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06.25.2009 10:38 am

Accusations of black racial stereotypes in Transformers 2

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, one of the summer’s biggest movies, is garnering controversy over two minor Autobot characters, Mudflap and Skids. Moviegoers and reviewers note the pair speak in broken English, bicker constantly and allege they reinforce negative stereotypes…

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03.05.2009 8:23 pm

Whites break down barriers to teaching black studies

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This is the 40th anniversary of the beginning of African-American studies programs on the nation’s campuses. The Chicago Tribune takes a look at the irony of the challenges whites have faced in becoming teachers in the field. According to the Tribune…

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02.19.2009 1:02 pm

NY Post cartoon was topic of online chat

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The flap over the New York Post’s cartoon depicting a police officer who has just shot a chimp and another saying, “they’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill” is big, and not just on this…

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02.18.2009 1:44 pm

Attorney general Eric Holder urges us to talk about race issues

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The new attorney general, Eric Holder, says Americans do not talk with one another about racial issues. In fact, he says we have in many ways been cowards on the issue.

“Though race related issues continue to occupy a significant portion…

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01.22.2009 5:30 pm

Black or Biracial: The Barack Obama Debate Continues

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Image Design: Tor Myhren, for Grey Advertising. Source: LATimes .com “Let the Issues be the issue” / Nov. 4, 2008

It’s intriguing how so many people on this blog (and all around the country, really) are so obsessed with the fact…

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01.19.2009 11:25 am

Martin Luther King Day in DC

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Monday — 06:00 am (DC time)

This mural in "China Town" of Obama with Dr. King in the background caught the attention of quite a few tourists

After a few hours of sleep, I’m getting ready to go out and brave…

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