Conversation Of The Week XXII: Moral Dissonance And The Obama Effect
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Oppression and Privilege
Issue Of The Week XXII: Why I’m Dating A White Man…
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With an air of condescending disappointment and over a plate of fried catfish and smothered sweet potatoes, my good friend asked, “How does Ms. Blackness herself, Queen of critiquing all things white, end up dating a WHITE man?” Yes, it’s the same friend from my last post — what can I say; he provides much fodder for writing! Anyway, I was a little perturbed at the thought of having to “justify” my dating life; still, I pushed my saltiness aside. Once again, I found myself in a “teachable” moment.
Newt Gingrich Wants To Fix Poverty By Replacing School Janitors With Teenagers?
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With more than one in five children in the United States now living below the poverty line, the answer for Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is for them to "learn the value of work" by becoming school janitors.
Seriously, learning to scrub a toilet is Gingrich's answer to millions of poor children, as if they aren't already suffering enough with a lack of nutrition, poor education, and limited or having zero access to healthcare, and housing.
Issue Of The Week XXI: Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stereotype Of The Poor Can Be Applied To The Rich
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When candidates for President of the United States choose to play to racial stereotypes, it does little to educate and improve race relations among a growing ethnically diverse electorate. The travesty and tragedy of resorting to using distorted, divisive and derogatory languages and images to describe a whole group of people have untold, and unfortunately, lasting consequences.
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