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Man Retires Rather Than Honor Senator Helms

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:28:37 GMT

clipped by: dulios
clipper's remarks: Jesse Helms was the last unreconstructed segregationist in the United States Senate. He was a menace to the poor, to women, and to gays and lesbians. May his bigotry be buried with him.

Clip Source: www.charlotte.com

Man retires rather than honor Helms

RALEIGH --

L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a flag this week to honor former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.

Eason, a 29-year veteran of the state Department of Agriculture, instructed his staff at a small Raleigh lab not to fly the U.S. or N.C. flags at half staff Monday as called for in a directive to all state agencies by Gov. Mike Easley.

When a superior ordered the lab to follow the directive, Eason decided to retire rather than pay tribute to Helms.

“Regardless of any executive proclamation, I do not want the flags at the North Carolina Standards Laboratory flown at half staff to honor Jesse Helms any time this week,” Eason wrote

He told his staff that he did not think it was appropriate to honor Helms because of his “doctrine of negativity, hate and prejudice” and his opposition to civil rights bills and the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Tags: i won't speak ill of the dead but i'm damn tempted

Issues of Race: White Privilege

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:44:18 GMT

clipped by: kmcolo

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

White privilege is a sociological concept which describes advantages enjoyed by white persons beyond what is commonly experienced by the non-white people in those same social, political, and economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc.). It differs from racism or prejudice in that a person benefiting from white privilege does not necessarily hold racist beliefs or prejudices themselves. Often, the person benefiting is unaware of his or her privilege.

Tags: race, racism, society

Study: End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:21:57 GMT

clipped by: Wisco
clipper's remarks: I love that last paragraph. "No empirical evidence?" Well, other than the study, anyway.

This is the same flatearther mentality that brings you creationism and climate change denial -- dismiss any evidence that doesn't back up your prejudice, then claim the other side isn't being scientific enough.

Clip Source: ap.google.com

Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win, according to a new study released by a California-based research center.

The study was conducted by four retired military officers, including the three-star Air Force lieutenant general who in early 1993 was tasked with implementing President Clinton's policy that the military stop questioning recruits on their sexual orientation.

"Evidence shows that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly is unlikely to pose any significant risk to morale, good order, discipline or cohesion," the officers states.

Supporters of the ban contend there is still no empirical evidence that allowing gays to serve openly won't hurt combat effectiveness.

Tags: news

Kennedy's Prediction

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:26:18 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.snopes.com

Claim: During the 1960's, Robert F. Kennedy said he believed a black man could become President of the United States within forty years.

Status: True.

He gave a speech to the Voice of America all around the world 40 years ago. And despite what was going on in the country, particularly in Alabama, Bobby Kennedy said this: Things are 'moving so fast in race relations a Negro could be president in 40 years.' This is in 1968, we're now in 2008.

'There's no question about it,' the attorney general said. 'In the next 40 years a Negro can achieve the same position that my brother has.' ... Kennedy said that prejudice exists and probably will continue to ... 'But we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to accept the status quo.'

- Robert F. Kennedy, Washington Post, May 27, 1968

Tags: robert f. kennedy, black man, president, 40 years

twine prejudice

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:48:07 GMT

clipped by: mgabriela

Clip Source: www.surveymonkey.com

14. What is your race?

What is your race? White, non-Hispanic

African-American

Hispanic

Asian-Pacific Islander

Native American

Other

Tags: prejudice, discrimination, twine

Fox Noise Is At It Again!!

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:31:02 GMT

clipped by: thinkingblue
clipper's remarks: Dear Fox News or rather Noise, Your behavior goes way beyond the pale. In fact your type of excessive fear mongering displays exactly what you try to paint Senator Barack Obama as... foreign, un-American, suspicious, and scary. I realize your viewers are mainly the Limbaugh Ditto Heads but that doesn't excuse your spewing racist and bigoted defamation over our airwaves. You should hang your heads in shame but you have no shame. If you had a human attribute such as guilt you would have stopped long ago to slander anyone who went against your mindset of the rich should get richer and the poor should get lies and distortion. In other words keep the ignorant, ignorant! Your sponsors are as responsible as you, in their disservice to the public and I hope with all that is good they will eventually become losers just like yourselves.

Clip Source: pol.moveon.org

FOX: Stop the smears

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Subject: See this? FOX smears Obama

Hi,

FOX's smears against Obama are out of control--have you heard about them? I just signed a petition telling FOX that their use of racism and prejudice is not okay. Would be great if you signed too.

