Posts Tagged ‘race’
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
By: Charles S. Mombo Article Sponsored by: SEO and Social Media Marketing Consultants The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander Thanks to my fellow professor, David Baker, a progressive and intelligent individual, who did not [Read More]
Why did the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times endorsed George Davis for 20th Ward Alderman
George Davis is an attorney who has an MBA and who has worked closely with The Woodlawn Organization. He knows the neighborhoods at a block level and has closely studied the city's complex financial challenges. He has a solid track record and sound ideas.Why did the Chicago [Read More]
Scattered Trees a Black History Reflection by Baron and Jason Harper
Scattered Trees a Black History Reflection by Baron and Jason HarperIn commemoration of Black History Month 2011, Jason and his brother Baron Harper shot a short documentary. The documentary is about a conversation they had in Chicago about what it's like being [Read More]
The Politics of Fear: How Republicans Use Money, Race, and the Media to Win
Article Sponsored by Chicago-based SEO and Social Media Network Consultants The Politics of Fear: How Republicans Use Money, Race, and the Media to Win written by Manuel G. Gonzales and Richard Delgado I recently received an email from one of Chocolate City's readers by [Read More]
Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system
By: Charles Mombo @charlessmombo Twitter HASHTAG: #burnedbrass Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system?Some referred to it as institutional racism and that is the lack of funding for public school in minority communities. This problem can [Read More]
Presenting Chicago’s First Latino Mayor
By Charles Mombo If there ever was a right time for a Latino to become the mayor of Chicago, the time is now! Filing of nominating petitions for the February 22, 2010 Municipal General Election for Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, and Aldermen begins at 9 a.m. on Mon., Nov. 15th, [Read More]
Barack Obama, the worst U.S. president in history?
Ben Quayle Arizona's GOP 3rd Congressional District candidateUntil last Wednesday, I had never heard of Ben Quayle. While watching CNN that day, a goofy looking and Gomer Pyler(ish) sounding individual appeared on TV directly facing the camera and began by saying, [Read More]
Should African-American Tourists Avoid Racist Spain?
Racism toward Blacks in Spain is not unusual. It is highly noticeable during Spain's soccer events. Fans as well as coaches and officials, have become infamous for heckling black players.Prior to First Lady Michelle Obama's vacation to Spain, the website of the Office [Read More]
Obama signs Crack cocaine versus Cocaine Powder law
The Obama's Fair Sentencing Act law narrows the ratio from 100:1 to 18:1.Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act. This law reduces the apparent racist and disproportionate disparity in punishment given to those convicted of possessing crack [Read More]
Oliver Stone: Israel has Fuckup United States Foreign Policy
The U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League on Monday slammed filmmaker Oliver Stone for comments he made to The Sunday Times of London, calling the film director's views "anti-Semitic."According to REUTERS, the U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League is not too happy [Read More]
Human Capital and Cultural Freedom
By Frank T. Scruggs Human capital is the development one’s self to sell one’s labor, skills and or talent in the marketplace. Labor is more than manual labor or factory work but should also be considered things such as academic skills, athletic prowess, business [Read More]
Ethnic Cleansing of Murals in Arizona Prescott City
Image Source: AP If Arizona's Prescott City Councilman and talk-show host Steve Blair had his way, there would be no African-Americans and Latinos faces on murals in public places around the city. According to Blair, “diversity is a word I can't stand." [Read More]
Chicago 1919 Race Riot In Retrospect
Rock throwing white youths during the 1919 race riotEarly dawn today, I parked my car at the 63rd Street lakefront parking lot and rode my bike along the lakefront bike path to the Buckingham Fountain. As I approached the 29th street lakefront, a strong sense of [Read More]
Arizona Bans African American and Chicana/o Studies
The Torch of Quetzalcoatl by Leo Tanguma`On Tuesday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed bill HB2281 that bans all ethnic studies in Arizona's public schools. HB2281 takes effect on Dec. 31, 2010. The bans will prevent the teaching of African American, Native [Read More]
Dan Rather Racist Obama Watermelon Slur
Former CBS Anchor Dan Rather While appearing on the Chris Matthews show, and speaking on the issue of President Obama's inability to get health care passed, Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said “ Obama couldn’t sell watermelons if you gave him the [Read More]
Heather Ellis and the Bizarre Walmart Incident
By Charles S. Mombo Heather Ellis and Family Photos Credit: Corey NolesCNN News reported last night that Heather Ellis, a 24 year-old African American Xavier University graduate could face fifteen years behind bars for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest after [Read More]
President Obama invites Gates and Crowley for beer
President Obama invites Gates and Crowley to White House for beerHad I known President Barack Obama personally, I would have call him yesterday and suggested that he invite Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley to the White House to discuss the arrest issue that [Read More]
Obama – I will get shot if I try to break into white house
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Included on Time's "25 Most Influential Americans" list President Barack Obama said “if I were to break into the White House, I will get shot.” The president was responding to a question by Sun-Times Washington Bureau [Read More]
Why did Michael Jackson remains turned paper white?
Michael Jackson CNN is reporting that a source involved with the investigation into the King of Pop’s death said his body was "lily white from head to toe." And another one of their sources revailed that Michael Jackson had "paper-white skin. As white [Read More]
Unemployment or Jobless Rates of the U.S. Population by Race
Blacks or African American 16.4 Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity 12.2 [Read More]
Team Obama faced racism while campaigning
There have not been much in the news pertaining to information in the news about Senator Obama’s phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates encountering a “RAW” and “PURE” racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed and [Read More]
Terrible mistake to vote for John McCain
Senator Clinton said today “Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain,” Clinton said on CNN. She further [Read More]
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