Test Bounds of its Power to Affect War Effort
Congress to Test Bounds of its Power to Affect War EffortDate: Tuesday, January 30, 2007By: Laurie Kellman, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush may be the decision maker, but the Democratic-controlled Congress holds the purse strings....