Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow's Forgotten Horror

Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow's Forgotten Horror: "Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow's Forgotten Horror
After her brutal gang rape, Recy Taylor became a global symbol of American injustice and helped inspire the civil rights movement. So why has nobody heard of her today?"

AverageBro.com: AB.com Guest Post - Halle Berry, Interracial Marriage, And The "One Drop Rule".

AverageBro.com: AB.com Guest Post - Halle Berry, Interracial Marriage, And The "One Drop Rule".: "When I was growing up in SE Michigan during the Antediluvian Era, there weren't a whole lot of self-identified 'biracial' or 'multiracial' people. You were Black or White. There was a very small population of East/South Asians and a few people of Hispanic or Middle Eastern heritage (primarily Lebanese or Chaldeans who infrequently identified as 'White')

Black/White mixed kids identified as the race they most looked like or lived next to-which given housing patterns usually meant they declared themselves 'Black' about 95% of the time. Those were the rules then. Pick a team!!!"

EU HR NGOs to hold Int. Conference on Palestinian prisoners

EU HR NGOs to hold Int. Conference on Palestinian prisoners: "Palestine, (Pal Telegraph)-Under the slogan (working for justice), various European human rights organisations are preparing to hold the first international conference on the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons. Tthe conference will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, March 11-12, 2011 in order to unite the efforts of many Palestinian and European members of parliament and human rights activists who work to support the Palestinian prisoners under one dome.

The conference will be organised by three Human rights organisations which are: Right for All (Droit Pour Tous), The European Network to Support the Rights of the Palestinian Prisoners (UFree) and North-South 21, these organisations are aiming to combine their efforts to work against the brutal actions against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons."

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Halle Vs Gabriel - AhlanLive.com

Halle Vs Gabriel - AhlanLive.com: "Despite insisting their split was amicable and that their non-legal childcare arrangement – which meant Halle Berry had majority custody of their daughter, Nahla – was “working well,” proceedings have taken a nasty turn for the worse with Gabriel Aubry now demanding he wants his little girl back."

Who Is Marrying Whom - Graphic - NYTimes.com

Who Is Marrying Whom - Graphic - NYTimes.com: "Nearly 9 percent of all marriages in the United States in 2009 were interracial or interethnic, more than double the percentage in 1980. The rates of intermarriage vary widely depending on gender, race or ethnicity."

The Obsidian Files - Bravenet Blog

The Obsidian Files - Bravenet Blog: "Question For The HBDers: What Do Thomas Jefferson, Strom Thurmond and Chris Lee, All Have In Common?

"'I’m gonna take a second to whoop it up for the black chicks. There is just no way that seeing any of these women on the street you wouldn’t want to smash that. Those women (but especially the West African chick) make my dick stand tall proud long and strong.

I know this blog makes cottage industry out of ripping on black people, but I just had to represent for quick a minute'"