America’s label game misses diversity of race: The term “African-American” does less to define blacks than divide communities. But some hope one man of mixed heritage can ease the tensions. […]
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Category: A.D. Powell
Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
A Cosby Makeover
August 02, 2004, 8:44 a.m. A Cosby Makeover: The NAACP should dedicate itself to more than just institutional preservation. By Ward Connerly When President George W. Bush declined to speak […]
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Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence The New York Times August 1, 2004 By HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. “Go into any inner-city neighborhood,” Barack Obama said in his keynote address to the Democratic […]
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An Appeal Beyond Race
An Appeal Beyond Race The New York Times August 1, 2004 By SCOTT L. MALCOMSON ON Tuesday, at about 9 p.m., Barack Obama was an Illinois state legislator running for […]
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Young Japanese-Americans Honor Ethnic Roots
Young Japanese-Americans Honor Ethnic Roots The New York Times August 2, 2004 By MIREYA NAVARRO The daughter of a Japanese-American mother and a white American father, Ms. Cherry, 24, said […]
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Oppression of Italians in Wartime U.S.
Thriller Draws on Oppression of Italians in Wartime U.S. The New York Times August 2, 2004 By BILL TONELLI A dying father summons his daughter, a lawyer, to reveal a […]
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“Black” Continental Soldiers
We Need to Learn More About Our Colorful Past The New York Times Maurice A. Barboza and Gary B. Nash July 31, 2004 Back in 1925, American society tended not […]
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How Answering Government’s Racial/Ethnic Questions Can Harm You
Homeland Security Given Data on Arab-Americans The New York Times July 30, 2004 By LYNETTE CLEMETSON WASHINGTON, July 29 – The Census Bureau has provided specially tabulated population statistics on […]
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Theory of a founding father’s (Alexander Hamilton)African ancestry
This conservative web site is one more example of the fact that “conservative” blacks tend to love the “one drop” myth as much as “liberal” blacks. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177315/posts Note the pages […]
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Barack Obama
The new face of the Democratic Party — and America Barack Obama has come to graceful terms with his mixed-race heritage. Now, as he runs for the U.S. Senate in […]
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