Bits and Bytes

Here are some interesting and thought-provoking articles from around the AfroSphere to share:

A difference in African and African-American attitudes on racism in America:  ”Could African-Americans Learn From Africans?“
The Field Negro defends his support of the State of Israel: ”Still in the fields: And I have some Jewish friends with me“
Brotherpeacemaker on President-elect Obama’s support for Israel in it’s current conflict [...]

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It’s Always A Joke When It’s About Black People

Of course Mike Duncan, the chairman of the Republican National Committee said that he was appalled by the song called Barack the Magic Negro distributed by Chip Saltsman. Set to the tune of the sixties Puff the Magic Dragon, the song first reached national attention when it was played on Rush “The Lush” Limbaugh’s [...]

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The Choice Is Ours Now

An interesting response from gay singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge to the Rev. Rick Warren and Proposition 8 controversy.  Click here.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 
 

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Proposition 8, Obama and Rev. Rick Warren

I have been nominally paying attention to all the various reactions of the passage of Proposition 8 in California regarding the issue of gay marriage.  This controversy has recently become even more heated when it was announced that President-Elect Obama has invited Rev. Rick Warren, a staunch anti-gay marriage proponent of the Proposition, to give the inaugural invocation. From all that I have heard and [...]

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The number of recruits from ethnic minorities to British police forces has almost halved in the past five years

BME recruitment to police halves in 5 years
The number of recruits from ethnic minorities to British police forces has almost halved in the past five years, amid concern about discrimination in the service.
Official figures obtained by the Tories have revealed that the total of black and ethnic minority (BME) entrants into the 43 forces [...]

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