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• Human Rights Facts (169): The Probability of Capital Punishment in the U.S., by Race

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 504
  The U.S. population is about 300,000,000. Whites represent about 80%, or roughly 240,000,000. If you check the numbers of executions in the U.S. , you’ll see that there were about 1,000 in the period from 1977 to 2005. 584 of those executions were of whites. That’s about 20 executions per year on average, meaning ...
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• The Princess and the Frog Opens Tomorrow, but Where is the Black Prince?

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 136
  Disney’s first black princess makes her debut tomorrow, but why is there no black prince in the movie? Yes she will find her prince, but it won’t be a brother. This morning the star of the film Anika Noni Rose was on The View and she was asked about the absence of a black prince. She replied there is a strong ...
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• By 2020 There Will be No Black Middle Class

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 136
   Over the past few years we have seen the black middle class gradually diminish. In the good old days blacks had jobs at the steel mills, auto industry and the post office. If you worked for either of these industries folks would say “he’s got a good job.” Blacks were able to buy homes and send their children ...
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• Now That Black Women Got Theirs Race Is Not Important

  
  brotherpeacemaker — Authority: 421
  Dawn Turner Trice was on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan discussing Disney’s release of The Princess and the Frog. Ms. Trice was commenting on how excited she was to see Disney finally do a full length animated feature with an African American as the central character. According to ...
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• Wordless Wednesday: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Then and Now

  
  Black On Campus — Authority: 111
  Then… Alpha Phi Alpha founders, 1906 ( Source: Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. Centennial Site and the Cornell U Library ) *** …and Now Members of the Alpha Rho chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. from Morehouse College, 2009. ( Source: Access Atlanta ) *** For more wonderful and historic photos of Alpha Phi ...
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• Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (34): Rosa Parks

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 504
  Rosa Parks’ refusal to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger, and her subsequent arrest, is one of the most famous events in the history of the American civil rights movement . Read the whole story here .  Rosa Parks bus diagram ( source ) ...
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• Robert Gibbs Demonstrates Blatant Contempt Of April Ryan

  
  brotherpeacemaker — Authority: 421
  One of the things I hated most about the previous administration was they way it handled the press corps.  George Bush Junior had a way of addressing questions and addressing members of the press that was really condescending.  He would masks his ignorance over issues with arrogance and disregard.  He would look at ...
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• SNL’s Mama Drama At The Mall Skit Offensive?

  
  ForWomenOnline — Authority: 146
  This skit aired this past Saturday on Saturday Night Live. What was meant to be a parody of some “ghetto” African American women just bordered on being racially offensive. Sometimes, humor can go to far. Check it out: What are your thoughts? Do you think this sketch is funny? Forwomenonline.com
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• How Deep is Their Love?

  
  Bloodthirsty Liberal — Authority: 150
  I assume we all remember when John Conyers said… well, how can I say it better than he did?:“I’m getting tired of saving Obama’s can in the White House. I mean, he only won (health care reform) by five votes in the House, and this bill wasn’t anything to write home about. The public option [...]
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• Slow Down, Senator Reid Stop Comparing Healthcare to Slavery

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 136
  President Obama and his fellow Democrats want to pass a healthcare bill before the year ends. All summer all of their energy has been devoted to this effort almost to the exclusion of other important issues like unemployment. The stakes are high and now the speeches and the comparisons are getting ridiculous. ...
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• Many parents fail to place their babies ‘back to sleep’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): Making infants sleep on the their backs can help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), but not all parents follow the practice religiously, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.The study showed that while the practice helped reduce the incidence of ...
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• Use of Fear in Political Discourse: Do Latinos recognize it?

  
  latinopoliticsblog.com — Authority: 417
  Seneca has contributed the following about Latinos and the use of fear in the political climate: Fear in public discourse is as ancient as political competition. While man was in the caves, he became fearful of fire, the shadows it created, lightening, thunder, the wind or snow storms, the swollen sea, the ...
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• The Princess And The Frog Is Disney’s Queen Of Crap

  
  brotherpeacemaker — Authority: 421
  Let’s cut straight to the case:  This movie is some fucked up racist bullshit aimed squarely at placating the black community like a bitch slap from a pimp placates a whore.  Shut the fuck up and take the crumbs you’re given is what Disney is saying.  After all these decades of black children being treated [...]
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• New and Noteworthy---Irish Troops , Black Troops and American Citizenship

  
  Civil War Librarian — Authority: 123
  Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During the Civil War Era , Christian G. Samito, Cornell University Press, 312 pages, November 2009, $39.95. In Becoming American under Fire , Christian G. Samito provides a rich account of how African American and ...
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• Blacks [More] Angry At Tiger

  
  Dan Cirucci — Authority: 153
  An analysis from Jesse Washington of the Associated Press via NBC Sports: Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods troubles — the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses — little attention has been given to the race of the women linked with the worlds greatest ...
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• Fears for Obama raised again over Salahi incident

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 125
  There is a sense of dread always in the African American community about this president,’ a lawmaker says. The Secret Service says threats against Obama are at the same level as for Bush and Clinton.Last week’s congressional hearing over the security mistakes that allowed a publicity-hungry Virginia couple into a ...
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• McNair among six elected to 2009 SWAC Hall of Fame Class

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 125
  The doors of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame will open to six new members. This year’s class includes:* Horace Crump, Alabama State* Steve McNair, Alcorn State* Willie J. Alexander, Alcorn State* Dr. James Brooks, Jackson State* Walter Nichols, Mississippi Valley State* Willie Ellison, Texas ...
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• HBCU FOOTBALL WEEKEND RESULTS & DECEMBER 12th SCHEDULE

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 125
  Scoreboard for December 5Texas Southern 30, Southern 25 – FinalTuskegee 21, Elizabeth City State 7 – Final DateHome Visitor LocationKickoff12/12/09Alabama A&Mvs.Prairie View A&M@Birmingham, ALLegion FieldSWAC Championship Game – ESPN Classic – Live1:00pm CTRelated Posts:HBCU FOOTBALL WEEKEND RESULTS ...
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• Lame High Mindedness

  
  brotherpeacemaker — Authority: 421
  “This post proves that white people are not the only racist, as it paints whites as always beleaving in the guilt of blacks. Post like this do none of us any justice and hate is just as bad coming from any race.If she is guilty (and it looks that way to me), she now has [...]
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• Tiger’s troubles widening distance from Black Community

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 129
  Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods’ troubles — the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses — little attention has been given to the race of the women linked with the world’s greatest golfer. Except in the black community. Read more here: ...
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