Sunday, May 02, 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010

Desmond Tutu: Arizona: The Wrong Answer

Desmond Tutu: Arizona: The Wrong Answer

I am saddened today at the prospect of a young Hispanic immigrant in Arizona going to the grocery store and forgetting to bring her passport and immigration documents with her. I cannot be dispassionate about the fact that the very act of her being in the grocery store will soon be a crime in the state she lives in. Or that, should a policeman hear her accent and form a "reasonable suspicion" that she is an illegal immigrant, she can -- and will -- be taken into custody until someone sorts it out, while her children are at home waiting for their dinner.

Equally disturbing is what will happen in the mind of the policeman. The police talk today about how they do not wish to, and will not, engage in racial profiling. Yet faced with the option of using common sense and compassion, or harassing a person who has done nothing wrong, a particularly sinister aspect of Arizona's new immigration law will be hanging over his head. He can be personally sued, by anyone, for failing to enforce this inhumane new act.

More News on the American Taliban of Arizona State...

Experts: GOP Plan To Change Citizenship Rights Is 'Clearly Unconstitutional' | TPMDC

Earlier this week, we told you about Rep. Duncan Hunter's (R-CA) support for deporting natural born American citizens whose parents are illegal immigrants. That position is based on a Republican proposal to stop granting citizenship rights to such children.

According to two constitutional law experts, that's "clearly unconstitutional."

To explain Hunter's comment, the congressman's spokesperson pointed TPM to a bill, co-sponsored by more than 90 House Republicans, including Hunter, that would eliminate citizenship rights for children born in the U.S. whose parents are illegal immigrants.

The 14th Amendment states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."


Anti-Immigration Flyer: Mexicans Want To Kill 'Gringos' | TPMMuckraker

In another sign of the heightened tensions surrounding illegal immigration in Arizona, a far-right anti-immigration group is stoking fears of a violent Mexicans out to murder white people -- and invoking hard-line sheriff Joe Arpaio -- in a bid to raise money. The group's leader tells TPMmuckraker that in the wake of Arizona's draconian new immigration law, "the irresistible force of globalism and the Mexican invasion is about to meet the immovable object of American sovereignty."

A fundraising flyer sent this month by the American Border Patrol -- a group of anti-immigration advocates who conduct airplane missions to monitor the Arizona-Mexico border -- leads with a quote attributed to Jose Angel Gutierrez, the founder of La Raza: "We have got to eliminate the gringo. And what I mean is, if worse comes to worst, we have got to kill him." Above the quote is a picture of an immigrants rights protest, including a prominent banner declaring: "We Are Indigenous, The Only Owners Of This Continent." (See the flyer here.)

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Gabrielle Union teams up with Bounty to clean up public schools

With actress Gabrielle Union as it's spokeperson Procter & Gamble’s Bounty brand, in partnership with HandsOn Network and the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation has announced the “Make a Clean Difference” program which will unite more than 1000 volunteers to transform the learning environments of 30 public schools in 10 cities across the country.

Read more here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Civil rights activist Dorothy Height dies at 98 - USATODAY.com

Civil rights activist Dorothy Height dies at 98 - USATODAY.com: "WASHINGTON — Civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height, the president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than 40 years and a pivotal figure during the civil rights era of the 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 98."

Rest in peace, Miss Height!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog: How many serious white girlfriends has Obama had?

Steve Sailer just can't stand to see our First Family being happy. Poor Steve.

Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog: How many serious white girlfriends has Obama had?: "As you'll recall, one of the most stylized, fable-like sections of the President's Dreams from My Father is the when Obama describes to his half sister Auma the serious girlfriend he had in New York (where he lived from 1981-1985), whom he dumped because she was white, and not only white but old money WASP. As several commenters have noted, the whole episode sounds like it was lifted from a white ethnic writer like Mario Puzo or Philip Roth."

One man set this racist Sailer guy straight:

"Steve has got to be unique in the HBD community as a guy whose regular complaints about black men is that they don't f*ck enough white women.


My personal preference would be for women to hold on to their virtue and remain more or less sexually innocent until they meet "the one" but even if Steve is a libertine (which I doubt he is) how strange is it that he's so incessently hurt by black men who stick with black women? What in God's name could possibly explain that far out perspective?




The fact that the nations first black (and even competant and intelligent even though he's adoreed by Blacks!) president is married to a dark black woman is VERY VERY good and I really don't get why Steve keeps looking this gift horse in the mouth. Just be happy and get on with it. It's good for your daughter, my friend."

This one is from Truth:

'"even if Steve is a libertine (which I doubt he is) how strange is it that he's so incessently hurt by black men who stick with black women? What in God's name could possibly explain that far out perspective?"



Great observation. Take it from me though, not unusual; I would say that the majority of white males are angrier at a black man who does not date white women than one who does...but the thing that makes white guys want to fight is when you date an Asian. I could tell you some stores...

Truth said...

