1. Why coloureds can’t shed a troubled identity As the Democratic Alliance began devouring itself over the past few weeks and New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced his […]
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Category: A.D. Powell
Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
“One drop” in South Africa
IT’S CLEAR TO ME THAT THE WRITER HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT. SOUTH AFRICANS HAVE THE SAME “ONE DROP” MYTHS IN THEIR OWN WAY. IT’S INTERESTING HOW THIS […]
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Irish Slavery
Most Americans are led to believe that slavery was synonymous with “black” or “African.” Slavery is a system of selfishness and profit that turns the vulnerable into chattel – whatever […]
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A Canadian view of the Strom/Essie issue
This Canadian paper denounces the racism of Americans but endorses the “one drop” myth and sees no contradiction in it. Letters to the Editor can be sent to Letters@GlobeAndMail.ca. The […]
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American gothic
American gothic Salon By Rebecca Traister In 1948, while running for president of the United States on the Dixiecrat ticket, Strom Thurmond proclaimed, “All the laws of Washington and all […]
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Strom’s daughter shows what class — not race — is all about
Strom’s daughter is class act TownHall.com by Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, S.C. Ask most thoughtful South Carolinians what they think about Essie Mae Washington-Williams – Strom Thurmond’s biracial daughter who publicly […]
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Thurmond’s Grandson
Posted on 12/19/2003 6:04:05 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative Check out the responses on the link: CENTRALIA, Wash. — Following his mother’s lead, a 53-year-old doctor in Onalaska has come forward […]
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Commentary: Strom’s dark secret
Swanson doesn’t recognize that “millions” of blacks don’t have mixed whites in their families AND this “miscegenation” he condemns as “rape” was also considered an “honor.” The black devotion to […]
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Critics of Thurmond’s daughter change tune
Critics of Thurmond’s daughter change tune The State by JENNIFER TALHELM and AARON GOULD SHEININ Essie Mae Washington-Williams apparently has won over some of her harshest critics. On Thursday, Thurmond […]
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Thurmond’s daughter could help races come to terms with shared heritage
Thurmond’s daughter could help races come to terms with shared heritage The State by Warren Bolton NOW THAT ESSIE Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, […]
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