I read this piece on one of my favorite websites TheRoot.com, and it got me thinking “what does it mean to ‘transcend race’?” and who defines what it means to ‘transcend?”
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I caught this on What About Out Daughters, and laughed out loud!!!
We complain so much about kids ( and this one is a little smart mouthed little aleck) but she’s actually really great!
The Video explains it all
So it’s official. This little girl is a better Detroit community leader than mayor Kwame( his nasty texting self), the city council President and this Monica Conyers. They really need to let her ask Mayor Freaky text, KK some questions.
I feel like starting a college fund for little mama!
So I was glancing around on Essence’s Website, and they have a piece where they asked a number of current “Great Black Thinkers” “what is the greatest challenge facing African Americans in 2008?”
So often we are expected to vote for other people’s causes and told that it “lines up” with ours. Democrats tell us we need more social liberal policies and Republicans often play on our moral conservative beliefs (abortion, gay marriage etc), but what do we need and want in order for our people to progress? What challenges are tearing us down? PLEASE Comment!!
This comes directly from here. I think it’s intriging.
Senate Approves Slavery Apology Save Email Print
Posted: 12:48 PM Mar 26, 2008
Last Updated: 12:48 PM Mar 26, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The Florida Senate has formally apologized for its long support of slavery in a resolution calling for reconciliation.
Senators quickly approved the resolution after hearing some of the history detailing the savage treatment endured by slaves in the 19th century and the reluctance of politicians in the last century to recognize the intolerance and mistreatment of blacks.
The House will take up the measure later today.
Florida enacted its first slave laws in the 1820s as a territory, and early political leaders in the state were some of the most vigorous defenders of slavery.
In the 1850s, at a time when Florida’s population was around 111,000, 44 percent of the population were slaves. After the Civil War, Florida’s Constitution of 1868 guaranteed blacks the right to vote and abolished slavery in the state, but inequities remained.
Feel free to comment please!
Ward “Yes Massah” Connerly is at it again. This time he’s using the achievements of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as a platform for the ending of affirmative action. He believes that The fact that a black person and a woman are serious contenders for the highest office in the land means that we’re over race no longer need it to ensure diversity in schools or the workplace.
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Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged with perjury and many people are calling for his resignation.
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There are some new sympathizers in the Obama/Rev. Wright/”damn America scandal…. Republicans
I read this in my local daily paper (TBT), and I thought it was an excellent piece. It originally ran in the LA Times, But I found it online on the Baltimore Sun Newpaper website. Here it is
Black and mad
The controversy over Obama’s pastor reflects white fear of African-American anger
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
March 20, 2008
I’m mad. Let me qualify that - I’m black and mad.
The mad I’m talking about I inherited from generations of black people before me. I learned early in life that this mad is not curable (not yet) but that I could manage it. But sometimes I get flare-ups of anger that defy management.
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Obama and Rev Jeremiah Wrightyes I see the irony in how white Rev. Wright is. =)
I watched Obama’s Speech today. It was good. I just wish he’s never had to make it
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I love good commentary pieces. Here are some great commentary writings I found this week.
Why being the black candidate is NOT at advantage Ferraro. Read it here
Black man’s burden-The embarrassment of the arrest in the death of the UNC student.– Read it Here
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