"Of course, I do recognize you as the guy who every now and then tries to rebut Steve's finding with "you see everything through a racial prism, Mr. Sailer" and nothing else."

What makes you think it's always the same "guy."

"Is it so strange that a half-white guy might be attracted to white women?"

Well Cordelia; is it so strange that a half-black guy might be attracted to black women, and got his wife pregnant twice through natural means?

"Does anybody know about GWB's girlfriends? Or John Kerry? Why do you all find the silence on Obama so weird?"


Thank you for calling out racist Steve Sailer's incessant obsession with Black men's relationships.  Contrary to media and some HBDers, overwhelming marjority of Black men are married to Black women period.  It's getting pathetic.

REAL “Genetic Based Dating Tips” For STEM (Read, White, Nerdy) Guys « The Obsidian Files

REAL “Genetic Based Dating Tips” For STEM (Read, White, Nerdy) Guys « The Obsidian Files: "A little while earlier, OneSTDV says the following:
“Quick Dating/Game tip for Betas:
If you intend on scoring women significantly above you in dating market value (i.e. physically attractive), then focus on dating prospects within your own ethnicity . This is an especially efficacious strategy for Greeks, Jews, and Russians as these groups have extant cultural, religious, and social edifices solely comprised of peer ethnics. I would include Italians as they’ve maintained themselves as a distinct group, but Italian women are primarily attracted to alphas, per Jersey Shore ."

Something Screwed: My Thoughts on White Men and how it relates to SSC

Something Screwed: My Thoughts on White Men and how it relates to SSC

Red Hot Mammas. Group of black seniors work to stop the violence

The Red Hot Mammas. The Mamas are a group of mostly African American senior woman all residents of Syracuse and all “over 60” who, according to one of their founders, “refuse to comply with the stereotype that seniors can’t be constructive, contributing members of their community. Right now they have turned their attention to violence in their community, Read more here:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Friday, April 16, 2010

heterosis « mulatto diaries

heterosis « mulatto diaries: "heterosis
April 16, 2010 by tiffdjones
This strikes me as complete and utter bull****. Excuse me, bologna is more appropriate for this forum. I just don’t see how you can conduct a scientific study based on personal opinion. Perceived attractiveness is not a science. I have a theory that mixed race people have an interesting look, for lack of a better way to put it."

I agree with Mulatto Diaries on this one. I'm sick of the media dividing Black and Multiracial people of African descent. It's disgusting.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Holocaust Survivor – Why I Support Palestinian Rights

Weiss: Holocaust Survivor – Why I Support Palestinian Rights

In Canada, Holocaust Memorial Day has been established by Heritage Canada to be on April 11. It is a good opportunity to review what we learn from the Holocaust experience and how we apply these lessons to the troubled situation in the Middle East.

This year, students in more than 60 cities took part in educational meetings on conditions in Palestine as part of Israeli Apartheid Week, held March 1–7. It is a controversial event, not popular in Canadian government circles. It is criticized for supposedly dishonouring the victims of Hitler’s holocaust.

I am a survivor of the Jewish Holocaust, the Nazis’ mass murder of Europe’s Jews. The tragic experience of my family and community under Hitler makes me alert to the suffering of other peoples denied their human rights today – including the Palestinians.

True, Hitler’s Holocaust was unique. The Palestinians are victims of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. Hitler started with that, but went on to extermination. In my family’s city in Poland, Piotrkow, 99% of the Jews perished.

Yet for me, the Israeli government’s actions toward the Palestinians awaken horrific memories of my family’s experiences under Hitlerism: the inhuman walls, the check points, the daily humiliations, killings, diseases, the systematic deprivation. There’s no escaping the fact that Israel has occupied the entire country of Palestine, and taken most of the land, while the Palestinians have been expelled, walled off, and deprived of human rights and human dignity.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

The Rocky Mount Telegram

The Rocky Mount Telegram: "Antwan Maurice Pittman was born on July 15, 1978. He was raised in Rocky Mount by his single, teen mother and described by those who knew him as a normal child.
Three decades later, he is at the center of an investigation into one of the more heinous crimes in Rocky Mount history."

The Rocky Mount Telegram

The Rocky Mount Telegram: "It could take a week or longer for forensic pathologists at East Carolina University to identify the latest set of human remains found in rural Edgecombe County.
A man riding a four-wheeler discovered the body Saturday afternoon while traveling through a wooded area along Seven Bridges Road, a few miles northeast of Rocky Mount."

Rocky Mount mother of three remembered :: WRAL.com

Rocky Mount mother of three remembered :: WRAL.com: "Rocky Mount, N.C. — The mother of a Rocky Mount mother of three, whose remains were found in Edgecombe County nearly two weeks ago, said Friday that she tried to find her daughter"

How Many Americans Does It Take to Slaughter a Third World Child? by Jay Janson

http://www.uruknet.de/index.php?p=m64966&hd=&size=1&l=e

Disturbing eye-rebounding videos and on-the-scene, cringing to watch or read, graphic reports of civilians dying at the hands of U.S. military in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan — resurfacing again on network and radio newscasts, in some newspapers and of course, as always, on the Internet.

