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• The Princess and the Frog — Disney’s gift to American blacks

  
  Bookworm Room — Authority: 636
  I just returned from seeing Disney’s latest release, The Princess and the Frog . Looked at purely from an entertainment standpoint, the movie is a delight.  The hand drawn animation is imaginative and, at times, exquisitely beautiful.  When the Bayou lights up at sunset with fireflies, every little girl in the ...
  8 hours ago

• Nestle to Reopen Zimbabwe Factory After Pact with Government

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  The Swiss-based food giant Nestle has agreed to reopen its Zimbabwean operations after hammering out a deal with the government under which the Harare regime assured the company of the safety of its local staff in the wake of threats by President Robert Mugabe’s supporters. Nestle Zimbabwe shut down its Harare ...
  23 hours ago

• State exerts pressure on Nestle to reopen

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  Industry and Commerce Minister Professor Welshman Ncube By Our Correspondent HARARE – The fierce dispute following the decision by Nestle Zimbabwe to stop processing milk from First Lady Grace Mugabe’s Gushungo Dairy Estate took a new twist Thursday when the government exerted pressure on the embattled company ...
  2 days ago

• Nestle Shuts Down Zimbabwe Operations Amid Threats From Pro-Mugabe Groups

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  Swiss-based food giant Nestle has shut down its Zimbabwean operation after succumbing to pressure from supporters of President Robert Mugabe who accused the firm of being a front for Western nations seeking to destabilize the nation’s economy. The state-owned Herald newspaper reports that Nestle Zimbabwe has ...
  3 days ago

• Nestle gives in to Zanu-PF and closes

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  Saviour Kasukuwere: “If they don’t want to support local producers, tough luck to them.” By Our Correspondent HARARE – Embattled food giant Nestle Zimbabwe has finally given in to relentless pressure from government officials aligned to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party by indefinitely suspending ...
  3 days ago

• Recruitment scandel: Indian Governance widens Caste devide

  
  Atrocity News — Authority: 114
  More than half a century after Scheduled Castes were constitutionally guaranteed reservation in government services, top posts in the central bureaucracy have constantly eluded them.The figures: not one out of the 88 central government secretaries is a Dalit. On other crucial posts, too, Dalit representation is ...
  4 days ago

• Bling of $teele

  
  Countenance Blog — Authority: 140
  Rakes in the honoraria like it would be illegal tomorrow.  Other RNC chairmen are crying foul, wondering why they aren’t raking in the bucks .  Gee, Sherlock, do I have to paint you the picture?  You can see in this blog post the reason.  Of course, since said former RNC chairmen include the likes of Jim ...
  4 days ago

• New farmers not paying tax to the State

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  Temba Mliswa: “Banks in business to make money.” By Ray Matikinye BULAWAYO – Almost all black farmers who benefited from large tracts of commercial farmland under President Mugabe’s controversial land reform program are not paying any tax to the State because “a majority of the farmers are still ...
  4 days ago

• Latinos in D.C.: Obama appointing Hispanics at record pace

  
  Hispanosphere — Authority: 125
  By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ AP Hispanic Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) — President Barack Obama is on track to name more Hispanics to top posts than any of his predecessors, drawing appointees from a wide range of the nation’s Latino communities, including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Colombians. That won’t ...
  4 days ago

• Duke University Raping White Men Again

  
  Guy White: Making Sense On Race — Authority: 434
  Hat tip to Jay: You might think that a university whose students were victims of the most notorious fraudulent rape claim in recent history, and whose professors — 88 of them — signed an ad implicitly presuming guilt, and whose president came close to doing the same would have learned some lessons. The facts ...
  5 days ago

• The latest Great Black Hope for conservatives

  
  JAMES EDWARDS — Authority: 476
  Ah, politically correct conservatives…they may be dumb, but they’re persistent. They hate themselves for being white, and they hate even more the fact that their movement is entirely white, so they’re always desperately searching for a black hero to get behind to prove they’re not racist. A few months ago, ...
  1 week ago

• The Opportunity Agenda Cited in Newsweek

  
  The State of Opportunity — Authority: 116
  In a column for Newsweek, Ellis Cose details a new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report outlining the dismantling of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice by the Bush administration.
  1 week ago

• Cycle of Violence

  
  Opinion Forum — Authority: 130
  It’s a commonly accepted fact that if a child is raised in an abusive household, there’s a good chance that he’ll turn out to be an abuser himself.  If your parents beat you, it becomes more likely that you’ll grow up to beat your kids. Grow up with a drunk, it becomes more likely that you’ll turn into an ...
  1 week ago

• Funny Because It’s True, or How Diversity Stops Fires

  
  Guy White: Making Sense On Race — Authority: 434
  From my friend David Kelsey : Like many of you, I suppose, I fear situations that may require emergency services. None of us want to be in that position where there is a personal emergency and we are forced to look into the abyss and face that terrible question as the rescue team approaches. The question of, ...
  1 week ago

• Is Hiring Prejudice Racism?

  
  Guy White: Making Sense On Race — Authority: 434
  This is an excellent article, but I am afraid things aren’t that straight forward. Part of it has to do with the fact that you are more likely to feel a connection to those like you. Men are more likely to be friends with men, and women with women. Middle aged people are more likely to be friends with other middle ...
  1 week ago

• NY City Councilman to Solve Greatest Concern When House on Fire: Lack of Diversity

  
  Most Recent Posts — Authority: 539
  By David Kelsey Like many of you, I suppose, I fear situations that may require emergency services. None of us want to be in that position where there is a personal emergency and we are forced to look into the abyss and face that terrible question as the rescue team approaches. The question of, “Will this emergency ...
  1 week ago

• TATAs Admit: Merit in struggle not in shine

  
  Atrocity News — Authority: 114
  Following is a piece from Economic times, Tata may become second equal opportunity employers after Vedeocon in India. Please read the welcome stance by the corporate and comment! Rich caste should know the previlages since ages they passed on to their generations, will be kept intact if they share them with their ...
  1 week ago

• Jobs in a Christian Childrens Organization

  
  MY AFRICAN CAREER — Authority: 157
  A Christian Children ‘s organization has vacancies for:-1. Social Worker & Education OfficerDutiesEnsure maintenance of accurate social records for clientsAdvice and follow up on children... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://myafricancareer.blogspot.com/ for Vacancies, Career Tips and Resume ...
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• AIDS Research as Affirmative Action for Blacks and Gays?

  
  Guy White: Making Sense On Race — Authority: 434
  I wrote a post on blacks and STDs that shifted to dealing with homosexuality and AIDS. I think it therefore makes sense to create a separate discussion that that topic. First, let me say that I disagree with people who say that a man outright cannot get HIV by vaginal intercourse. It is highly unlikely, but the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Posts from Years Past: December

  
  Asian-Nation : Asian American News, Issues, & Current Events Blog — Authority: 115
  You might be interested to read the following posts from Decembers of years past: 2008: The Impact of Racial Diversity on College Students A new study shows that having a college roommate of a different race increases overall racial tolerance, except when your roommate is Asian American. 2007: The Rise of the ...
  2 weeks ago

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