April 2013
April 11th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
Losses by Republicans in the last two presidential elections made them realize that the party offers little for minority voters. According to Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul, they are the exact voters the party must appeal to - even though it will be a “daunting task.”
President Barack Obama received more than 9 in 10 votes from African-Americans in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential...
April 11th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Race Relations with 1 Comment
Justice Clarence Thomas speaks on plight of minority communities
Clarence Thomas doesn’t have any answers as to why such widespread levels of hopelessness and poverty continue to dog minority communities. All he can tell you for certain, is everyone was born equal and the need for affirmative action, if it ever existed, has long since run its course.
Thomas, whose do-as-I-say not as I do view as...
April 11th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
On the eve of the release of the new film "42" about major league great, Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball has announced a major effort to increase diversity by recruiting more black players.
According to The Associated Press, Major League Baseball has created a task force that will study how to increase diversity in the game, especially among black players. This latest initiative was...
April 10th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Stereotypes & Labels with 5 Comments
LL Cool J & Brad Paisley lyrics on race relations creates negative stir within both music genres.
Music has long been celebrated as a language all of its own. Nonetheless, industry trendsetters LL Cool J. and Brad Paisley are being taking to task for what critics blast as their naïve lyrics on the issue of race relations.
Conceptually ambitious by current industry standards, critics,...
April 10th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Common Ties That Bind with 1 Comment
Highlighting racism In Cuba brings punishment.
Often the people bold enough to point out racist aspects in our society are punished and this almost certainly seems to be the case with a leading Cuban official who recently decried the “blatant racism” on the island in an opinion piece published in the March 23, 2013 edition of the New York Times.
After publication of the piece, Roberto Zurbano...