Goldie Taylor: Donald Trump and The Racist Roots of 'Birtherism'
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Tribute to an unsung American Hero – the man
who championed the end of racial discrimination
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Poverty Rate Among African Americans Nearly Double that of Whites
September 23 , 2010
Government News Reports
Washington, DC, September 16,
2010 – Annual data released today
by the U.S Census Bureau indicates
that 43.6 million Americans—one in
seven people— now live in poverty.
This is the largest number of people
in poverty in the 51 years for which
the estimates are available. >>READ MORE
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Rep. Barbara Lee, Encourages the
Media to Help Facilitate Open and
Honest Dialogue on Race in America
September 16, 2010
If anyone thought the election
of Barack Obama as our nation’s
first African American president
was the beginning of a post-racial
America, media coverage of
recent events, surely should remind
us all of the unfinished work
America has to do with regard to
race. Recent events have also
brought about familiar calls for a
“national dialogue” about race.
This suggestion has largely become
a cliché, a hollow gesture
designed to demonstrate one’s reasonableness
while not requiring
them to actually do anything.
That’s too bad, because a national
dialogue on race, if put in the
proper context and pursued in a
wide variety of forms and formats,
could actually improve
America’s understanding of itself
and its history.
We cannot, however, have a dialogue
on race when the conversation,
as it was in the case of
Shirley Sherrod, is driven by lies,
falsehoods, and smears put forth
by dishonest and disreputable advocates
whose intention is to incite
racial animosity. We cannot
have a reasonable dialogue about
race if we do not recognize that
white privilege, institutional racism,
and structural inequalities still
exist. Nor can we have an honest
dialogue if we do not recognize
that white America is not to
blame for every problem in minority
communities. Finally, we
cannot have a fully nuanced conversation
if we do not address the
fears, misunderstandings, and animosities
among and between a
wide range of ethnic and religious
groups in what is a multi-racial
America.
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Successful Aspiring Black Lawyers Encouraged at Free National Pre-Law Conference
The media bears significant responsibility
for the sensationalized
and superficial moments that too
often constitute America’s conversations
about race. And so it is
that the media will need to play a
major role in promoting a real dialogue
on race, with advocates willing
to have an open, honest, and
deliberative discussion respecting
of others’ viewpoints on a wide
range of issues at the intersection
of race and class in America.
As Chair of the Congressional
Black Caucus, Rep. Barbara Lee
has been a principled leader who
has sought to broaden how Americans
approach race in ways that
are multi-faceted and nuanced.
Last November, the Congressional
Black Caucus led a “Dialogue on
Race” that explored the many ways
history, economics, and psychology
affect race and race relations.
Rep. Lee has always sought to elevate
the conversation to a discussion
of structural inequities and institutional
racism – so we can truly
move forward as a society.
Congresswoman Lee is pleased
to make herself available for interviews
and appearances to help facilitate
a frank and honest dialogue
about race, racism, discrimination,
and inequality in America. She
looks forward to hearing from you
about ways in which the media can
do its part to raise the level of discourse
to help America learn, heal,
and move forward when it comes
to discussing issues of race.
To contact Congressional Black
Caucus Chairwoman Barbara Lee
for an interview, please call 202-
226-9776 or email jioni.palmer@mail.house.gov.
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