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  • April 2008

    • Wright Blasts 'Attacks on Black Church'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 28, 08 9:36 AM CDT

      Wright Blasts 'Attacks on Black Church'

      Jeremiah Wright gave an impassioned speech this morning, calling the controversy around his theology and statements "an attack on the black church, not an attack on Jeremiah Wright." He said the press "made a fool out of itself" over black church traditions, which he called "different," not "divisive." The Navy vet dismissed charges he's not patriotic, saying, “I served six years in the military, does that make me patriotic? How many years did Cheney serve?” More »

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      religion  • race  • Jeremiah Wright

    • Wright Lashes Out at Media

      newser  |  Detroit News  |  Apr 28, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      Wright Lashes Out at Media

      The controversial pastor who triggered trouble for Barack Obama delivered a fiery, unapologetic speech to a sold-out NAACP crowd in Detroit yesterday, blasting "corporate media" for painting him as un-American . "I am not running for the Oval Office," said the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.  "I have been running for Jesus, and I'm not tired yet." Just hours earlier Wright reemerged as a campaign issue in comments by both Obama and McCain.  More »

    • Obama Says No to More Debates

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 27, 08 5:33 PM CDT

      Obama Says No to More Debates

      Barack Obama today rejected the idea of additional debates against Hillary Clinton, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I’m not ducking. We’ve had 21” debates, the senator said, insisting he prefers face-to-face talks with the kind of blue-collar voters who helped clinch Clinton’s Pennsylvania win. More »

    • Red Herrings Abound on Campaign Trail

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 25, 08 3:38 PM CDT

      Red Herrings Abound on Campaign Trail

      Maybe Geraldine Ferraro and BET founder Bob Johnson are right about Barack Obama’s success, Colson Whitehead sarcastically posits in the New York Times. " The Guy Who’s Where He Is Only Because He’s Black" runs down his busy schedule and puzzles over the fact that "the higher up you go in an organization, the less you see of me." More »

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      Barack Obama  • race  • affirmative action  • Geraldine Ferraro  • Bob Johnson

    • Harold and Kumar Transcends Race

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 24, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Harold and Kumar Transcends Race

      Race underscores the stoner misadventures of Harold and Kumar—whose second film comes out tomorrow—but it’s not the point. The movies, about two friends who “just happen not to be white,” set a multicultural standard that Hollywood hasn’t figured out, writes Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times . When it comes to cultural issues, “filmgoers are a bit savvier than they are given credit for,” says a co-director. More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • race  • culture  • Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay  • Kal Penn  • John Cho

    • Race Looms Large After Obama Loss

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 24, 08 8:25 AM CDT

      Race Looms Large After Obama Loss

      Until recently, Barack Obama seemed to have quashed concerns about the chances of an African-American winning the White House. But as he inches closer to the nomination, more Democrats are beginning to ask whether white and other non-black voters will elect a black man in November. The question has taken on new urgency since Obama's loss in Pennsylvania, writes the New York Times . More »

    • Black Players Drop to 8.2 Percent of Major Leaguers

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 1:29 AM CDT

      Black Players Drop to 8.2 Percent of Major Leaguers

      Major League Baseball received its best grade for racial diversity in hiring, even as the percentage of black players dropped again last year. MLB received its first A- for race Tuesday from Richard Lapchick, director of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports. Its grade was B+ in last year's study. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • race  • African-Americans  • diversity  • Jackie Robinson

    • BET Founder: 'Ferraro Said It Right' on Obama

      newser  |  Charlotte Observer  |  Apr 15, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      BET Founder: 'Ferraro Said It Right' on Obama

      BET founder and Hillary Clinton supporter Bob Johnson repeated Geraldine Ferraro’s claim that Barack Obama wouldn’t be a top White House contender if he weren’t black. "Geraldine Ferraro said it right," the billionaire told the Charlotte Observer yesterday. "The problem is, Geraldine Ferraro is white. This campaign has such a hair-trigger on anything racial." More »

    • After 20 Years, Feds Crack Hate Mail Case

      newser  |  Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Apr 11, 08 4:14 PM CDT

      After 20 Years, Feds Crack Hate Mail Case

      An Ohio man who authorities believe sent threatening communications to black and mixed-race recipients over the course of 20 years was indicted this week, the Plain Dealer reports. David Tuason, 46, threatened to blow up the US Supreme Court and kill Clarence Thomas in 2003 but eluded capture from the late 1980s until a few months ago, when he switched from postal mail to email. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • FBI  • race  • racism  • hate crime  • federal investigation  • Clarence Thomas  • hate mail

    • Not an Icon, a Man

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 4, 08 6:41 PM CDT

      Not an Icon, a Man

      On the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination, the Washington Post looks past the legend at the multidimensional figure scholars and King's associates consider his true legacy. ”His challenge was much bigger than being nice," says historian Taylor Branch. "It was even bigger than race. It was whether we take our national purpose seriously, which is the full promise of equal citizenship." More »

    • Obama, Wright Echo Early, Late MLK

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 4, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      Obama, Wright Echo Early, Late MLK

      Barack Obama can easily be compared to the early Martin Luther King and his hopeful message of change prior to 1965, writes Michael Eric Dyson in the Los Angeles Times . But  it's Jeremiah Wright who most resembles King after that—when his message grew "angrier" and increasingly skeptical of white America and its capacity for change. More »

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      Barack Obama  • race  • Jeremiah Wright  • racism  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    • King Would Relish Today's Challenges

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Apr 3, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      King Would Relish Today's Challenges

      With tomorrow marking the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination, the Rev. Jesse Jackson pens an appreciation for the New York Daily News . Jackson worked with the civil-rights giant in 1968 on King's last, tragically unfulfilled project, the Poor People’s Campaign. "He'd keep on dreaming and organizing," Jackson writes of King, were he still alive today. More »

  • March 2008

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