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The Stupidity of Racism
Ta-Nehisi Coates, writing at The Atlantic, tackles a post at the conservative magazine National Review that ridicules what’s known in the black community as “the talk,” regarding police profiling of African-American men. “One of the effects of racism is its tendency to justify stupidity,” Coates argues. National Review’s Victor Davis Hanson takes on the president’s…
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Weiner Scandal: Black Mayor for NYC?
(The Root) — When former congressman-turned-mayoral front-runner Anthony Weiner acknowledged during a press conference on Tuesday that his sexting scandal had lasted longer than voters had previously been led to believe, one thing was clear: His campaign for mayor was officially in trouble. What was less clear is exactly who would benefit from his campaign’s…
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O'Reilly: Young Black Men Commit More Murders
During a segment of his show, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly erupted into a rant against the black community while discussing crime in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. “The civil rights industry will not take on the black crime problem because that would require…
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President Obama Rules Twitter
President Obama apparently is also commander in chief of Twitter. Burson-Marsteller’s annual Twiplomacy report shows that (@BarackObama) surpasses second-place Pope Francis (@Pontifex) for the most followed world leader on Twitter with 33,510,157 followers as of July 1, Politico reports. Despite his large following, Obama’s tweets are on average only retweeted 2,309 times versus Pope Francis’s 11,116 retweets…
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Why We Need to Keep Talking About Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin represents the story of African-American families across America, which is why it’s important not to forget his death, Chaedria LaBouvier writes at the Daily Kos. Trayvon Martin on trial has been so deeply personal for me and my entire family in part because it is our story too. I thought about not…
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Ginuwine Responds to Rumors Online
(The Root) — Viral video of a performance by R&B singers Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank has had the Internet wondering about Ginuwine’s sobriety this week. The three — known as TGT — performed on the CBS show The Couch to promote their upcoming album, Three Kings. Tank played the keyboard while Tyrese sang and Ginuwine…
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Single, Lesbian Working Motherhood
Staceyann Chin writes poignantly at the Huffington Post about the joys, mishaps and struggles of being a single, lesbian working mother. Some days it feels like no one has ever been so tired or stressed. When you love your kid, and you wanted your kid, and you had so many people telling you that you…
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Poll: Stark Racial Divide in America After Verdict
A new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll presents more evidence that Americans are deeply divided on issues of race and justice following the trial of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the death of the unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, NBC News reports. The former neighborhood-watch captain’s lawyers argued that the shooting was not racially motivated. In the…
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Cornel West: MSNBC Is 'Rent-a-Negro' Cable
Cornel West continued his attack on the president in the wake of Obama’s speech after the George Zimmerman verdict. This time West went after MSNBC, calling the network a “rent-a-Negro” phenomenon, EURweb reports. The Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the president’s biggest proponents, is a host on the network. Well, West made a visit to…
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Obama to Shift Public Attention to Economy
President Barack Obama plans to give a series of back-to-back speeches over the next two days aimed at pushing for policies to expand the middle class. The goal is to help people he says are still struggling years after the financial crisis, the Associated Press reports. The talks come as Congress prepares to leave Capitol…
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