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The complaints swirling around the tributes given the movie “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” seem to have increased with the presentation of the Academy Award for best supporting actress to Mo’Nique.
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Black Canadians enriched Olympics and other areas
When Michaelle Jean, the black governor general of Canada, presided over the Winter Olympics opening ceremony Feb. 12 at British Columbia Place Stadium in Vancouver, it was a significant moment in the history of African Canadians.
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Haiti’s problems have ties to outside intervention
Many of the recent reports about Haiti have observed that it is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, without referring to the actions of other nations that contributed to that situation.
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Fickle Democrats show fair-weather feathers to Obama
It is expected that Republicans will continue in their harsh objections to almost everything President Barack Obama does, but it is disturbing to see his fellow Democrats rising up in opposition during this time when he is so heavily besieged.
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Centenarian’s life should spur family griots to action
Life imitates art sometimes, and sometimes art imitates life. That view is confirmed by the death of Ann Nixon Cooper at age 107 on Dec. 21 in Atlanta.
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Look backward and ahead while jumping into 2010
The end of one year and prospect of a new one is likely to bring on a time of reckoning, even among those not given to introspection. The tendency is especially strong for those – such as this reporter – who have reached the autumn of their years.
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Educated black males find degree is no job guarantee
The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that black male college graduates 25 and older have had an unemployment rate in 2009 of 8.4 percent compared to 4.4 percent for white male college graduates.
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Advocacy journalists attempt to advance political agenda
When Lou Dobbs resigned as a CNN anchor after a dispute with his boss over his partisan views delivered on his newscasts, it was indication of the extent to which advocacy journalism – in which the reporter’s views are deliberately presented as facts – has gained ascendancy in the United States.
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Web traps malicious ideas to indoctrinate conservatives
Much of what is being transmitted by Obama’s conservative opponents, who seem bent on destroying his presidency, is inaccurate and some of it is malicious.
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Community cries out for someone to care
Everywhere we look we see problems such as unemployment, injustice, poverty, failing students, corruption and child abuse. ... Under the circumstances, it is difficult to be indifferent.
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