In both 2000 and 2004, the most reliable indicator of a voter's support for one presidential candidate or the other was that voter's commitment, or lack thereof, to religious faith. Most pundits were predicting a similar result this year, which explains the massive effort by the Democratic party to ... Continue reading
I see your true colors
May 10, 2007 By 3 Comments
There is a group of people who frustrate me to no end. No, not stinky cab drivers. I'm talking about those well-meaning folk who proudly proclaim (in their best we-shall-overcome-one-day voices), I don't see color. ... What they are attesting to is their "inability" ever to notice anyone's racial ... Continue reading
The scarlet epithet
May 3, 2007 By 1 Comment
The Rev. Grainger Browning of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in Fort Washington has been urging his members to stop using it. Students at the historically black Bowie State University banished the word from two dorms and started charging those who use it $25 fines.Nationally, the NAACP held a symbolic ... Continue reading
Racism and Middle East politics
July 26, 2006 By
The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land. ... As the Imam said, 'Israel must be wiped off the map.' — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as quoted by Aljazeera Anger towards Israel by its Arab ... Continue reading
