A Secret Father, a Black Literary Treasure and an Old Woman The New York Times June 28, 2004 By BRENT STAPLES Gladys Watt and Lydia Turnage Connolly had been friends […]
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Category: A.D. Powell
Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
State: You’re no longer Hispanic
State: You’re no longer Hispanic: Definition excludes people from Spain; established local contractor pays the price. The Syracuse Post-Standard Sunday, June 13, 2004 By John O’Brien Staff writer New York […]
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Brown vs. Black vs. America
June 13, 2004 VDare.com Brown vs. Black vs. America By Steve Sailer California lawyer Nicolas C. Vaca got his start as an ethnic activist by listening to Malcolm X lecture […]
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Whites cashing in on minority contracts
Whites cashing in on minority contracts Chicago Sun Times June 20, 2004 BY TIM NOVAK AND STEVE WARMBIR Staff Reporters On paper, Benchmark Construction Co. is run by Michael Smith, […]
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The Roots of Hatred
The Roots of Hatred Our brains are programmed to distrust outsiders. But are we hard-wired to hate? AARP Magazine By Sharon Begley, May & June 2004 If you are mystified […]
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Spaniards aren’t Hispanic?
Spaniards are Hispanic — they started it Lenawee Connection By Roger Hernandez A guy named Rocco Luiere just found out he is not Hispanic after spending his life thinking he […]
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“Ethnic” Graduations
THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE 6/14/2004 Ethnic graduation honors black Bruins By Menaka Fernando DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF Leilani Downing came to UCLA in the winter of 1998, only months after […]
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Frank Sweet on the “One Drop Rule”
The Mulatto Nations Times Taking a Closer Look at the ‘One Drop Rule’: An Interview with Frank Sweet by Barbara Yanez and Frank Sweet Few topics conjure up the unease, […]
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Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones?
Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones? June 24, 2004 The New York Times By SARA RIMER and KAREN W. ARENSON At the most recent reunion of Harvard University’s […]
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Melungeon Fifth Union draws more than 1,000
Melungeon Fifth Union draws more than 1,000 06/20/2004 By J.H. OSBORNE KINGSPORT – Type “Melungeon” into a popular Internet search engine and within seconds you’ll get a list of more […]
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