Posts Tagged ‘naacp’

On Juan Williams and why Black folks really can’t talk about race

On Juan Williams and why Black folks really can’t talk about race
Race-talk is American’s national hiccup. This is nothing new. Many perspectives have been bandied back and forth about NPR’s recent and unceremonious firing of conservative commentator Juan Williams. I am personally not a fan of Williams. Even so, his termination was an opportunistic move by an organization...
October 29th, 2010 | Featured, Talk About Race | Read More

Face the truth about racial profiling

Face the truth about racial profiling
“I’ve seen a lot in my life but to be degraded…  not just stripped of my clothes, being stripped of my dignity, was what I had a problem with.” Kurdish American Karwan Abdul Kader was stopped and stripped by local law enforcement for no reason other than driving around in the wrong neighborhood....
September 29th, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Featured | Read More

You cut, I choose: Imagining a brighter racial future

You cut, I choose: Imagining a brighter racial future
Remember when some people said that Barack Obama’s election meant we had gone post-racial? It really hasn’t turned out that way. In the last 20 months, we’ve heard the Attorney General of the United States say we’re a “nation of cowards” about race. We’ve seen a movement of people...
July 29th, 2010 | Featured, Talk About Race, US, Visions 2042 | Read More

USDA’s Shirley Sherrod, consumer rudeness, and the conundrum of blacks in power

USDA’s Shirley Sherrod, consumer rudeness, and the conundrum of blacks in power
By Dr. Ibram H. Rogers The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently forced its Georgia director of rural development, Shirley Sherrod to resign for her supposed racism. On Monday, a conservative blogger published a two-minute, 38-second video clip of a March 27 NAACP banquet. In the video, Sherrod apparently...
July 23rd, 2010 | African Americans, Featured, Shirley Sherrod, US | Read More

Farm aid: The black and white of it

Farm aid: The black and white of it
My family has been farming since slavery. I say this in a literal sense, not using the metaphor of how we all sew and reap the harvests of our lives.  We have gone from slaves to sharecroppers to owners of our own land and crops.  Our story is uniquely and beautifully American.  As such, my father...
July 22nd, 2010 | African Americans, Featured, Shirley Sherrod, Talk About Race | Read More

NAACP, Wells Fargo and a Banker’s Heart

NAACP, Wells Fargo and a Banker’s Heart
Outside of Bank of America’s former headquarters in San Francisco, there is a sculpture that locals have dubbed a “banker’s heart.” The NAACP has come under fire for its “partnership” with cold-hearted Wells Fargo, which is being sued by states and municipalities for discriminatory and predatory...
May 4th, 2010 | African Americans, Economics, Housing, Racial Equity | Read More

Does your race and income matter if face the death penalty?

Does your race and income matter if face the death penalty?
It is no secret that our country’s criminal justice system has consistently proven to be biased against minority communities of color. Statistics published by the NAACP show that even amongst those found guilty of crimes, African-Americans continue to be disproportionately sentenced to life in prison,...
March 5th, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Racial Equity, Talk About Race, US | Read More

No confusion when it comes to the “isms”

No confusion when it comes to the “isms”
On Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Cleveland edition of the Call & Post, a weekly newspaper with a largely black readership, published a front page, above the fold editorial criticizing Ohio State Senator Nina Turner for her recent support for Issue 6 that called for county government...
December 3rd, 2009 | Politics, US | Read More