African Americans

Time to Overcome Black Homophobia

Lola Adesioye | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: California, Proposition 8, African Americans, Gay Marriage, California Propositions, California Gay Marriage, California Prop 8, Politics News
Lola Adesioye

Gay rights supporters are surprised that African Americans could have voted against gay marriage believing that they, more than anyone, should understand discrimination.

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White Pundits: Make Some Black Friends Before Opining on Obama Effect

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Black People, Maureen Dowd, Washington DC, New York Times, Frank Rich, Barack Obama, African Americans, Media News
Gail Vida Hamburg

In her Nov 8, '08 column, Maureen Dowd attempted to elucidate the stunning new history of our young country by talking about what Obama meant to African Americans.

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Gay Marriage, Chickens, and How to Win

Elayne Boosler | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, California, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Mormons, Christianity, Barack Obama, African Americans, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Elayne Boosler

To win the fight over Prop 8, and it's criminal that any American taxpayer has to fight for fundamental human rights in 2008, you have to show the opponents the advantages to them.

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Why We Feel Betrayed

Robin Tyler | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Prop 8, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, California, Christianity, Mormons, Gay Marriage, African Americans, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robin Tyler

Tens of thousands of lesbians and gays will continue to protest all over the USA, and we should not get off the streets. We must finally see ourselves as a civil rights movement, and act accordingly.

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Frank Talk on Race and Prop. 8

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jasmyne Cannick, Desmond Tutu, Civil Rights Movement, Mormon, GLBT Community, Martin Luther King Jr., Emanicipation, Gay Community, California Gay Marriage, The Bible, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Anti-Semitism, Prop 8, Homophobia, Racism, Congressional Black Caucus, Coretta Scott King, Charles Barkley, Gay Marriage, African Americans, Catholic, Politics News
Wayne Besen

In moving forward, we must build a coalition that embraces a universal set of principles. If we stupidly divide ourselves by sexual orientation or race, we can only expect a race to the bottom.

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Hey Republicans, Don't Double Down

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latina Voters, Republicans, African Americans, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Politics News
Michael Fauntroy

The Republicans have a bigger problem than they think. Continuing with the same ideological leadership and ignoring the demographic reality facing the country will only make things worse.

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The Passage of Prop 8: Do The Math

Disgrasian | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, African-American Voters, California, Math, Proposition 8, Latino Voters, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, African-Americans, Asian-American Vote, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Others, Barack Obama Election 2008, Minority Voters, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Barack Obama Supporters, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality in CA, Politics News
Disgrasian

The shame that we feel today over Prop 8 is only directed at our collective failure, which we need to figure out how to rectify. All of us. Together.

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Best Movies By Farr: Obama's Glorious Leap, and Key Films About The African-American Experience

John Farr | Posted 11.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Denzel Washington, Paul Winfield, Slavery, Cicely Tyson, Spike Lee, African-Americans, African-American Films, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News
John Farr

Prior to the 1960s, race portrayals in movies were mostly confined to servants and railroad porters. Only with the advent of the Civil Rights movement did the film industry dare address the authentic black experience.

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Their Own Receive Them Not

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: African-American Voters, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, California, Gay Rights, Black Voters, Proposition 8 Passes, Religion and Politics, Black Churches, Black Christianity and Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, African Americans, Black Christians, Politics News
Terrance Heath

Ed. Note: I plan on writing something about black voters, the passage of proposition 8 in California, and the discussion that has ensued about whether...

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Obama's Hope Spreads to the Middle East

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Palestinian-Israeli, African Americans, Palestinian, International Election Reaction, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, President Obama, Election Reaction Around the World, Barack Obama, Politics News
Daoud Kuttab

A curious thing has happened as Americans were choosing their first black president. Democracy suddenly ceased to be a bad word for many genuine democrats in the Middle East.

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GOP Hypocrites: We Like our New African-American President!

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Obama, Race, African-Americans, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom D'Antoni

By pigeonholing Obama as the "black" candidate, it overlooks the fact that's he's a once-in-a-generation leader who has stirred the admiration of people of all races around the world.

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First President of the World

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama International Reaction, Obama Victory, 2008 Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Slavery, Politics News
Bob Ostertag

OK, I know I am way late for the party here. Everyone has already made their comments about Obama's victory and the smart money has gone home, leaving...

