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Georgia Colorblind? Really?

Posted in politics, race, tagged , , , , , , , on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week representatives in Georgia’s majority Republican legislature announced the introduction of an “antidiscrimination” bill that would ban state and county agencies from considering race or gender in awarding contracts and state universities and colleges from considering race or gender in admissions.  The rationale?  The nation has elected it’s first African-American president, so that must [...]

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Our Nig

Posted in Barack Obama, Obama, politics, race, tagged , , on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

[DISCLAIMER: Before anyone goes ballistic about the title of this post, let me explain.  "Our Nig" is a book written in 1859 by Harriet Wilson and is considered to be one of the first novels written by an African-American woman.  Read further and you'll see why I thought it was an appropriate title for this [...]

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