As in the past, they bring a certain amount of world reaction in concern and condemnation with the more intense pain and outrage reserved for the children’s lives taken. The president of Afghanistan, elected under US military occupation, after years complaining and protesting uselessly, warns of his own possible defection over the "indiscriminate killing by foreign armed forces" among other issues.

How many Americans have been involved in the collateral slaying of children in America’s wars and bombings within defenseless populations of the so called underdeveloped world since the end of World War Two?

How much effort, by how many Americans, has gone into producing each child’s violent death during undeclared wars in Third World nations? Some innocent child made poor and disadvantaged for its country’s history of brutal colonial occupation and plunder by industrial powers that continue to exploit through neocolonialist financial oppression, killed by foreign invaders of American nationality.

Friday, April 09, 2010

Katie Washington Notre Dames first black valedictorian

Katie Washington, first black valedictorian at Notre Dame.

In the 161 years Notre Dame has been awarding degrees, never had there been an African-American as valedictorian. Until this year.She’s Katie Washington.

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Update on serial killings of black women in North Carolina

In Rocky Mount North Carolina 8 bodies of 10 missing African American women have been found. All 8 are believed to have been killed by Antwan Maurice Pittman who is currently in the Edgecomb County Jail. The governor of North Carolina has sent in the National Gaurd to find the bodies of the last two remaining women, Joyce Renee Durham & Yolanda Lancaster. Watch video on this story below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/missingblackwomen.html

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Former Cherokee Nation chief Wilma Mankiller dies - Yahoo! News

Former Cherokee Nation chief Wilma Mankiller dies - Yahoo! News: "OKLAHOMA CITY – Former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller, one of the nation's most visible American Indian leaders and one of the few women to lead a major tribe, died Tuesday after suffering from cancer and other health problems. She was 64."

Rest in peace, Wilma Mankiller.

Heart disease is the #1 killer of black women

Heart disease is the #1 killer of black women. Heart disease takes the lives of thousands of minority women every year. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, black women are 35 percent more likely than white. Read more here:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Monday, April 05, 2010

More black on black crime. Young college educated couple gunned down.

Black on black crime. In a very sad story a young college educated couple were gunned down. Michael Muchioki and Nia Haqq a college educated couple with a bright future were gunned down hours after their engagement party in an apparent car jacking.

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

High flyer: RNC Chairman Steele suggested buying private jet with GOP funds |

The Daily Caller :According to two knowledgeable sources, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel. “I know that … regular ongoing use of planes was something that was looked at,” says one person with direct knowledge. “I can’t speak to how serious those inquiries were.” Both sources say Steele considered purchasing a plane outright, or buying fractional ownership in one, through a company such as NetJets. Steele’s spokesman, Doug Heye, did not deny that such discussions took place, responding that the RNC never had a “plan” to buy a plane. “I don’t know what somebody might have discussed or might not have discussed.”

Sofia Madonaldo's Controversial Mural at Times Square



This mural has been the subject of heated debates and controversy because it depicted Black and Afro-Latina women as being "immoral" and "loose".  Black and Latina organizations had already protested against this mural, for they said it's disrepectful to women of Color in NYC.  What say you?  I'd like to hear from you.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Reflections of a “Racist” Father « Jewamongyou's Blog

This article is from a conservative.  


Reflections of a “Racist” Father « Jewamongyou's Blog: "REFLECTIONS OF A “RACIST”
FATHER
By J.A.Y.
So I’ve earned the reputation of being “racist” and the enmity of those dearest to me. Why? Because I dared tell my daughter that I disapprove of her dating black men. Now, for 90% of you out there, this would seem to be a cut-and-dry case."

The Multiracial Activist - www.multiracial.com - Jill Scott

The Multiracial Activist - www.multiracial.com - Jill Scott: "In The Boston Globe, in a story published February 6, 2001, staff writer Vanessa E. Jones reported on the singer's attitudes on 'interracial' relationships:


When Scott launched into ''Do You Remember'' she squeezed every ounce of emotion out of the words. But she had some clarifications to make about this song, too.

No, it's not about seeing some old flame and reminiscing about love lost. Scott called it a pointed condemnation of ''brothers who have women and wives who look nothing like their mama.''


Not that Scott is against interracial romance, she went on to explain. She just suspects African-Americans may be doing it for the wrong reasons. ''You can't forget where you come from,'' she told the audience. ''Your skin will dictate how people treat you. Sorry.''"

Jill Scott on Interracial Relationships



You Decide.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Artist Sofia Maldonaldo's Controversial Murals


LOOSEWORLD X Sofia Maldonado Part 2 from LOOSEWORLD on Vimeo.


I'm curious to see what the fuss is about regarding Ms. Maldonado's Times Square murals.

