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Yes, Barack Is Busy. And?
Despite all increasingly alarmed concern over his approval numbers, President Barack Obama is still flying high with the American people—even as we watch to see if his presidency runs aground as a result of his efforts to reform the nation’s health care system. The doom and gloom story of August was that health care was…
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QUIZ: Not Everything Is About Race. Yes, It Is!
Every time two different people from two different backgrounds get in a dispute, race may color the dynamic, but most often it is not the dominant instigator—never mind what Jimmy Carter has to say about race in America. This isn’t to say that we are post-racial or that racism is dead. We aren’t, and it…
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Tyler Perry Is the Absolute Truth
After talking to a friend about Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, I realized that his very presence in the film industry continues to create a stark cultural divide. Many on the ground enjoy watching his films and television shows; others recoil, perplexed at how these characters and stories make millions, while…
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'For Colored Girls' Who Don't Like Tyler Perry
Getting his hot little hands on Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf was coup of the year for Tyler Perry. Not only will he produce and direct the upcoming film version, the King of Coonery will also write the adaptation of what may be the…
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Ghosts of Timberlake: White Cop Told to Lose Cornrows
Amid the chaos and kerfuffle, a delightful gem from the AP: Police in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty…
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I Don't Want To Learn From A Drug Dealer
I’ve said in jest once or twice that I had majored in drug dealing I’d probably be much better off financially a few years removed from college than I am now. But, I would never hug the block for two very important reasons: I don’t want to spend a decade hugging my ankles and another…
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Going for Two: Plaxico Burress Sentenced to 24 Months
Plaxico Buress was sentenced today to two years in prison for the November 2008 night club incident which left him with a hole in his leg. From the AP: The former New York Giants star tearfully told his family goodbye as he surrendered to begin his prison stint for attempted criminal possession of a weapon…
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Bill Clinton Up Close: Former Prez Dishes on Obama, Afghanistan and Climate Change
Former President Bill Clinton spoke to a group of reporters at his Clinton Global Initiative gathering in New York this week. With the backdrop of the United Nations General Assembly and the G20 summit around the corner, Clinton was voluble, direct and full of expertise on issues ranging from health care reform (“We should fight…
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Obama Tells Letterman 'I Was Black Before the Election'
President Obama was “getting it in” last night on Letterman. After a verbose question from Letterman about the venom at the so-called town hall meetings and former Prez Jimmy Carter’s allegations about a racist America, Obama told Letterman that contrary to popular and racist belief he was, in fact, a black man before the 2008…
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At Least Six Killed in Georgia Flooding
Heavy rains caused flooding that took the lives of at least six people yesterday and the shutting down of parts of four major interstates. From CNN: Widely scattered showers were forecast for early Tuesday, with rain falling on saturated ground. Georgia’s governor declared a state of emergency Monday in the 17 counties hardest hit by…