Thurmond’s Legacy by Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 17, 2003; 12:53 PM I just finished watching Essie Mae Washington-Williams on television. It was a moving few minutes. […]
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Category: A Mixed Blog
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Whitening skin can be deadly
Whitening skin can be deadly The Boston Globe by Dr. S. Allen Counter Ninety percent of the women entering border clinics in Arizona with mercury poisoning were Mexican-American, and they […]
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Hidden race bias ‘drains brain’
Hidden race bias ‘drains brain’ BBC News November 17, 2003 The effort of trying not to appear racist can be mentally draining – even for people who are not consciously […]
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Thurmonds accept love child claim
Thurmonds accept love child claim BBC News The late US Senator Strom Thurmond’s family has accepted a mixed race woman’s claim that she is his daughter. Retired schoolteacher Essie Mae […]
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‘She’s a quiet person, a very thoughtful person’
Contains a picture of Washington-Williams at 22 ‘She’s a quiet person, a very thoughtful person’ After keeping a secret for 7 decades, Strom Thurmond’s daughter speaks out by VALERIE BAUERLEIN […]
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‘60 Minutes II’ interview reveals details of secret life
‘60 Minutes II’ interview reveals details of secret life by JENNIFER TALHELM The State Staff Writer Strom Thurmond’s biracial daughter said Tuesday she confronted her father about his segregationist politics […]
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Reactions to claim of kinship mixed
THURMOND’S LEGACY Reactions to claim of kinship mixed by Jennifer Talhelm Knight Ridder ‘I just find it to be an irony that while [Thurmond] was one of the people talking […]
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Race must face black violence
Race must face black violence Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Cynthia Tucker The judges of a Florida appeals court could see the boy in the black man-child, the recklessness in the kid […]
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“Pinky” Dies
The biggest fight we face is the fact that the elites who claim to be AGAINST racism are promoting the “light-skinned black” oxymoron. “Pinky” was not an attack on racism […]
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Open Letter to Latino Media: Stop Ignoring Dark-Skinned Latinos
Open Letter to Latino Media: Stop Ignoring Dark-Skinned Latinos La Prensa-San Diego, Commentary, Jovanka Ciares, Dec 12, 2003 My name is Jovanka Ciares. I am a Puerto Rican (born and […]
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