What say you?  Any questions?

Monday, March 22, 2010

Michelle’s Got Data on Her Side: Food Deserts are Vast | RaceWire

Michelle’s Got Data on Her Side: Food Deserts are Vast RaceWire: "Michelle’s Got Data on Her Side: Food Deserts are Vast
As Michelle Obama turns up the heat on food manufacturers, PolicyLink and The Food Trust have released a report that maps America’s “food deserts” and looks at their lasting effects in rural areas and low-income communities of color.
The report culls research from"

Sunday, March 21, 2010

The blackness of Mariah Carey « Abagond

The blackness of Mariah Carey « Abagond: "Mariah Carey has been one of the best-selling singers in America ever since her very first song, “Visions of Love”, in 1990."


This obsessive madness with classifying multiracials by race has to stop. I’m sick of people saying that is Black people who put her in a box while letting white people slide. The mainstream media has a habit of placing multiracial people as “Black” instead of multiracial. They’re the ones who are making a big deal out of her race.







Like I said, American society has long been obsessive with multiracials of partial African ancestry. They made a big deal over Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter, Lani Guinier, Barack Obama, Halle Berry, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, the OJ trial, Tiger Woods scandal, etc.






Oh, and that comment about “what about the children” is code for black/noblack mixed people and the “threat” to mainstream America.

Friday, March 19, 2010

No Effigy Left Behind. Rhode Island Teachers hang Obama Effigy in Classrooms


CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – A teacher at a failing school where he and all his colleagues are being fired hung an effigy of President Barack Obama in his classroom, apparently in reaction to Obama's support of extreme measures to ensure accountability in schools.
The teachers union on Thursday condemned the effigy, discovered Monday in the teacher's third-floor classroom at Central Falls High School, saying it was wrong and cannot be condoned under any circumstances.
The effigy was found in the teacher's classroom by Superintendent Frances Gallo, Rhode Island Department of Education spokeswoman Nicole Shaffer told The Associated Press. Shaffer said the department would not have any further comment.
Gallo told the AP on Thursday evening that the foot-tall Obama doll that she saw Monday was hung from its feet from a white board and was holding a sign that said, "Fire Central Falls teachers."
"I was deeply saddened," Gallo said. "It's a horrific — a startling — kind of picture when you walk in and see that."
She said that the teacher had been issued a "strong letter of reprimand" and that she considered it an internal matter.
Obama had called the firings in Central Falls an example of holding failing schools accountable. The White House declined to comment Thursday. U.S. Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said the agency was aware of the doll but declined to comment further.
The president of the Central Falls Teachers Union, Jane Sessums, said in a written statement that the teacher, whose name wasn't disclosed, hung the doll "as part of what he described as a lesson plan."
A spokesman for the union said he could not immediately explain what that meant. He said he did not know how long the effigy had been in the classroom.
The union has been fighting the firings at Central Falls High School, one of the state's worst-performing schools.
All the school's teachers, administrators and support staff will lose their jobs after the end of the school year. Under a plan approved by the state to improve the school, fewer than half could be rehired next year.
Sessums said the teacher who hung the effigy verbally apologized to his students and asked Gallo if he could also apologize in writing.
"He understands that his actions affect not just his students but all of us," she wrote. "There is no excuse for what he did."
Several students and recent graduates interviewed by the AP on Thursday said they hadn't heard about the effigy, which was hung in an area of the school that's used for the English as a second language program. Those interviewed said they hadn't heard anyone expressing anger about Obama's comments, but many were disappointed.
"A lot of teachers supported Obama," said Karen Zuniga, who graduated last year and started a Facebook group to protest the firings.
"He hasn't even been here," said Jonathan Beltran, another 2009 graduate who opposes the firings. "He doesn't know what's going on."
Senior Valerie Florez said emotions have been running high among the school's teachers, with some telling students the firings are unfair and at least one breaking down in tears during class.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hate speech infiltrates social-networking sites, report says

Online hate speech is "almost all in the social-networking  area," Rabbi Abraham Cooper says.

By Jesse Solomon, CNN
March 15, 2010

Online hate speech is "almost all in the social-networking area," Rabbi Abraham Cooper says.
  • Internet's unregulated nature has aided proliferation of cyber-hate, report says
  • Number of hate-affiliated Web pages jumped 20 percent in past year
  • Personal blogs, mainstream social-networking sites are affected, authors say

New York (CNN) -- The unregulated nature of the Web has aided a proliferation of cyber-hate, according to a report the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance released Monday.

The report, Digital Terrorism and Hate 2010, notes that there are about 11,500 hate-affiliated Web pages, a 20 percent jump from last year's study.

According to the Wiesenthal Center, personal blogs as well as mainstream social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter are easily flooded with racist and terrorist-related content.

"The spike is not in traditional Web sites in the United States," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. "It's more global and almost all in the social-networking area."

