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Day: July 14, 2008

A Midnight (well, 11:04pm) Post on Obama’s NAACP Speech

I actually don’t have a lot to say other than point out the fact that this speech in Cincinatti at some NAACP convention it was one Obama’s more average and mediocre, generic speeches.  I think the first half about governmental policies and the socio-economic structures that need changing was wonderful, and I personally think his […]

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Black community denied water for decades, jury says

Is this racist or not? I have cousins that live in rural areas and I remember for the longest that they didn’t have city water, but had dug their own wells.  Here’s the July 11th story CNN story below: Residents of a mostly black neighborhood in rural Ohio were awarded nearly $11 million Thursday by a federal […]

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So Muslim is the New Black? Again I missed the memo

Must have a lot on my mind, three posts in one night.  I guess I’ve been missing these memo’s lately, like the one my host mother informed me about–you know the one where “hip hop come out of the prison culture” or that the neighborhood around Howard University is a bad neighborhood.  So, per the […]

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Philly Debrief Pt. II: Confronting Anti-Intelligence

Yes, there is a theme that has been consistent in what I write, more so in my comments on other people’s blogs.  Most times I offer anti-intelligence as the reasoning behind people and their actions.  To drive the point home, it’s really their reactions.  Those who try their best to engage in critical debate and […]

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