Tag: Race
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Webb
“Black America and Scots-Irish America are like tortured siblings. They both have long history and they both missed the boat when it came to the larger benefits that a lot of other people were able to receive. There’s a saying in the Appalachian mountains that they say to one another, and it’s, ‘if you’re poor…
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Race in Oregon
A friend sent me an e-mail yesterday that I’m only seeing just now. She said: [A]s you’ll be reading this on primary day tomorrow, I wonder why so little coverage of Obama’s big lead in Oregon — considering it is a much whiter state that W. Virginia or some of the other states Hillary has…
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'Race and American Memory'
Roger Cohen of The New York Times (or should I say the International Herald Tribune?) is fast becoming my favorite columnist. He is a great writer with a searching conscience and vision. Cohen was writing about the decision by Congress in 2003 to spend $500 million to build the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American…
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Part of Obama's Indiana Speech
Obama: Our Politics Should “Live Up” To Martin Luther King’s Legacy By Greg Sargent, TPM Election Central, April 4, 2008 In Indiana this morning, Obama gave a speech marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. One interesting bit: Obama brought up his recent speech on race relations, and drew an…
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What we talk about . . .
It was a consciously somber, serious disquisition on an incendiary topic. Going into it, I lamented the absurdity of Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), having to make the speech in the first place. A third of the way into it, I was glad he was making the speech. I don’t believe the speech will settle anything…
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ATTACK STIRS HISPANICS ANGER ANEW
By Michael O. Allen and Vera Titunik, Record Staff Writers | Wednesday, October 16, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B01 The mugging of a 67-year-old Englewood man well-known in the Colombian community has angered the city’s Hispanics, who were victimized by a series of muggings earlier this year.…