Mark Weitzman, director of government affairs for the Wiesenthal Center and a co-author of the report, said home-grown terrorism suspects have an active online presence. He cited the case of a Pennsylvania woman who officials say called herself "Jihad Jane."

The woman, Colleen LaRose, has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country. She had been on the radar of the Wiesenthal Center for the past year, Weitzman said.

"We ask, 'Are they just coming out of the woodwork?' and the answer in every single case is the Internet link," Cooper said.

Although these sites are monitored, the report's authors said, they have become increasingly alarmed by the "lone wolf" effect, making it difficult for law enforcement to discern which threats are legitimate and which are simply talk.

For example, the late James W. Von Brunn, the 88-year-old who was charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington in June, kept a Web site called the Holy Western Empire. On it, he blamed a "Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys" and "a Jew judge" for a six-year prison term he served in the 1980s.

However, "there's no equation that says someone who posts a rant ... is going to go on a shooting rampage," said Weitzman, who has testified in front of Congress and the United Nations on the issue of digital hate.

Perhaps even more chilling are the growing numbers of "how to" Web sites in which terror groups routinely post instructional manuals and videos on bombmaking and computer hacking.

The study also explored e-commerce and how it can be used to market hate. In February, an eBay merchant offered "an original Holocaust ring," claiming that it came from his uncle who was posted at the Dachau concentration camp during World War II. EBay pulled the Web page before a sale was made.

Founded in 1977, the Simon Wiesenthal Center was named after a Jew who survived the Holocaust and became famous for his career as a Nazi hunter.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Congressional Black Caucus member discusses meeting with President Obama.

Congressional Black Caucus member discusses meeting with President Obama.

At President Obama's invitation the CBC meet with him on March 11. Hear a statement for CBC chair Barbara Lee and from Yvette Clarke a CBC member that was at the meeting by using the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Friday, March 12, 2010

Study: Median Wealth for Single Black Women: $100, Single Hispanic Women: $120, Single White Women: $41,000

www.democracynow.org: "The Insight Center for Community Economic Development released a report on the gender wealth gap to mark International Women’s Day. The report found nearly half of all single black and Hispanic women have zero or negative wealth, meaning their debts exceed all of their assets. The median wealth for single black women is only $100; for single Hispanic women, $120. This compares to just over $41,000 for single white women. We speak with the chief author of the report, Mariko Lin Chang and C. Nicole Mason, Executive Director of the Women of Color Policy Network. [includes rush transcript]"

Natalie Randolph, first woman named coach of high school football team

Natalie Randolph, first woman named coach of a high school football team.

Natalie Randolph an African American woman has been named head coach of the varsity football team at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington DC. She is believed to be the first woman to be named a head coach at the High School level.

Read more by using the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Haterade against Michelle Obama- Right Wingers' Easy Target Against President Obama

People, please read this article and understand that we Blacks are human beings, not animals, not as the "others".

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Vile Fascination with the Monkey Image of the Obama's (and African-Americans) by Earl Ofari Hutchingson




The worst thing about the CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association Walt Baker's silly, sick, demeaning depiction of First Lady Michelle Obama as a chimp ironically is not the depiction. It's Baker's clueless defense. The instant the storm broke, and Nashville's mayor, the state's GOP leaders denounced him, and the contract was summarily yanked from his marketing firm, Mercatus Communications, to help promote the city's new convention center, Baker predictably wailed that he's not a bigot, racially insensitive, and the cartoon was nothing but political humor.


He fervently believes that. He just as fervently believes that lampooning Michelle Obama, and President Obama as a monkey, ape, gorilla is just can't you take a joke fun and games. He and the pack of race baiting websites, chat rooms, and of late, college frat parties, and student websites that ridicule the Obama's (and African-Americans) in assorted off beat, crude, vile cartoons and always with the vile depiction as monkeys or apes is by now standard fare. It's no accident that it is.

The long, sordid and savage history of racist stereotyping of African-Americans has been the stock in trade of race baiting and racial ridicule and for more than century. A few grotesque book titles from a century ago, such as The Negro a Beast, The Negro, a Menace to American Civilization, and the Clansman depicted blacks as apes, monkeys, bestial, and animal like. The image stuck in books, magazines, journals, and deeply colored the thinking of many Americans of that day; that day?

In the movie version of Rudyard Kipling children's classic, The Jungle Book, the Disney Studios in 1967 graduated from the other standard animal depiction of African-Americans as black crows to depicting African-Americans as the Monkey like jive, gibberish blathering King Louie. The film was remade in 1994.

Fifteen years later, New York Post Cartoonist Sean Delonas ignited a firestorm with his casual depiction of President Obama as a monkey. He did it precisely because that image didn't die a century, half century, a decade, or even a year ago. In 2007 Penn State researchers conducted six separate studies and found that many Americans still link blacks with apes and monkeys. Many of them were young, and had absolutely no knowledge of the vicious stereotyping of blacks of years past. Their findings with the provocative title "Not Yet Human: Implicit Knowledge, Historical Dehumanization and Contemporary Consequences," in the February 2008 issue of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, was published by the American Psychological Association.