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The Bigotry of Hope

David Paul Appell | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Obama Florida, Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Black Voters, Gay Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Gays, Florida Politics, Obama Gay, Obama Gay Rights, Obama Gay Marriage, Obama, Barack Obama Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Barack Obama Gay Issues, Florida Gay Rights, Florida Amendment 2, African-American Voters, African Americans, Proposition 8, Prop 8, California Gay Marriage, Politics News
David Paul Appell

You'd think if anyone would appreciate that civil rights are civil rights, it's black Americans. And that's what makes the support of some among them of such bigotry particularly appalling.

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Marriage Equality: A Cup Half Full

Gautam Dutta | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, African-American Voters, California Gay Marriage, Asian American Voters, California, Latino Voters, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Asian Americans, African Americans, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, White Voters, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Gautam Dutta

Marriage should be sacred, not a political prop. We need to put another initiative on the ballot -- this time to undo Prop 8.

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11/5/08 - A Quiet Day

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Obama Presidency, History, Michael Schwerner, November 4th, African-Americans, Andrew Goodman, Racism in America, Idealism, James Chaney, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

It's over. The long primary season and the fight for the presidency are finished. Everything crystallized on the night of November 4th when Barack O...

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A Change is Gonna Come

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, HuffPost Election Analysis, Joe Biden, Election Results, Election, HuffPost Election Reaction, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Obama President, Politics News
Terrance Heath

My son will be growing up in a world my father didn't, a world with more possibilities open to him than existed before; closer, at least, to the world as it should be than the world as it was. Or is.

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Yes We Did!

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Martin Luther King, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Apartheid, Thurgood Marshall, African Americans, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Paul Robeson, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama Victory, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Forget about the Bradley effect, Republican voter suppression tactics and October surprises. Obama won a clear and resounding victory last night.

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Obama Shuffle: Election Day Poetry

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media

Read More: South, Appalachia, Ohio, Swing States, 2008 Presidential Race, African Americans, Kentucky, Poetry, Barack Obama, Media News
Jeff Biggers

I've been on tour in the swing states of Appalachia these days -- southern Ohio, West Virginia, southwest Virginia -- having crisscrossed through Indi...

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Slurs Against Muslims a Cover for Racism Against Blacks

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Arabs, Obama Muslim, Blacks, Muslim Insult, Arab Insult, Obama Arab, Racism, Obama Muslim Smear, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Muslim, African Americans, Barack Obama, Home News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

He looks like most Americans, well African Americans. And you definitely can't tell he is a Muslim by his appearance. So, it would be difficult to tar...

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Lives Were Lost for Your Right to Vote

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama, Black Voters, Get Out the Vote, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Right to Vote, Youth Voters, African Americans, John McCain, Civil Rights, Home News
Robert D. Patterson

"A lot of my students say voting is not as important in the post civil rights world ... I first encourage them to become more involved in the political process. The more you understand the process, the more you understand how important the right to vote is."

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How Sarah Palin Has Excluded African-Americans

Max Blumenthal | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Racism, Alaska, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Race, African-Americans, John McCain, Politics News
Max Blumenthal

Gwen Alexander, the president of the African-American Historical Society of Alaska, told me that Palin stated defiantly that she had no intention to hire any minority staffers.

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Race in the Obama Age

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race, African Americans, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

The following conversation between a white sociologist, an African American mother, and her 15 year-old-daughter was recorded a few years back. Howeve...

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Moving Past the "Bradley Effect"

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Tom Bradley, John McCain, Voter Registration, Black Voters, Sarah Palin, Economic Crisis, Tina Fey, Bradley Effect Obama, African Americans, Home News
Ali A. Rizvi

Surveys show that a vast majority of voters who consider race a factor in their decisions tend to vote Republican anyway. Throw in the Economic Meltdown Effect, the Sarah Palin Effect, and the Tina Fey Effect -- and the Bradley Effect becomes a virtual non-factor.

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A Prize More Precious Than The Presidency

Alden Loury | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Black Achievement, 2008 Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Black Role Models, Barack Obama Race, Obama African Americans, Obama Black Voters, Obama Black Children, Chicago News
Alden Loury

Before a single vote has been counted, Obama has captured something that may be far more precious than even the American presidency. He has won the attention of America's black youth.

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Why 8 Million (or More) African-Americans are Unregistered

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Census, Presidential Elections, Barack Obama, Voter Registration, Voters, Ex Felon Voting Ban, Democrats, African-Americans, Republicans, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

By not voting, the critics say, blacks betray the struggle and sacrifice of those who fought and in some cases died for their rights to vote. This guilt laden reprimand is much too simplistic.

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