Why it is ultimately a big waste of time to engage in endless debates online. It’s one big echo chamber. From rasmussenreports.com Among Obama’s strongest supporters, those who Strongly Approve of his job performance, 35% say most opponents are racists, 32% disagree and 33% are not sure. Among African-American voters, 27% say most opponents are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in the day (1960)~ Tennessee Federation for Constitutional Government (a smaller version of the White Citizens’ Council) “At the same meeting, according to the article, District Attorney David P. Murray called on the audience to “help maintain our Southern way of life” and added, “Let’s fight for it to the bitter end.” According to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While traveling to the airport the other day, I was listening to one of our local urban stations. A new comedian was in town and like always he was making the rounds at local radio stations to give people a taste of what to expect at his upcoming show. There was the usual shout out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Both the AP and newspapers all across America have been complaining that the blogosphere should be penalized for posting excerpts of their work. Just when I finished reading half of a silly article (I could not take it anymore) posted by the Washington Post suggesting that there is a racist connection with the “Joker” Obama […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Those dirty, stinkin’ racist cops who make up most of the police force are at it again (At least that is what the popular narrative wants us to believe about our men and women in blue). As you may well know by now, Harvard scholar and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested in front […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Scroll down to bottom for quick update) From nbcphiladelphia.com More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason. “I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Are you really shocked? Blacks in survey say race relations no better with Obama (cnn.com) h/t: Shamara “Ninety-six percent of African-Americans approve of how Obama is handling his presidency, according to a CNN/Essence Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday.” But here is the kicker~ “During the 2008 election, 38 percent of blacks surveyed thought racial […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Monroe Free Press (Black newspaper) has just published the following editorial calling out local government. Local black government officials often embarrass our race Do we hold them to a lower standard of accountability? There are some actions by our local black officials that are embarrassing. Three of our local governing bodies are controlled by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Written by Sidney Johnson for Blackapologetics.com “During my first attempts to address this issue, I found it very difficult to begin. It was not so much that the topic was difficult as much as it was that the issue itself is a perplexing one. As an African American Christian, the issue of whether or not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A little bit about me~ If I was in a crowd and someone yelled out something like “Hey stupid!, Hey idiot!, Hey nigger!, etc. , I would not respond. Why? Because I choose not to be identified that way. Now I do not want to prolong chimpgate, but I just find it amazing that somehow […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My son is a huge Lego fan. He spends hours every day building new creations with his huge collection of Lego pieces he has amassed over the years. “Daddy, can you come here?” he often asks me in a hushed, yet excited voice. He wants to show me yet another one of his latest creations. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the years I have always found it so amusing that the harshest critics of conservative media are oftentimes the biggest consumers of such media. Fox News, for example gets beaten to death out in the blogosphere. But Fox news consistently has the highest ratings while networks like CNN and MSNBC are barely playing catch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It was as if some part of me was validated. It was something that I’ve known for a long time that I couldn’t really say: ‘You know guys, I really don’t think America is a racist nation.’ I know that I feel like that sometimes but I just don’t believe that. There are racist people […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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