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Are you happy now?! … probably not

Barack Obama once again disassociated himself with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrkhan at the final presidential debate Tuesday.
“I obviously can’t censor him, but it is not support that I sought. And we’re not doing anything, I assure you, formally or informally with Minister Farrakhan,” he said.
Read more about it here.

27Feb2008 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Check It Out

If you haven’t added TheRoot.com to your regular reading of issues affecting black Americans, perhaps its time to start.
There’s some good stuff about Obama not attending Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union for the second time in a row; The Bush Family’s slave-holding past and the Blackness Diet.

18Feb2008 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

American Lives

Despite the attention it received in recent years, I’ve never really had the desire to trace my roots back to Africa. Because the DNA is only traced back through a handful of women, the information would represent such a small percentage of my history that I wasn’t sure that it was worth it. (They [...]

7Feb2008 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Too White to Be Black

The story of Bluefield State College is an interesting one. For those of you who don’t know, the historically black college is also a predominantly white institution.
An employee recently sued the college saying that too many leadership positions are overwhelmingly white.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported,
“An employee of Bluefield State College has filed a [...]

23Jan2008 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Hollywood Writers Might Write NAACP Awards Show

Looks like the NAACP Image Awards might be the only awards show the Hollywood writers write for.
Reps for the Writers Guild of America told the Associated Press that the organization will not likely stop striking to write for next month’s Grammy’s or the Oscar’s, but might for the NAACP event.
The AP reported:
The Guild said [...]

20Jan2008 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

School Daze II?

In the February issue of Vibe Magazine, Spike Lee said he wrote a script called School Daze II, but studio execs weren’t interested.
Lee said,
“It’s the same school, Mission College, but 20 years later. I was going to have Alicia Keys in it, Kanye West, and it was gong to deal with a lot of the [...]

15Jan2008 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Just Hatin’

I haven’t made up my mind about this election yet, but some are truly convinced that Barack Obama is going to win. That’s the only explainable reason why some must be working so hard to tear this man down.
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Are Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam still relevant or am I underestimating them?
This writer seems [...]

15Jan2008 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

I’m Going (going) Back (back) to ….. Mexi (mexi)

Is the Back to Africa movement going brown?

“It’s a common scene this time of year: streams of overloaded cars, pickups and vans with U.S. license plates crossing into Mexico for the holidays …
But this year, the holiday travelers are being joined by scores of families such as Jorge and Liliana Franco, who are driving to [...]

18Dec2007 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Tell Us How You REALLY Feel?

Sometimes I feel like I’m one of few folks under 30 who think civil rights leaders of the past still have something valuable to say, but they are obviously trying to prove me wrong.
Here’s was Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young had to say about Barack Obama:
“Bill is every bit as black as Barack.”
Bill Clinton’s [...]

11Dec2007 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Africa Update

Some good news updates from The Continent (and a cool pic of Cape Town). I think I’ll try to make this a regular feature. Check ‘em out:
President George W. Bush will visit Africa early next year to check out some U.S.-sponsored HIV/AIDS programs and pressed Congress to approve a doubling of funds to combat [...]

2Dec2007 | Eugene | Comments | Continued