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Why Don't Black People Protest Black-on-Black Violence?
In his blog at the Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates replies to questions about why we don’t get upset about everyday, non-Travyon Martin black murder victims with a simple answer: We do. And he has the examples to back it up. Juan Williams offers a meme that we are seeing repeated in response to the widespread protests…
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Welfare Video Offends Liberals and Conservatives
In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates chastises documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi for her offensive welfare video, which he says manages to offend liberals and conservatives. He asks when it became avant-garde to punch people down. Alexandra Pelosi goes to a welfare office in New York and proves that she can be as…
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What Happened to Virginia's Slavery Museum?
In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates condemns former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder for apparently abandoning plans to open a highly touted slavery museum nearly two decades ago, leaving donors in the lurch. Famous first L. Douglas Wilder was supposed to be putting together a powerhouse slavery museum in Virginia. It looks…
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How Susan G. Komen Underestimated Planned Parenthood
In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates evaluates the aftermath of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation’s intention to defund Planned Parenthood. He says that Komen’s biggest mistake was failing to realize the depth of support for Planned Parenthood. The backlash against Komen has claimed Karen Handel: “In an interview, Handel…
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Whither the Occupy Wall Street Movement?
In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates contemplates the future of the Occupy movement as protesters have been dislodged from encampments across the nation. He says that one of the movement’s greatest achievements was drawing attention to the widening wealth gap. In the New York Review of Books, Michael Greenberg is skeptical about…
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Ron Paul Has No One Left to Lie To
In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses a report that reveals that GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul actually signed off on the controversial racist newsletters. But in trying to distance itself from the debacle, Coates says, Paul’s campaign risks appearing ridiculous by making claims that he “legislated” for Martin Luther King Jr.…
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Is Mitt Romney 'the Whitest Man in America'?
In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates takes up the recent debate about GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney possibly being “the whitest man in America,” saying that he might have a little bit of a Leave It to Beaver quality to his persona. Lee Siegel dubs Mitt Romney: “Pundits have already begun the…
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Gingrich Unlikely to Speak at NAACP
In a blog entry at Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates examines Newt Gingrich’s offer to attend a NAACP convention to explain why African Americans “should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps.” He should expect a frosty reception: Oscar Eason, President of NAACP State Conference of Alaska, Oregon and Washington State, told CBS News…
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