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Eddie Griffin’s bird’s eye view

Posted in 2008 US presidential campaign, Barack Obama, Politics, tagged , , on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Through These Brown Eyes- I Saw Obama
By Eddie Griffin
 
I watched Barack Obama from a VIP seat inside the downtown Fort Worth Convention Center, up close, about as good as it gets. I need no re-broadcast of the nightly news on ABC, NBC, CBS, or FOX. I don’t have to read some shoddy report from [...]

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Magical Mystery Tour

Posted in 2008 US presidential campaign, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Barack Obama, Black History, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, News, Politics, Republicans on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The magical mystery tour.
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour.
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour.
Roll up (and) that’s an invitation, roll up for the mystery tour.
Roll up to make a reservation, roll up for the mystery tour.
The magical mystery tour is coming to take you away,
Coming to take you away.
The magical mystery [...]

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You Can’t Be a Revolutionary and Eat The White Man’s Food

Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2008 | 21 Comments »

I hear a lot of complaints, but few solutions offered for the problems of black folks. We in the AfroSphere have perfected the stenographic act of documenting the atrocities and petty slights of white racist culture. But, as they say in recovery: “when you focus on the problem, the problem gets bigger, when you focus [...]

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The Public Infatuation With White Women

Posted in African-Americans, Black European Women's Congress, Black History, Racism on February 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Another missing white woman is the featured story on the FOX News Network. The network spent a good twenty minutes giving a bunch of details about the disappearance of Jessie Marie Davis, a pregnant single mother with a two year old son, who was having an affair with a married man. FOX pulled out [...]

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Obama analysis – There’s the Beef

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »

 
By Steven Pearlstein, washingtonpost.com
Friday, February 22, 2008; Page D01
During the course of our endless presidential campaigns, lots of silly things are said by the candidates and the press. But few are more ridiculous than the idea that Barack Obama is just an empty suit.
We’re talking here about a former president of the Harvard Law Review. [...]

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“Poverty is the worst form of violence.” Mahatma Gandhi

Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Blogging, Caribbean, Christianity, Education, Genocide, Geopolitics, God, Holocaust, Imperialism, Islam, Politics, Racism, Religion on February 21, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Don’t ask: “Why does God allow this to happen?”
Pray: “God… give me the wisdom and strength to do what I must to stop this from happening?”  

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Quotations From Abraham Lincoln

Posted in African-Americans, Black History, Black pride on February 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »

“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.” – Abraham Lincoln in his first debate with Stephen Douglas in the campaign for the United States [...]

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A Gentleman’s Agreement to Do The Right Thing

Posted in African-Americans, AfroSphere, Black pride, Blogging, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Justice, Life, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Movies, Music, Racism on February 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 
I recently watched 2 classic movie’s… one that I had never seen before, A Gentleman’s Agreement and one of my all time favourites, Do The Right Thing. Both deal with the subject of racism, but in certainly different ways. They were both ground breaking and hard hitting films which deals with issues surrounding the practice and [...]

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