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Blacks and The Health Care Debate
Whenever I see footage of one of the town hall meetings that devolves into ugliness, I’m looking for the Black folks. Or the riot police. Because you and I know that if black folks were ever to act out like this for any reason, there would tazers-a-go-go, dogs and water-hoses and vintage black-jacks swingin’, for…
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Hillary Clinton Sets You Straight
Me and those Boyz in the Shop were just wondering if Bill Clinton’s diplomatic mission was going to cause any dischord in the Clinton abode or diminish Hillary’s significant credentials. While it may be true that you don’t mess will Bill, please recognize that Mama don’t take no mess and you can’t pop crazy at…
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John Hughes' Legacy
Writer/ director John Hughes’ legacy is complicated. He was, in a lot of ways, kind of a white trash Spike Lee, maybe a little more skillful at browbeating the masses with his message than Lee is. He spent a lot of time railing against elitism, often at the risk of telling better stories. No one…
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After Gates
In the early days of the Skip Gates Incident, there was talk that his run-in with the police would somehow radicalize Dr. Gates: that he would join the Rev. Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons of the world and become a race crusader of some sort. But nothing even close to that happened and I sense…
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Cash for Clunkers
The cash for clunkers plan is intriguing, but suspicious. I mean, who doesn’t want money off on a new, fuel-efficient car? But I don’t know that it’s worth the money being pumped into it. And I don’t know anyone who has made the trade. I’m curious to know if anyone out there has participated in…
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Glenn Beck's Falling Down
Glenn Beck has been flying off the rail for years now, but you can forgive him for calling Obama a racist. He sees… BLACK PEOPLE. He isn’t a lot different than some othe white people you know who have been able to basically ignore black people all their lives. They know black people, they may…
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Obama's Health Care Crusade
With his daily approval numbers taking the deepest dip thusfar, President Obama tries to drum up support for his health-care reform by hitting the road. It’s a hard sell because people aren’t anti-reform, they are pro-themselves. Somehow, they think they have the magic job that will last forever and never have any need for a…
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Ten Beers Likely To Impede Racial Harmony
President Barack Obama has invited Dr. Henry “Skip” Gates and Sgt. James Crowley to the White House to have a beer and hash out their differences behind Crowley arresting Gates for disorderly conduct a couple weeks back. Normally, this is where you would cue the laughter, but it’s no joke. Skip’s drinking Red Stripe, Crowley’s…
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Crowley Should Apologize Now
Cambridge Police Officer Sgt. James Crowley won’t apologize for responding to a call of a break-in and subsequently arresting Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. on a charge of disorderly conduct. He says he was doing what he’s paid to do and he’s right—-Crowley’s a public servant doing a hard, thankless job. I don’t think he…
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The Education of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., at a minimum, quashes any talk of a post-racial America. It may not be the best example of racial injustice I’ve ever seen, but it’s a great example of how life for black people is often complicated by class and race. If a mild-mannered, bespectacled…
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