Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Rioting Breaks Out in Huntington Beach After Surfing Open - Many people don't want to hear this kind of tough love, of course. They'd like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that all white children are as sweet and harmless as Taylor Swift. But the reality is that the statistics tell a different story. For instance, according to research from the Department of Justice, 84 percent of white murder victims are killed by other white people [PDF]. Similarly, white rape victims tend to be raped by other whites [PDF]. White-on-white violence is a menace to white communities across the country, and yet you never hear white leaders like Pastor Joel Osteen, Bill O'Reilly, or Hillary Clinton take a firm stance against the scourge.
Monday, July 29, 2013
The Blanks Slate: Living While Black: Anecdotes about Dealing with Police
Most countries have foundational myths that underlie the ethos of the national character. Much of our national myth involves freedom and Enlightenment liberalism: property rights, religious freedom, and the dignity of the individual are among the core values which under-gird our national identity. This narrative leads to national cliches like "If you work hard enough, you can do anything" and 'pulling oneself up by the bootstraps' is the key to success. The accompanying narrative overlooks what that actually looked like for much of our history including, inter alia, discriminatory legal regimes. This is important not, as many think, to enable a "victimhood" mentality among descendants. This is important to reaffirm that this country has only recently recognized that the "inalienable rights" explicitly assigned to all of mankind in our founding document apply to women and many people of color. This recognition is to understand that, since our country's inception, there have been parallel sets of rules and laws for marginalized people that are distinct from and harsher than those for the majority. It also means "dignity of the individual" doesn't apply equally.
dream hampton • 20 African Novels That Grew Me
I have read a number of thee novels and they will expand your mind as well as your world.
DARING ACTION AT THE BORDER BY UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH - NEED YOUR HELP! - THE REDESIGN
After a daring act of bravery and civil disobedience, six undocumented youth, now in Arizona's Ely Detention Center, have begun a hunger strike demanding their release. They need your help in pressuring the Department of Homeland Security and the Obama administration to release these immigrants to be reunited with their families.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Crackdown in Egypt Kills Islamists as They Protest
Crackdown in Egypt Kills Islamists as They Protest
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
FISA court renews authority to collect phone records | Politics and Law - CNET News
A top-secret federal court has renewed the authority of the U.S. government to collect telephone records as part of its surveillance program. In other words: Let the federal spying keep on rolling.
The Court & the Right to Vote: A Dissent by John Paul Stevens | The New York Review of Books
The Court’s heavy reliance on the importance of a “fundamental principle of equal sovereignty among the States,” while supported by language in an earlier opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, ignored the fact that Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution created a serious inequality among the states. That clause counted “three fifths” of a state’s slaves for the purpose of measuring the size of its congressional delegation and its representation in the Electoral College. That provision was offensive because it treated African-Americans as though each of them was equal to only three fifths of a white person, but it was even more offensive because it increased the power of the southern states by counting three fifths of their slaves even though those slaves were not allowed to vote. The northern states would have been politically better off if the slave population had been simply omitted from the number used to measure the voting power of the slave states.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Court Tells Reporter to Testify in Case of Leaked C.I.A. Data - NYTimes.com
Court Tells Reporter to Testify in Case of Leaked C.I.A. Data - NYTimes.com
Friday, July 19, 2013
The Trayvon Martin Killing and the Myth of Black-on-Black Crime - The Daily Beast
The Trayvon Martin Killing and the Myth of Black-on-Black Crime - The Daily Beast
Martin Bashir: President Obama’s surprise speech on Trayvon Martin, race in America - It was not the conversation that I have heard among African Americans this week.
Obama Takes Over White House Press Briefing To Speak On Trayvon Martin - It Was Far To Weak And Timid
Approximately the same percentage of White folks kill White folks as Black folks kill Black folks. White folks are far more likely to own guns than Black folks. White folks are the problem. White folks need to deal with the bigotry among themselves. We, as Black folks need to find ways to raise the decision costs when White folks act out on racism. There must be a price for this behavior. Unless their is a price there is no incentive to change.
Obama Takes Over White House Press Briefing To Speak On Trayvon Martin (VIDEO)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
All In : In North Carolina, a strategy to disenfranchise voters - Enough is enough. We must raise the decision costs for America. This turning back of the clock must be stopped
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All In : In North Carolina, a strategy to disenfranchise votersAll In : NY Congressman: Ray Kelly should not be Homeland Security chief - This nomination of Ray Kelly is totally unacceptable. President Obama must be opposed relentlessly on this issue Kelly has been a perpetrator of the unconstitutional "stop and frisk" policies in NYC and the unconstitutional privacy and 4th Amendment violations against Muslims in both NYC and New Jersey.
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All In : NY Congressman: Ray Kelly should not be Homeland Security chiefTuesday, July 16, 2013
Disembodied Racism and the Search for Racist Intent: The Trayvon Martin Case » Sociology Lens
Disembodied Racism and the Search for Racist Intent: The Trayvon Martin Case » Sociology Lens
Monday, July 15, 2013
79.02.04: The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States,1880-1950
Immediately following the end of Reconstruction, the Federal Government of the United States restored white supremacist control to the South and adopted a �laissez-faire� policy in regard to the Negro. The Negro was betrayed by his country. This policy resulted in Negro disfranchisement, social, educational and employment discrimination, and peonage. Deprived of their civil and human rights, Blacks were reduced to a status of quasislavery or �second-class� citizenship. A tense atmosphere of racial hatred, ignorance and fear bred lawless mass violence, murder and lynching.
79.02.04: The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States,1880-1950
79.02.04: The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States,1880-1950
Immediately following the end of Reconstruction, the Federal Government of the United States restored white supremacist control to the South and adopted a �laissez-faire� policy in regard to the Negro. The Negro was betrayed by his country. This policy resulted in Negro disfranchisement, social, educational and employment discrimination, and peonage. Deprived of their civil and human rights, Blacks were reduced to a status of quasislavery or �second-class� citizenship. A tense atmosphere of racial hatred, ignorance and fear bred lawless mass violence, murder and lynching.
79.02.04: The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States,1880-1950
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Friday, July 12, 2013
All In : Rise of the Warrior Cop
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All In : Rise of the Warrior CopThursday, July 11, 2013
When A Teen's 'Sarcastic' Facebook Message Goes Terribly Wrong
When A Teen's 'Sarcastic' Facebook Message Goes Terribly Wrong
Poll: Americans say Snowden isn’t a traitor — MSNBC
Approximately 55% of American voters view Snowden as a “whistle-blower,” according to new Quinnipiac University poll. Only 34% consider him a “traitor” for revealing details on two of the nation’s top secret surveillance programs.
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Fugitive tweets 'catch me if you can'; caught | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
A woman flees to Mexico, perhaps in the belief that she won't be caught there. Her confidence reportedly spills over into a tweet. It is misplaced.
Sunday, July 07, 2013
Saturday, July 06, 2013
Whose Term Was It? A Look Back At The Supreme Court
In the voting rights case, the South, which for decades had to clear any voting changes with federal officials, saw itself liberated, while African-American and Latino voters saw the decision as once again allowing historically hostile states to suppress the right to vote for minorities.
Whose Term Was It? A Look Back At The Supreme Court
In the voting rights case, the South, which for decades had to clear any voting changes with federal officials, saw itself liberated, while African-American and Latino voters saw the decision as once again allowing historically hostile states to suppress the right to vote for minorities.
Friday, July 05, 2013
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Race-based policing ‘from California to the New York island’ — MSNBC
Race-based policing ‘from California to the New York island’ — MSNBC