First, a paid FOX commentator accidentally confused "Obama" with "Osama" and then joked on the air about killing Obama. Next, a FOX anchor said a playful fist pound by Barack and Michelle Obama could be a "terrorist fist jab." (Seriously!) And then, FOX called Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama"--slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man's child.

Nearly 100,000 folks have signed a petition that will be delivered to FOX. Can you sign too? The more names, the bigger the impact. Here's the link.

http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/?r_by=13007-1240509-eO3mkqx&rc=paste

Thanks!

Tags: fox, news, noise, politics, obama

Atheist are the Most Distrusted Group in America

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:34:48 GMT

clipped by: Catshade

Clip Source: www.asanet.org

From a telephone sampling of more than 2,000 households, university researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society.” Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willing to allow their children to marry.

Edgell believes a fear of moral decline and resulting social disorder is behind the findings. “Americans believe they share more than rules and procedures with their fellow citizens—they share an understanding of right and wrong,” she said. “Our findings seem to rest on a view of atheists as self-interested individuals who are not concerned with the common good.”

researchers also found acceptance or rejection of atheists is related not only to personal religiosity, but also to one’s exposure to diversity, education and political orientation—with more educated, East and West Coast Americans more accepting of atheists than their Midwestern counterparts

Tags: atheist, atheism, religion, social, psychology, stereotype, prejudice

3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:42:08 GMT

clipped by: deusdiabolus

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape and three in 10 acknowledge feelings of racial prejudice, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

More than six in 10 African Americans now rate race relations as "not so good" or "poor," while 53 percent of whites hold more positive views. Opinions are also divided along racial lines, though less so, on whether blacks face discrimination. There is more similarity on feelings of personal racial prejudice: Thirty percent of whites and 34 percent of blacks admit such sentiments.

Tags: polls, race

Nader - One Trick Pony

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:16:49 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: Admiration for past good deeds aside, Nader presents these days as bitter, self-absorbed, and out of touch. Now he's accusing Obama of attempting to "talk white". I'm not even sure what the hell he means by this except perhaps a twisted view into his own cultural stereotypes

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Obama using 'white guilt,' Nader says

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ralph Nader's presidential candidacy has received little media attention, but his latest critique of Sen. Barack Obama has come under fire for its seemingly racial overtones.

Speaking with Colorado's Rocky Mountain News, Nader accused Obama of attempting to "talk white" and appealing to "white guilt" in his quest to win the White House.

"There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American," Nader told the paper in comments published Tuesday.

"Whether that will make any difference, I don't know. I haven't heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What's keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn't want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We'll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards," Nader added.

Tags: racist, prejudice, nader, president, ignaorance

Mormons Hoping Fear and Prejudice Will Rule the Day

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:27:29 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: As explicitly spelled out in the Mormon letter this is a solely religious viewpoint. So why would they expect others to respect or obey their edicts? If they choose to do so it's their business. Otherwise this is a matter mostly of rights that are being denied to a segment of the population. Bias and prejudice aside, there is no rational reason that gays be denied the rights afforded straight people. Majority rule does not imply correctness. Have we forgotten the manner in which we denied rights to Blacks? Have we forgotten the way we denied rights to Native Americans? The majority was behind these oppressive measures too.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Mormon church enters Calif. gay marriage fight

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking California members to join the effort to amend that state's constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman.

In May, California's Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, saying gays could not be denied marriage licenses.

"The church's teachings and position on this moral issue are unequivocal. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and the formation of families is central to the Creator's plan for His children," the four-paragraph letter states.

"This initiative will hurt so many people," executive director W. Olin Thomas said in a statement Monday. "The California law affects civil marriage; it has no effect on any religious institution or official."

Tags: gay marriage, rights, constitution, california

Survey shows Obama 51 percent

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:35:36 GMT

clipped by: Yassin_M
clipper's remarks: More than six in 10 African Americans now rate race relations as "not so good" or "poor," while 53 percent of whites hold more positive views. Opinions are also divided along racial lines, though less so, on whether blacks face discrimination. There is more similarity on feelings of personal racial prejudice: Thirty percent of whites and 34 percent of blacks admit such sentiments.

At the same time, there is an overwhelming public openness to the idea of electing an African American to the presidency. In a Post-ABC News poll last month, nearly nine in 10 whites said they would be comfortable with a black president. While fewer whites, about two-thirds, said they would be "entirely comfortable" with it, that was more than double the percentage of all adults who said they would be so at ease with someone entering office for the first time at age 72, which McCain (R-Ariz.) would do should he prevail in November.

