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Singing the Census Form Blues
“I am black. I did not appreciate the black, the African-American and Negro,” the caller to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal told U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves last month, “…The word Negro really hurt my feelings … that to me is racist.” Groves, who appeared as a guest on the show that day, promptly apologized to…
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Celebrating Confederate History Month
Sometimes, black folks underestimate the amount of envy they create among some white people. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision to celebrate Confederate History Month for the first time in eight years is likely a response to Black History Month. “They” had a month to highlight their achievements; we’re entitled to a month to celebrate “ours.”…
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More Black Faces on the Great White Way
Two new plays with black characters as central figures opened on Sunday. It will probably add more fuel to the ongoing debate about whether having a black family in the White House has prompted artistic directors and commercial producers to invite more African-American actors, writers and directors into their house. At least 20 shows in…
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Cue Steve Jobs in His B-Boy Stance: iPad Sales Likely Beat Estimates
It’s early, but things are looking up for Apple since Saturday’s release of the much-anticipated iPad. The iPad’s initial sales may have reached 700,000 units, Piper Jaffray & Co.’s Gene Munster said in an interview yesterday. The Minneapolis-based analyst had predicted sales of 200,000 to 300,000, while Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.’s Toni Sacconaghi had…
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Caller Respectfully Critiques C-SPAN's Abundance of Black Callers
Saw this over on TPM.
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Census Bureau Director Apologizes for 'Negro'
A C-SPAN caller, upset with the Negro category on the census, elicited an apology from Census Bueau director Robert Groves on Friday On Friday’s edition of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Census Bureau Director Robert Groves apologized to a caller for the “negro” classification on the 2010 census form. “I am black. I did not appreciate the…
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President Obama's Black Agenda
I have to admit I was a bit perplexed when I was a panelist recently at Tavis Smiley’s “We Count: The Black Agenda is the American Agenda” forum in Chicago, which focused heavily on what President Barack Obama has not done for the black community, rather than the significant down payment he has made in…
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Trailer: Gabourey Sidibe in 'The Big C'
She’s only in this clip for a few seconds, but Gabourey Sidibe will appear in Showtime’s The Big C, which debuts in August. After the success of Precious, Sidibe was upped from a guest star to a more permanent spot on the show. Yes, she’s playing another student, but she seems to be playing a…
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Jobs Vanish for African Americans
As the Great Recession’s scythe slices through industries, states, cities and neighborhoods, African Americans have received the most devastating wound. Blacks, and particularly African-American males, have suffered disproportionate rates of unemployment and underemployment historically, for reasons that include weaker educational attainment, lack of connections, less mobility, a high percentage of workers in blue-collar jobs and…
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Voices From Smiley's Black Agenda Summit
Tracey Bruno was fired up and looking for some answers on Saturday when she entered the cavernous convocation center of Chicago State University to hear Tavis Smiley’s much-publicized panel about the black agenda. But all she got was talk, she said. “When you have these panel discussions, there is nothing concrete, like you can do…