Great essay from Goldie Taylor on the Grio.com
Saturday, April 30th, 2011Painful examination of the continuity of life in pre and “post-racial” America. Watch Taylor read it on the Rachel Maddow Show.
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Irony or Illustration?
Friday, December 11th, 2009( Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images / December 10, 2009 ) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the torch parade from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo, the Norwegian capital, where he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama’s Oslo speech was articulate and persuasive in many ways, though I [...]
At the King Center Atlanta
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008If you live in California, please vote no on Proposition 8.
At least he didn’t say, “‘that one’s’ you-know what.”
Monday, October 13th, 2008“We’re going to spend a lot of time and after I whip his you-know-what in this debate, we’re going to be going out 24/7,” McCain said. Context: he’s talking about spending time in battleground states with Sarah Palin after Wednesday’s debate with Obama. Language use: abysmal.