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21st November, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘racism’

What if…

By Charley James • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics Too
by Charley James (and friends)
Thanks to my friends Mike and Micheline who teach in Guangzhou for sending this me today.
What if…
things were switched around? Think about it: Would the country’s collective point of view be different? How much does racism influence our opinions? Ponder the following: 
What if…
the Obama?s had paraded five children across the stage, [...]


Perception, Terrorism and Race

By Denis Campbell • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics
In America’s heartland, anything that paints Barack Obama as (place your fear mongering adjective here) passes as “God’s honest truth” even when proven a lie. MSNBC reported yesterday, “Gerri Kish, (is) 66-year-old (and) born in Hawaii, read both of Obama’s autobiographies. She has close friends, she said, who still refuse to believe her when she [...]