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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Barack Obama'
White House Party Crashers: Exhibit A Against Racial Profiling
Blond, white and beaming, Tareq And Michaele Salahi breezed into the first White House State Dinner of the Obama presidency. The Salahis hadn’t made it onto on any guest lists, hadn’t gone through any of the usual background checks before...
Veterans Day and a Visit to Section 60
Everyday should be Veterans Day. Everyday we should give what we can to organizations that support our troops and their families. November 11th shouldn’t be the only day to thank members of our military for their service to our country. I take ...
Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush went straight to the kids
The best antidote to the fear induced, mass amnesia afflicting so many of our brothers and sisters on the far right is truth. So I’ve written a post over at AOL BlackSpin that reminds that Republican presidents have made direct appeals to our n...
Little Birthers Lost
I have a bit of empathy for the “birthers”. Really. I understand that not all of us have the emotional maturity or mental capacity to deal with deep disappointment in a rational, non-self destructive manner. Instead, like a two year old infant r...
The Topsoil: Why Crowley should skip Gates – Obama Beer
By Andrew Padula I am certain that everyone who has heard of “Gates-gate” already has a fixed opinion of which parties are culpable in the matter. Undoubtedly, these opinions will be based on deeply ingrained personal attitudes and experiences. ...
The Silence of Decent Conservatives
Once upon a time, not too long ago, smart and well meaning conservative friends would say to me, “We conservatives don’t talk about race.” I always laughed at that, mostly because I have too long a memory. I remember racist rants by conservativ...
Farai Chideya visits All About Race on the Radio 7pm PST/9pm CST/10pm EST
Please join me TONIGHT for All About Race on the Radio at 7pm PST/10pm EST. Tonight we have special guest Farai Chideya whose new novel “Kiss the Sky” features an alternative look at the music world from the perspective of a black punk/alternativ...
Michael Steele does more harm to the GOP
Perhaps those of us on the outside looking in have it all wrong. Perhaps Mr. Steele is a mole. Maybe Michael Steele is a one man, chocolate colored, fifth column for political progressives. It’s becoming plausible that Mr. Steele’s goal i...
One hundred days of Obama
I feel calmer and more confident about the path we’re on with President Barack Obama in office. One hundred days in, our president has demonstrated exceptional leadership, focus and intelligence. These traits, combined with an inspiring work e...
CBS NY Times Poll: Most Blacks and Whites say race relations are good
For the first time in CBS news polling history, a majority of both blacks and whites see improved race relations. Fifty-nine percent of African-Americans - along with 65 percent of whites - now characterize the relationship between blacks and whites ...
My take on Tea Parties
Far be it from me to oppose a good passionate grassroots movement. Maybe I’m dating myself here, but I still remember big, huge marches and demonstrations that energized the heart and focused our nation’s gaze on high ideas - at least for the day...
Have YOU been called a racist for criticizing Obama? : Open Thread
If you want to have an effective racial discussion, you need to listen closely to what others are saying. If what you hear makes you squirm, that’s okay. When it’s your turn to speak you can explain your discomfort or ask more questions f...
Note to international community: Stop using President Obama’s image to sell food
Note to the international community: cut it out! Stop using President Obama to sell snacks and services. First there were "Obama Chicken Fingers" from Germany, now there’s "Duet" ice cream out of Russia to add to the subtly rac...
Got links? - Mental Health Day 2
So my very wise blogamigo Eddie Griffin suggested that I take TWO mental health days. He’s right of course, I am almost feeling clear and inspired again. I pay close attention when my higher energies, like optimism, dip and lower level energies...
Is President Obama being judged in a color neutral way? : Open Thread
President Obama’s presser was pretty low key. It was solid on information if light on the inspirational charisma thing. One exchange in particular caught my ear. I too was surprised and pleased that the President called on Ann Compton. I was al...
President Obama appears on Leno: Campaigner vs. Commander
President Barack Obama made history last night as the first sitting President to appear on a television talk show. I was concerned that the venue would be too casual to support the gravitas of Commander-in-Chief. But as a guest on ‘The Late Sho...
Are you giving President Obama a free pass?
During the Presidential campaign, I hammered away at our individual responsibility to engage in critical analysis and offer constructive criticism if Barack Obama should become President. Well, here we are. And I am concerned that in many circles, ev...
The Topsoil: Etta, beat the brat.
by Andrew Padula Etta James, you go girl! You may have dissed me and probably just about everyone else to ever come within one hundred yards of you. You display no couth and little class. But, if you throw down and beat the crap out of Beyonce, y...
All About Race on NPR - TODAY!
Today I’ll mix it up with two other bloggers on NPR’s ‘News and Notes’ program. I fully expect host Tony Cox to put us through our paces discussing a broad range of topics. If you can’t tune in, I will post the audio link here...
The Topsoil: Out of Place
So it’s the night before the inauguration and Carmen is taking me to the Netroots Bash outside of Washington D.C. Everyone around me is in a state of paralytic bliss except me… I’m depressed as hell. Oh, thats right, I’m a Republican, a...
The “Obama effect”: Positive role model, positive test scores
In conversations with friends, I’ve been saying that the moment President Barack Obama took the Oath of Office last Tuesday, everything changed. I mean it in the sense that a new optimism and sense of pride now has a chance to take hold. I am h...
Post Inauguration: Inspired, Focused and Optimistic
The day after is here. It’s time for the hard work to begin. Our President has confirmed what I am sure most of us already knew; to turn around the USS America, it’s going to take all hands on deck and that means you and I are going to have to lo...
Oh, happy day
I’m very emotional, still processing it all. Will write soon....
Flying High: First Class Folks
Perhaps because I am still grappling with the last stages of a brutal flu, I was slow to get excited about my trip to DC. I’m not a fan of big crowds and usually prefer the eagle’s eye vantage point I get from watching the biggest spectac...