The overwhelming majority of the participants in the studies bristled at the faintest hint that they had any racial bias. But the animal savagery image and blacks was very much on their minds. The researchers found that participants, and that included even those with no stated prejudices or knowledge of the historical images, were quicker to associate blacks with apes than they were to associate whites with apes.

This was not simply a dry academic exercise. The animal association and blacks has had devastating real life consequences. In hundreds of news stories from 1979 to 1999 the Philadelphia Inquirer was much more likely to describe African Americans than Whites convicted of capital crimes with ape-relevant language, such as "barbaric," "beast," "brute," "savage" and "wild." And jurors in criminal cases were far more likely to judge blacks more harshly than whites, and regard them and their crimes as savage, bestial, and heinous, and slap them with tougher sentences than whites.

(The haterade against Michelle Obama, favorite target of frustrated right-wingers and HBDers)
First Lady Michelle Obama is a woman, a black woman, and a soft target for the frustrations and even scorn of the Obama loathers. During the campaign Obama opponents eagerly latched onto out-of-context statement she made at a campaign rally in which she allegedly questioned her faith in America, and made a supposedly less than reverential reference to the flag. They brutally tarred her as a closet anti-American, race-obsessed, black radical. That made her an instant campaign liability. For weeks she virtually disappeared from the campaign trail.


She has played a relatively low key role in the White House, and has succeeded in pretty much staying out of harm's way from the hits of hubby Obama's avowed enemies. That is all except when it comes to the image assault from the eternal animal mockery of blacks, an image that Baker and legions of other see nothing wrong with. It's an image that the First Lady and the President haven't seen the last of it. It's just too juicy, vile and hurtful to die. It's been that way for a century.


Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His nationally heard talk show is on KTYM-AM 1460 AM Los Angeles Friday 9:30 AM and KPFK Pacifica Radio 90.7 Los Angeles Saturday Noon PST.

Monday, March 08, 2010

Tennessee CEO sorry for comparing Michelle Obama to chimp in email

This is the type of nonsense that falls under the radar


An emailed "joke" from an Tennesee CEO comparing the First Lady to a famous movie chimp ended up being no laughing matter.
The CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association issued an apology this weekend for an offensive e-mail he recently sent to several people, including members of the press and a public official, comparing Michelle Obama to Cheetah from the Tarzan movies.
"I deeply apologize to anyone who is offended by this action," Walt Baker said in a statement.
"I hope that those who know me realize that the message was not intended to be malicious or hurtful in any way and can find it in their hearts to forgive me."
However, Baker is apparently confused on why someone would find it offensive, describing the joke as "political humor."
"I did not think or consider its implications, other than that it was political humor," he wrote. "I am saddened that anyone misinterpreted the sentiments behind the e-mail."
Baker's e-mail, which someone had sent him and he forwarded, contained a photo of Michelle Obama along side a photo of Tarzan's chimpanzee sidekick.
"I have never considered myself bigoted, or racially insensitive, or a racist," Baker told News Channel 5.
The president of Nashville's Convention & Visitors Bureau, Butch Spyridon, was one of the people to receive the e-mail, and said he was "embarrassed" by the gag.
"The content is deeply hurtful to all in our city and beyond," he wrote in a statement. "The attitudes expressed in the email are both appalling and unacceptable, and are not shared or condoned in anyway by the NCVB or by me personally."
Spyridon said Baker's marketing firm, Mercatus Communications, has since lost its contract to help promote the city's new convention center.
"The e-mail was extremely offensive," Nashville's Mayor Karl Dean said in a statement. "It does not reflect who we are as a city and our values."
According to WSMV Channel 4 News in Nashville, this isn't the first time an e-mail with racist content has caused a controversy in the southern city.
Back in October, several hundred state workers received an e-mail proclaiming "white pride," and shortly after that, 20 Senate staffers were sent an e-mail from a legislative aide with President Obama seen on a black background as just a pair of eyes.
"I regret having done it," Baker said on News Channel 5. "I wished I had not pushed that button."

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Bias incidents roil University of California - Yahoo! News



Bias incidents roil University of California - Yahoo! News: "Bias incidents roil University of California
By CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press Writer Christina Hoag, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers.

An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed several University of California campuses over the past month, causing consternation, outcry and fear that bigotry is alive among the young and educated."

Three Waves--Each One White-capped: A Racist History of Feminism

Ain't I a Woman?  Are we WOC woman or not?

Once again, Julian Real is right on the money on this one.  Again and again, the needs of WOC, working class women, immigrant women, poor women, disabled women are disregarded by the mainstream feminist movement.

Three Waves--Each One White-capped: A Racist History of Feminism

Posted using ShareThis

I don't speak white.

