PostRacialist
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By AverageBro I’m pretty serious when it comes to issues of education, especially as pertains to K-12. I’ve mentored and tutored because I really believe education is the great equalizer. Good grades, combined with a solid work ethic can take you many places, including the White House.Of course, not all schools are created equal,…
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Tavis Smiley hosting 2009’s State of the Black Union. Behind him is a curtain with the names of his sponors, Wells Fargo and Nationwide, one recently accused of discriminatory lending practices. By Genma Holmes While I was reading over the lawsuit filed by the NAACP for predatory lending practices, my eyes kept returning to Wells…
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The State of the Black Union concluded in Los Angeles this weekend after the input of various scholars, activists, political leaders and pundits, mixed with the fear of the recession (or depression if you’re just talking about black people. Economically things have been nightmarish for African Americans for some time) with the optimism of President…
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Meet Bill Burton, deputy White House press secretary, who, despite having a black parent, was not “minority-ish” enough to be considered a minority member of Obama’s press office in a recent column by Roland Martin and other critics of Obama’s minority higher practices.Since radio talker/pundit Roland Martin wrote his column on what he saw as…
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From CNN: I got an e-mail Tuesday listing all of the various press folks and contact information, and hardly any African-Americans or Hispanics were listed. Granted, the deputy press secretary is African-American and the director of broadcast media is Hispanic. That’s not sufficient. Unfortunately, this shouldn’t come as a shock, because the campaign press staff…
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Ryan Booth, “Harlem’s Flyest Toddler,” submitted by someone who loves her dearly.In my effort to show the world how beautiful black and brown children are (and that Sasha and Malia aren’t the unicorns of black children that Madison Avenue is making them out to be), I’ve received more than 40 emails from happy friends, relatives…
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