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Category: Comment Highights, Discussions

October 25th, 2007 | Comments closed

Addendum to the It’s Pledge Time Again/NPR post:
Local NPR responds
National NPR responds
In other news, someone very smart had some very interesting things to say about the new TV season in this here online magazine.

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The Grass is Always Greener

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Category: In the Papers, Media, On the Internets, On the TV, Race

October 24th, 2007 | 31 comments

Earlier this month, black British actor David Harewood published an essay in the Guardian lamenting the lack of media attention for the “Black BAFTAS” and the lack of black actors on British television.
…in Britain, TV and film producers and directors are still nervous about black actors in leading roles. Ask anyone in the street to [...]

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Political Monday: Giuliani and the Race Race

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Category: Angry at Politicians, In the Magazines, Political Monday, Politics, Race, Racism

October 22nd, 2007 | 13 comments

Let’s talk about Rudy Giuliani for a bit.
Yeah, I know he’s a Republican and you all know I’m a liberal, so why am I talking about Rudy? I’m so glad you asked.
This is the first wide-open election in a really long time. The first in my lifetime, certainly, when both the Republican and [...]

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It’s Pledge Time Again

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Category: Angry at the Media, Angry at White People, Media, Race, Racism

October 16th, 2007 | 61 comments

Because of the nature of my various day jobs, I spend most of my day in front of a computer. Sometimes I play music while I work, but most of the day I have various NPR stations going in the background. Between my local station, WNYC, Minnesota Public Radio, and the NPR Program [...]

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Political Monday

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Category: Discussions, Politics, Race

October 15th, 2007 | 14 comments

A few weeks ago I went to a Barak Obama rally for the first time. I am not a rally person by nature. Standing in line for hours to then stand around with some other people and, eventually, be crushed by those around me is not my idea of a good time. [...]

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A racism renaissance?

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Category: Bigotry & Prejudice, Racism

October 11th, 2007 | 40 comments

Guest blogger Nora checking in…
I’m depressed. There’s so much stuff to talk about lately that I honestly don’t know where to begin. But it hit me, this morning as I was watching the news, that maybe I should talk about the fact that there’s so much to talk about.
Because it really does seem like there’s [...]

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The anti-immigration movement vs. US soldiers: Round one — FIGHT!!

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Category: America the Crazy, Politics, Rank Stupidity

October 3rd, 2007 | 11 comments

Guest blogger Nora here, having a WTF moment.
It’s times like this when the irrationality of the anti-immigration movement becomes really obvious. I use “anti-immigration” rather than anti-illegal-immigration because, quite frankly, the two are one and the same in the eyes of the most rabid people in this camp. The case mentioned in this [...]

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