Hi this is George Cook and I wanted to share with everyone this article I read by Taylor Trammell. She is a senior in High school at Detroits Mumford High School. The article deals with how it feels to be told that you "speak white" and what this one remarkable young lady has gone through.

Read the article here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Friday, March 05, 2010

Angela Bofill - Winamp


How about some old school music, anyone?  Let's listen to the soulful voice of talented music artist, Ms. Angela Bofill.

Angela Bofill - Winamp

John Patrick Bedell: Killed After Firing On Police Officers At Pentagon



The Rise of Right Wing Extremism.


The recent incident in Washington, DC proves the Southern Poverty Law Center report on the rise of extremism in America. With the economic recession, unemployment and perceived fears of racial privilege, many Americans are becoming domestic terrorists.

The Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League has on record nearly 1,000 hate groups. And this disturbing pattern of "lone wolf" gunmen are becoming a new tradition in the movement. John Patrick Bedell, of California was killed by Pentagon officers after he opened fired on them when they asked for identification.

The alleged shooter posted videos on YouTube (note: YouTube may remove the video upon police inquiries):



Writings from the shooter.

“I am determined to see that justice is served in the death of Colonel James Sabow, as a step toward establishing the truth of events such as the September 11 demolitions and institutions such as the coup regime of 1963 that maintains itself in power through the global drug trade, financial corruption, and murder, among other crimes. My work to develop information currency is an effort to create a framework for information management that uses financial markets to create the economic signals (prices) that will effect complex human actions in the real world based on specified information.

“My desire for justice led me to violate what I think is one of the most unjust laws, cannabis prohibition, by growing 16 cannabis plants on my balcony in Irvine, CA from March 2006 to June 2006.

One desired result of my effort is (will be) billions and billions of carefully cultivated, highly valuable cannabis plants growing throughout the United States with complete security of property. I have posted the image to the right in order to illustrate the use of cannabis as a monetary system using digital financial instruments.”


Official: Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell dies after confrontation with police

keevil.jpg

Pentagon Police Chief Richard Keevill speaks with reporters about a shooting at the Pentagon, Thursday, March 4, 2010, in Washington. A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at the teeming subway entrance to the Penta
gon complex, wounding two police officers before being shot and critically wounded, officials said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)


WASHINGTON -- The chief of the Pentagon police says the gunman who shot two Pentagon police officers was well armed with two 9 millimeter semiautomatic weapons and several magazines of ammunition.

Chief Richard Keevill said authorities also found more ammunition in the shooter's car, parked in a Washington area parking garage. John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, Calif., was identified as the shooter. He died Thursday night from head wounds received in the exchange with police.

The two officers injured have been released from the hospital. One suffered a thigh wound and the other was hit in the shoulder. Keeveill said both were superficial injuries.

Keevill said they'd found no immediate connection to domestic or foreign terrorism. He said it appeared he had acted alone.

Ky. man charged with threatening Obama in Web poem



By BRETT BARROUQUERE
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky man has been charged with posting a poem threatening President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on a white supremacist Web site.
U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Stephan M. Pazenzia said Johnny Logan Spencer Jr., 27, of Louisville wrote and posted the poem, titled "The Sniper," on a page called NewSaxon.org. The site is described as an "Online Community for Whites by Whites." The poem was posted in August 2007, according to an arrest affidavit.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin on Friday ordered Spencer released on $25,000 bond, but kept under house arrest at a family member's home. He's charged with making threats against the president and threatening to kill or injure a major candidate for the office of the president.
The poem describes a gunman shooting and killing a "tyrant" later identified as the president, setting off panic in the wake of the fatal shot being fired.
"The bullet that he has chambered is one of the purest pride, And the inspiration on the casing reads DIE negro DIE," the poem states.
Spencer used the online moniker "Pain1488," a reference to a phrase used by white nationalists as well as an homage to Adolf Hitler.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip Chance told Whalin that, even though investigators linked no weapons to Spencer, the poem doesn't qualify as protected political speech.
"This is a threat by an individual against an individual simply because of who he is," Chance said. "He is the president and he is black."
Federal public defender Laura Wyrosdick said no one took action to harm Obama in the two years the poem has been publicly available.
"We're here today because Mr. Spencer allegedly wrote a poem, a work of art," Wyrosdick said.
After the hearing, Spencer's cousin, Paula McGill of Louisville, said family members were shocked by Spencer's arrest.
"I don't think he thought it was going to catch up with him," McGill said. "He's not a harmful guy at all."
The Secret Service became aware of the poem just after the 2008 election that made Obama the first black president in the country's history. An arrest affidavit says the Secret Service referenced the writing in a report on the white supremacist National Socialist movement. But at the time, the affadavit says, "Spencer was never identified, located, or interviewed."
The investigation started a week ago when an informant faxed a copy of the writings and Spencer's identity to the FBI, Pazenzia said.
Pazenzia said Spencer acknowledged writing the poem but gave multiple addresses to investigators, none of which appeared to be his actual residence. Searches of the homes were fruitless, Pazenzia said.
Spencer is currently on probation from a state drug conviction in Louisville.
If convicted of the new charges, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
(This version CORRECTS to say Spencer was not identified as the author of the poem in November 2008.))