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

3 in 10 Americans admit to racial bias

Survey shows age also may affect election views

updated 2:44 a.m. ET June 22, 2008

Lingering racial bias affects the public's assessments of the Democrat from Illinois, but offsetting advantages and Sen. John McCain's age could be bigger factors in determining the next occupant of the White House.

Overall, 51 percent call the current state of race relations "excellent" or "good," about the same as said so five years ago. That is a relative thaw from more negative ratings in the 1990s, but the gap between whites and blacks on the issue is now the widest it has been in polls dating to early 1992.

3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:13:25 GMT

clipped by: kmcolo

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

More than six in 10 African Americans now rate race relations as "not so good" or "poor," while 53 percent of whites hold more positive views.

In a Post-ABC News poll last month, nearly nine in 10 whites said they would be comfortable with a black president. While fewer whites, about two-thirds, said they would be "entirely comfortable" with it, that was more than double the percentage of all adults who said they would be so at ease with someone entering office for the first time at age 72, which McCain (R-Ariz.) would do should he prevail in November.

just over half of whites in the new poll called Obama a "risky" choice for the White House, while two-thirds said McCain is a "safe" pick.

Tags: obama, mccain, politics, poll, race, age, election08

nawar dom ghorbati qashqai turkmen

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:07:56 GMT

clipped by: edkach
clipper's remarks: nawar taking other names or origins to be accepted by local societie

Clip Source: www.domresearchcenter.com

Attitudes toward the Dom are generally negative. Because of such negative attitudes toward them, a Dom will not let his or her ethnic identity be made known in an effort to secure a better job or to minimize prejudice. Instead, they will take on the identity where possible of other recognized groups. Dom Research Center field workers have reported this in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran. The Nawar of Israel simply want to be known as Arabs. In Jordan they claim to be Turkmen while in Iran the Ghorbati (Gypsies) attach themselves to tribes of the nomadic Qashqai. However, even the Qashqai speak contemptuously of the Ghorbati calling them thieves./10/ In Lebanon the Nawar want to be known as Bedouin.

Tags: dom, nawar, domari, tsiganes

Three Broadcast Networks Earned A Big Fat Zero

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:51:58 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and former U.N. ambassador and assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke also benefited, as did one prominent Republican — former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson.

Shalala and Holbrooke had left public office when they got their deals. But it was reasonable for Mozilo to think they'd serve again in another Democratic administration.

And what, many wonder, was the quid pro quo for all this?

Just a month ago, in unusually harsh language, Dodd ripped into President Bush on the subprime mess and defended a $400 billion plan that would bail out the subprime lending industry — including Mozilo.

The Democrats' initial response has been to stall. They hope the problem will disappear until after the election. They need to investigate it fully, immediately and without prejudice — or risk having it blow up in their faces.

Clip Source: www.ibdeditorials.com

The firing of Democrat insider and money-man Jim Johnson a week ago as head of Barack Obama's vice presidential search committee came as no surprise.

Obama has railed specifically against Mozilo's company

At one point, he even demonized Mozilo for "infecting the economy and helping to create a home foreclosure crisis."

Now it turns out that Johnson wasn't the only Democratic F.O.A. — friend of Angelo.

Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, head of the Senate Banking Committee that oversees Countrywide, also was a recipient of Mozilo's mortgage largesse. So was Kent Conrad, the North Dakotan who chairs the Finance Committee and sits on the Budget Committee.

Dodd's case is illustrative. He took out two mortgages with no closing costs attached, at fixed rates of 4.25% and 4.5%.

Conrad didn't even know Mozilo. But he phoned him anyway, and got a great deal: a low-interest, virtually no-cost loan to buy a $1 million beach getaway. Favoritism? No way, says Conrad.

Nor were Conrad and Dodd alone.

Tags: obama's vp "vetter", jim johnson, chris dodd, senate banking committee, countrywide, kent conrad, finance committee, budget committee

What Hillary Said

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:37:58 GMT

clipped by: Rigel
clipper's remarks: Me, too, like for years and years and years...

Clip Source: www.editorandpublisher.com

A. Oppression of women and discrimination against women is universal. You can go to places in the world where there are no racial distinctions except everyone is joined together in their oppression of women. The treatment of women is the single biggest problem we have politically and socially in the world. If you look at the extremism and the fundamentalism, it is all about controlling women, at it's base. The idea that we would have a presidential campaign in which so much of what has occurred that has been very sexist would be just shrugged off I think is a very unfortunate commentary about the lack of seriousness that should be applied to any kind of discrimination or prejudice. I have spent my entire life trying to stand up for civil rights and women's rights and human rights and I abhor wherever it is discrimination is present.