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Student of social dynamics, especially as it relates to issues of race and sex.

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22 Articles, 3 Quick Links, 26 Comments, 1 Diaries, 0 Polls

22 Articles

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
President Obama and the Mixed Race Mix-up
Today, a young woman in a California audience, stood up and told President Obama that she is mixed-race, and glad that the president is someone she can relate to. Does that mean she cannot relate to her father, or her mother?

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Chris & Rihanna Saga: What's Race Got To Do With It?
(1 comments) Celebrities are not prosecuted for domestic battery, when the victim doesn't want them prosecuted - that is, unless the celebrity is black.

Thursday, January 15, 2009
An Appeal To Dick Durbin To Let The Senate, and Illinois, Heal
Is There something about Roland Burris that Dick Durbin doesn't like? If so, he'd better get over it fast, because Roland Burris is his special colleage, the only other Senator representing his home state, Illinois.

Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Court: Roland Burris is Senator - No Signature Required!
The Court said that the Illinois Secretary of State Is not required to sign and affix his seal to Roland Burris' appointment; Nevertheless, Burris' appointment is legal and binding; And Burris can get a seal by other means.

Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Senate Should Obey the Law and Seat Roland Burris
(2 comments) If Governor Blagojevich had wanted to hurt the Democrats, he could have appointed a Republican, and sat back laughing while the Republicans forced the Democrats to honor the appointment.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Is Hillary Clinton Behind Caroline Kennedy's Bad Press?
If Hillary Clinton can carpetbag her way into a New York Senate seat, claiming her husband's resume as her own; then Caroline Kennedy, a life time New Yorker, can claim membership in a family that spans four generations of public service, as a qualifier.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Governor Blagojevich - I'm Beginning To Like That Guy
(2 comments) I'm sick and tired of public officials who adjust what they do, and edit what they say, to conform to the party line. Rod Blagojevich is the governor, as such he is empowered to fill a vacated Senate seat. He did that. So deal with it!

Sunday, December 7, 2008
Is Barack Obama Natural Born?
(17 comments) Leo Donofrio, a retired lawyer, has convinced Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, to ask his peers to consider if Barack Obama is a natural born Citizen," within the meaning of Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution.

Sunday, November 16, 2008
Father Jay Scott Newman - Pro-Life or Pro-White?
(3 comments) Barack Obama, because he is pro-choice. But he did not tell them that when the pro-choice candidates were white.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Barack Obama Wins! Why Are Black Americans Crying?
(4 comments) Children of abuse are often tough and defiant, because they cannot count on their parents. African Americans are the children of a motherland that has abused and rejected them, but on November 4, 2008 America said, "I can change."

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama
Colin Powell crossed party lines to endorse Barack Obama, calling him a "transformational figure." Perhaps he sensed what only a poet could say, "What our country desperately needs is a leader who loves us . . .

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
John McCain's Advice Ad Is A Study In Racial Manipulation
John McCain's Advice ad stirs up racial sentiments, as the context in which the question of, whether or not Barack Obama is an appropriate person to be president, is raised. Undisturbed, these sentiments would compel a negative answer.

Sunday, September 21, 2008
John McCain's Words Are Racial Triggers
Karl Rove revealed his identity obliterating skill when, in an open letter to Barack Obama, he advised Barack to "find a way to gently belittle" Hillary Clinton.

Saturday, September 6, 2008
Is Sarah Palin A Security Risk?
Sarah and Todd Palin are the ultimate conjugal administration. Todd has access to the governor's e-mail, directs employees, attends meetings and utilizes government resources - which may be a security concern.

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Barack Obama's Vice Presidential Pick: Kathleen Sebelius
(4 comments) On August 21, 2008, via e-mail and text message, Barack Obama will announce Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate. On the same day, in Des Moines, Iowa, he will introduce her to the nation, before an audience of women -

Saturday, July 5, 2008
The Clintons Ransom The Presidency
(5 comments) There cannot be an American presidency without the support of Hispanics, women and "hardworking white Americans." The Clintons and their surrogates have threatened to withhold that support, unless Barack gives Hillary the vice presidency.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Father Michael Pfleger Didn't Speak in a Vacuum . . .
(2 comments) A lot of people think that Hillary Clinton has a sense of entitlement. The reasons are debatable, but most people agree that Hillary acts like someone who believes that she'd do something.

Friday, April 25, 2008
How Hillary Clinton Won Pennsylvania
(10 comments) For every pivotal primary, Hillary pulls the rabbit out of the hat. In New Hampshire, race and gender carried the day; in Ohio, it was the NAFTA lie that got the job done; for the Pennsylvania primary, race was the key-

Saturday, April 19, 2008
Jack Nicholson, White Men and Hillary Clinton
(10 comments) The Clinton race and gender strategy was commenced in earnest by Geraldine Ferraro and other Clinton surrogates, using racialized and gender ladened words and antics.

Saturday, March 22, 2008
Race, Gender, the Media, and the Presidency
(1 comments) Before Barack Obama, if you were of African descent, your race could always be used to bring you down. A tone, a word, an attitude, could overrule your identity, and reduce you to a racial stereotype.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Hillary Whines about Barack's So Called Media Free Pass, but not her Unfair Advantage
(1 comments) On February 25, 2008 CNN let loose a string of reports through Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs and John Roberts that played like an extension of Hillary's campaign; from distancing her from NAFTA, to encouraging racial backlash against Barack.

Thursday, February 28, 2008
Lou Dobbs Considers, Whether To Hussein Or Not To Hussein, Barack Obama
On February 27, 2008, Lou Dobbs invited the American public to rename Barack Obama, according to their will, rather than to use the name he calls himself. Conspicuously absent from that invitation was, authorization to call him, Louis Carl Dobbs.

 

 

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