Well, it’s been real tough being a Mets’ fan the last few days…even if you spent a pleasant Fathers’ Day with the family at Shea Stadium like I did. To see some hope for your team and Willie Randolph and then watch the tragedy that has played out. …
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Race and diversity blog - Race Matters - timesunion.com - Albany NY
A blog about race, ethnicity and the media. We are concerned journalists and citizens — young, old, black, white, Latino and mixed-race — trying to promote dialogue and understanding about diversity in the Capital Region and beyond.
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A historic moment for Barack Obama and America
http://blogs.timesunion.com/racematters/?p=157In case you didn’t know, Barack Obama is now the Democratic Party’s nominee for the presidential race. The story is here. Also of note, is that Condoleezza Rice has called his nomination an ‘extraordinary’ development for the United States, the Associated Press had just said in a bulletin.…
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What is success???
http://blogs.timesunion.com/racematters/?p=156Just finished my first season as the Varsity Baseball Coach at Greenville High School and you would have to say it was a success according to local standards. But just how are some standards measured??? If you have won two games in the last three years and suddenly you win three games in one season, is that success??? …
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Treppenwitz: why didn’t I think of that sooner?
http://blogs.timesunion.com/rogergreen/?p=38maybe a touch of self-loathing to this twerp. Alas , nothing immediately came to mind except some choice four-letter expletives. I’m not exactly sure how I found the word, although I know that I was reading something on the Times Union Race Matters blog, which cited a New York Times article about Mixed Race. In the Times article, Carmen Van Kerckhove, a diversity consultant of western European and eastern Asian background, who runs a number of blogs on race, including racialicious.com, was mentioned.
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Angela Davis
http://dtfblog.com/?p=10632Angela Davis photo Source: Angela Davis Related posts:http://pundits.thehill http://solarurls.com/? http://www.angelabetts http://blogs.timesunio http://thegoldengecko. http://staplecrops.com http://petsitusa.com/b http://rightwingnuthou http://sistertoldjah.c http://www.thetvremote http://www.getrealdenv http://www.missxpose.c http://irregulartimes.
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Where are the woman cartoonist? Donna Barstow.
http://www.lipstick.la/2008/02/where-are-the-w.htmlCartoonists protested the lack of people of color cartoonists and Donna pointed out something else lacking. Lack of women. "And how about cartoons by women? Let’s see…two. Two strips by women, For Better or For Worse, and Cathy. Huh. Of course, there are several strips ABOUT women, but
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Guest alert: Debra Dickerson to make a second appearance on ‘The Colbert Report’
http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=3044Debra Dickerson returns to Colbert Report
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The narrative of violence and young black men
http://43bits.cn/?p=1661At a community meeting in Arbor Hill in October, members of the Times Union were told by some young students to keep in mind that stereotypical words and stories (especially in relation to the stories that focused on violence and Albany … sourced here
