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Crazy Talk: Obama 'Witch Doctor' Tee a Tea Party Hit
The Tea Party might be losing some of its numbers (a recent poll found membership in group among likely voters at a mere 8 percent, a drop from 24 percent in 2010). But no matter how few its supporters or how weak its influence, we’re pretty sure we’ll always be able to count on those…
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Powell Calls Out GOP on Race — Now What?
(The Root) — As President Obama grapples with criticism that his Republican predecessor’s cabinet better reflected the diversity of our country than the first black president’s, one of President George W. Bush’s most high-profile black cabinet members is harshly criticizing the GOP for racial insensitivity. In an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Powell declared himself…
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Powell on GOP 'Dark Vein of Intolerance'
First of all, this is coming from someone who’s still a card-carrying member of the GOP. “I’m a moderate, but I’m still a Republican,” Colin Powell, who was the first African American to serve as secretary of state, was quick to point out in an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press this weekend. But he…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 14: Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Updated, Mon. 12:17 p.m. ET: Later this morning, the President will hold a…
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Julian Bond on Gay Rights and Civil Rights
Though African Americans have a long history of fighting for civil rights, not all believe that the battle is similar to that for gay rights. Huffington Post contributor Michael G. Long parses civil rights activist Julian Bond’s take on how he thinks Martin Luther King Jr. would view the struggle for gay rights. And what…
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Buckwheat Unchained
(The Root) — There was a beehive of activity when I arrived at the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes. Buckwheat and Kingfish, dressed in hard hats, were going over some blueprints while Tonto and Charlie Chan unloaded bricks from a pickup truck and the Frito Bandito adroitly maneuvered a backhoe. Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben…
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Did Dogs Really Eat Slaves, Like in 'Django'?
(The Root) — Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 14: Were slaves actually eaten by dogs, as was shown in the film Django Unchained? Also, was it unusual for slaves to ride horses — and were they really forced to fight each other to the death? One of the scholar’s favorite spectator sports when it…
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True the Vote Returns With Voter-Reform Laws
After working to suppress the vote during the 2012 presidential election, the True the Vote organization, writes Brentin Mock in Colorlines, has merely changed its strategy. This year they’ve jumped off with two new groups: True the Vote NOW: A new initiative described as: “We promote ideas that actively protect the rights of legitimate voters,…
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Innocence in the Age of White Male Mass Shootings
As a white man, David J. Leonard writes on Gawker that when he’s wrong he’s been given ample opportunities to explain himself. And this American psychology, he argues, rears its head in the process of deciphering mass murderers like Aurora, Colo.’s James Holmes. The “its suppose to happen” in inner-city communities reframe is not surprising.…
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How Will Obama Handle Affirmative Action?
(The Root) — Between now and the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many Americans hope to see him accomplish in a second term. Today: affirmative action. See previous postings in this series…
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