Sunday, March 27, 2011
Population drastically declines in Ohio cities - USATODAY.com
Population drastically declines in Ohio cities - USATODAY.com: "Ohio's major cities continued their drastic decline during the past decade, a sign that hard times are not easing in the industrial heartland. By Mark Duncan, APCleveland, among Ohio's top metro areas, saw a drastic population decline in the last decade.EnlargeCloseBy Mark Duncan, APCleveland, among Ohio's top metro areas, saw a drastic population decline in the last decade.Ads by Google3 Credit Scores (Free) Places that once prospered from making things — steel, tires, cash registers, bikes — continued a free-fall that started half a century ago and may be getting worse, according to Census Bureau population numbers released Wednesday."
White flight drives mayoral results | Charlotte | News | Citizen Servatius
White flight drives mayoral results Charlotte News Citizen Servatius: "In a column called 'Charlotte's last white mayor,' Glenn H. Burkins, editor of the local news Web site Qcitymetro.com, pointed out the obvious last week. 'Outgoing Mayor Pat McCrory may well be Charlotte's last 'white' leader,' Burkins wrote, after studying election results. That hits some people funny. When I made the same argument last week, I was called a racist by some callers to my radio show. Burkins, who explained that this was the new reality because Charlotte is 'darker,' probably won't be called a racist because he is black, even though we were saying the same thing."
Minorities now in the majority in Charlotte - CharlotteObserver.com
Minorities now in the majority in Charlotte - CharlotteObserver.com: "Greg Johnson and Judy Galindo have helped change the face - and complexion - of Charlotte. Johnson is an African-American marketing executive who moved back to his home state last summer. Galindo is a native of Colombia who came to launch a Spanish-language paper last fall."
Monday, March 21, 2011
DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF KING?: A REVIEW ESSAY, THE - page 3 | Encounter
DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF KING?: A REVIEW ESSAY, THE - page 3 Encounter: "Young argues, it had to do with a fear of sexuality:
Deeply buried but intense sexual fear of black males, illustrated by the sexual nature of attacks on black men by whites who seek to control or destroy black aggressiveness, has been a persistent pattern in the South since the advent of slavery. From the systematic destruction of the black family during slavery to contemporary barriers for black males attempting to protect and provide for their families via the imposition of strong societal and economic proscriptions, there is a recurrent theme: controlling black men. The theme was ever-present at lynchings of black men for allegations of rape or for flirtation with white women, and is always evident somewhere in the heavy punishment awaiting black men who assert or advocate the interests of their people. The FBI campaign was very much consistent with this neurotic white Southern racist tradition"
Deeply buried but intense sexual fear of black males, illustrated by the sexual nature of attacks on black men by whites who seek to control or destroy black aggressiveness, has been a persistent pattern in the South since the advent of slavery. From the systematic destruction of the black family during slavery to contemporary barriers for black males attempting to protect and provide for their families via the imposition of strong societal and economic proscriptions, there is a recurrent theme: controlling black men. The theme was ever-present at lynchings of black men for allegations of rape or for flirtation with white women, and is always evident somewhere in the heavy punishment awaiting black men who assert or advocate the interests of their people. The FBI campaign was very much consistent with this neurotic white Southern racist tradition"
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Radiation level at Japan nuke plant exceeds limit - CharlotteObserver.com
Radiation level at Japan nuke plant exceeds limit - CharlotteObserver.com: "TOKYO A Japanese government official says the level of radiation at a troubled nuclear plant has exceeded the legal limit, underscoring the continuing problems with reactors rattled by Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami."
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
4 Killed in Ivory Coast After Women Honor Dead
4 Killed in Ivory Coast After Women Honor Dead: "ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- In an act of bold defiance, thousands of women converged Tuesday on the bloodstained pavement where seven of their sisters fell last week, even as the army backing this country's rogue leader killed four more civilians."
Raul A. Reyes: Brisenia Flores Was a Victim of Border Vigilantes and Media Indifference
Raul A. Reyes: Brisenia Flores Was a Victim of Border Vigilantes and Media Indifference [huffpo.com] - Compare Brisenia's tragedy to that of another nine-year-old in Arizona. When Christina Taylor Green was killed in the attack on
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her death led to national
soul-searching over the tenor of our political discourse. Christina was
eulogized in President Obama's 2011 State of the Union address as her family sat with the First Lady.
Or consider the murder of Arizona rancher Robert Krentz
last year. Krentz was shot by unknown assailants who were believed to
be undocumented immigrants. His death inspired an outcry over illegal
immigration. Politicians invoked his name at Department of Homeland
Security hearings and in the subsequent passing of SB 1070.
I don't mean to take away from the suffering of the Green and Krentz
families. However, Brisenia's death did not provoke anywhere near the
same amount of attention, let alone outrage by politicians and the news
media.
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