Things that continue to fall under the radar! Race based incidents are up!

City worker suspended for noose at work



FORT LAUDERDALE

, Fla., March 3 (UPI) -- A Florida city worker was suspended for 30 days after leaving a noose in the mechanics shop where he worked.

Leslie Vargas, 64, a 22-year employee of the city of Fort Lauderdale who worked most recently as a utilities mechanic, left the noose in the area where tools are kept at the Central Maintenance Shop, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Tuesday.

His suspension began March 1, the newspaper reported.

Vargas wrote an apology to his fellow employees that read: "It was (not my intention) to cause any problem, I was only practicing knots in general as I always do … If I offended anyone I am sorry in the future I will be more sensitive."

Vargas is required to attend a six-hour course in ethnic studies and signed a "last chance agreement," stating he must resign if there is reason for any further disciplinary action against him, said city spokesman Chaz Adams.

© 2010 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

MIZZOU: 2 students arrested in cotton ball incident

Zachary Tucker, left, and Sean Fitzgerald were arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of second-degree tampering.

COLUMBIA — An anonymous tip led to the arrest Tuesday night of two MU students in connection with last Friday's scattering of cotton balls in front of the MU's Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center.

Sean D. Fitzgerald, 19, and Zachary E. Tucker, 21, were arrested on suspicion of second-degree tampering. Police are pursuing the charge as a hate crime, making it a felony.

Statement by MU Chancellor Brady Deaton released Wednesday regarding the arrests:

Based on the information available to me, and in accordance with the University of Missouri’s Student Conduct Code (as outlined in the Collected Rules and Regulations, Chapter 200), I have determined it is in the best interest of the university community to temporarily suspend those students, Sean D. Fitzgerald and Zachary E. Tucker, who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident that occurred on Feb. 26 at the front entrance of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, pending the outcome of the formal student conduct process. The Boone County Prosecutor will make a determination related to any criminal prosecution.

I commend MUPD Chief Jack Watring and his officers for their rapid and effective response during this difficult time. I also wish to thank the Legion of Black Collegians for the leadership they have demonstrated and to all those who attended and spoke out at LBC’s town hall meeting. My colleagues and I in the MU administration have listened carefully to all that was expressed and join all of you as we work together in support of our Mizzou family.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Black Women in the Obama Administration - Essence.com


Black Women in the Obama Administration - Essence.com

What a beautiful collection of talented, intelligent women of the Obama Administration.  Go ladies!

Anti Wall Protest Continue At Beit Jala Town, Southern West Bank

International Middle East Media Center:At around 7:00 am on Thursday people gathered, at the town then marched towered the lands were Israeli planning to build a new section of the wall. The new section of the wall will surround a nearby settler only road to protect it and destroy around 75 acres of land owned by residents. The wall will pass right by their front doors. Metrei Ighneem, from Beit Jala decriped they what it means for the army to cut down his olive trees: “They uprooted 15 olive trees that I own. They also destroyed my land. Those trees date back to the Roman Era. Olive trees for me means life. It give me food and oil.” He added, “ which law allows the cutting of trees that is thousands of years old? This is a crime.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

All I Can Do Is Shake My Damn Head

All I Can Do Is Shake My Damn Head

Must I have the media to tell me to date outside my race? Or within?  No, I don't need the media to tell me when and when not to date/marry anybody.  I'm not a child or a teenager.  I'm an adult.  Those type of media articles insult my intelligence.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Nappy, a new book for black girls

Hi my name is George Cook. I am happy to announce the release of my second children's book for the Kindle, NAPPY. NAPPY is just 99 cents. There is more great news! You know longer need a Kindle to read Kindle Books. You can now read them on your computer, BlackBerry, iPhone, or iPod with a free download from Amazon.

NAPPY is a short picture book letting young black girls know how beautiful both they and their hair is.

Review of Nappy.

Karen of The Peace & Beauty Project http://www.sakile.org/ ( a peaceful and beautiful revolution that encourages girls to honor their natural beauty and make health conscious choices while doing so. )

....the message is needed whether simply put or complex. Our girls are at critical mass and these messages, particularly from men, are potent and powerful. Please continue with this work. Blessings.

Buy Nappy fot just 99 cents here: http://www.amazon.com/Nappy-ebook/dp/B0038HEYEU

Learn more about that here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/Ebooks.html

Forget Joseph Stack. Remember the man he killed, Vernon Hunter

Forget Joseph Stack. remember the man he killed, Vernon Hunter. Anyone making Joseph Stack a hero should remember the man Stack killed. Vernon Hunter a true American. A man who served his country and helped those who couldn't make their payments to the IRS.

Read more here:http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails