A Graphic Film of Protest, and Cries of Blasphemy The New York Times September 27, 2004 By MARLISE SIMONS Carla Rus, a Dutch psychiatrist, said she had worked for 20 […]
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Category: A.D. Powell
Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
Not Black and White
September 27, 2004, 8:38 a.m. Not Black and White Debating who qualifies as an “African American” misses the deeper point. National Review By J. A. Foster-Bey It appears that all […]
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It isn’t slavery chaining blacks
It isn’t slavery chaining blacks Call it the Cosby Consensus. Published on: 09/24/04 Across the country, middle-class black Americans are applauding comedian Bill Cosby’s insistent campaign to draw attention to […]
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In the Bible Belt, Acceptance Is Hard-Won
In the Bible Belt, Acceptance Is Hard-Won The Washington Post by Anne Hull Michael Shackelford slides under his 1988 Chevy Cheyenne. Ratchet in hand, he peers into the truck’s dark […]
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Excerpts from the Inter-American Dialogue’s Race Report 2004
Excerpts from the Inter-American Dialogue’s Race Report 2004: Toward racial equality in the Americas In Latin America, racial inequality is pervasive and takes many forms. Over the past dozen years, […]
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American Indian Hidden Heritage
Circles & Arrows Native American (Hidden) Heritage (pdf) The 2000 census states that approximately 80,000 people in Ohio identify themselves as American Indian or have a mixed American Indian heritage. […]
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Dean: Move away from race quotas
Dean: Move away from race quotas By Victor Garcia Arizona Daily Wildcat Thursday, September 23, 2004 Print this College admissions policies should look beyond race to academic qualifications, said the […]
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The Black & White World of Walter Plecker
The Black & White World of Walter Plecker The obsessions of a state bureaucrat have Virginia’s Native Americans struggling for their identity. by Warren Fiske http://www.styleweekly.com/ http://www.styleweekly.com/feature.asp Walter Ashby Plecker […]
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Accepting a multiracial society
Katie Cristal, writing for the Cavalier Daily, on “Accepting a multiracial society“: Why is it that conservative figures like Newt Gingrich, who long received 0 percent approval ratings on civil […]
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“Melungeon” on Russian Web Site
A definition of “Melungeon” on a Russian web site. Anyone read Russian? http://www.rubricon.com/ann/americana/m/m16531.asp
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