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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Black religious and Republican leaders are staging a revolt against Planned Parenthood, the one stop abortions shop. No it’s not just the normal Pro-life vs. Pro choice debate. These people are claiming that Planned Parenthood takes donations in the name of targeting black babies. Rumors, legend and theories have been swirling for years that the Founder of Planned Parenthood is a racist who created the organization with the purpose of thinning out the black population. Source
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After months of speculation, controversy and conversations the first leak from Nas’s new Album “Nigger” is out.
The song is called “Be a Nigger too”. I said I was going to wait until I heard it to make a judgment, but I’m still not so sure about this.
Take a listen.
• Disclaimer- if you are squimish about bad language, racial slurs, derogatory speech, poor grammar etc. do yourself and favor and do not press play!! Just don’t! At the same time I’d prefer that you listen to it before you post your opinion. It just makes sense that way.
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This was so horrid that I had to put the whole article up there. I have no word to summarize this high level of ignorance.
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Dear Bob Johnson,
Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions and to vote for their own candidates. Tavis Smiley, Rep. Maxine Waters, and Maya Angelou are all prominent black people who have chosen to support Hillary Clinton. Although it is not the same choice that I have made I can respect that and respect them. It’s you I have a problem with.
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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.
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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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Pat Buchanan felt the need to mouth-off and post a rebuttal on Obama’s speech about race. I am sickened by some of the garbage this man has to say… like this little jewel of racial harmony:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.
Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.
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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