Go All-In? How to Win Nov 12, 2009
From a resort in Bermuda, you might embark on a cave tour or learn about the history of slavery on the island. Bermuda was literally a trading post for the slave trade, points out Joseph Sobin, a travel agent and director at the. (Fox News)
Rush Limbaugh's Race Obsession Nov 4, 2009
("Obama's entire economic program is reparations.") Before Obama's election, some reporters found an undercurrent of fear among certain white voters that the election of a black president would usher in a wave of revenge against white America for its history of slavery and discrimination. Limbaugh has stoked those fears. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Delta residents know what's best for the Delta: No canal Nov 1, 2009
If you understand the history of slavery, you know a lot of it was the result of tribal warfare and was the predecessor of the genocides occuring in Africa today. Yet still in America, where the country has bent over backward to provide opportunities based on skin color for things no one alive has done, do we still discuss slavery on an almost daily basis. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Not sure what Cuba has to offer U.S. with hurricane response Oct 25, 2009
Cajun Smokehouse wrote on Oct 24, 2009 1:07 PM:" It seems The Congressional Black Caucus has the same views as Ray Nagin!Not that long ago members of the House of Representatives went to Cuba and were praising Fidel's Health Care System!At the same time they were ridiculing George Bush!You would think that black people with a past history of slavery would look to someone else to admire than a brutal dictator who has enslaved his whole nation!That's what you call LEADERS! ". WRITE A COMMENT. (New Iberia, LA)
Obama's New Stimulus Oct 10, 2009
Be Grateful wrote on Oct 8, 2009 6:38 PM:" President Obama is picking up after many white previous President's who has the nation in the way it is/ So to all the negative commetors if you know how to do it better than run, say your plan and get it implemted or be quiet. The salvery is a bad j oke commentor, no one not even blacks would want to see slavery again. Check the history of slavery and put yourself in the slave shoes. It was not a fun thing ". Exclamations wrote on Oct 8, 2009 3:21 PM:"... (New Iberia, LA)
US first lady Michelle Obama's slave roots traced Oct 9, 2009
A map of Michelles ancestors including the slave mother, white father and their biracial son for the first time fully connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency. The findings uncovered by Megan Smolenyak, a genealogist, and the New York Times substantiate what Michelle Obama has called longstanding family rumors about a white forebear. (India Times, India)
First Lady's roots show complex path from slavery Oct 9, 2009
The newly discovered story of Obama's maternal ancestors the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields for the first time fully connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency ... The newly discovered story of Obama's maternal ancestors the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields for the first time fully connects the first... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Criticism of Obama about credibility, not race Sep 23, 2009
People "wanted" to elect a black man president because of our history of slavery and the denial of civil rights for so many years to African-Americans ... People "wanted" to elect a black man president because of our history of slavery and the denial of civil rights for so many years to African-Americans. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Jimmy Carter, True Son of the South, Hits Nail on Head Sep 18, 2009
Because of the history of slavery in the US, only whites are considered racists. Calling black people racists is a breath-waster--don't bother, you sound foolish and deep down inside, you know this to be true. (Slate)
The Racism Card Sep 17, 2009
People "wanted" to elect a black man president because of our history of slavery and the denial of civil rights for so many years to African-Americans. It is never "racism" to vote for someone because he is black. (Townhall.com)
In Concord, a bid to save tie to abolitionist days Sep 14, 2009
While tourists flock to Concord for its famed battle sites, cemeteries, and homes of literary giants, the town s history of slavery, and the lives of former slaves and their descendants, is sadly overlooked, local historians say. Bringing it to light, they said, would help make the town s storied history whole. (Boston Globe)
Students Protest April Fools' Issue Aug 30, 2009
Okay yes I know you're going to have a clever answer, like "the history of slavery and racism in this country" or "if you can't realize that then you don't have common sense." My response would be that MANY people here, then, don't have "common sense" or don't agree that slavery 150 years ago justifies explicitly racist groups like the NAACP and BSA.. I'm sorry to burst your bubble, in which racism is suuuuuch an easy thing to identify. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
PBC School District under criticism Aug 30, 2009
Nearly 15 years after the state required Florida school districts to teach about African and African-American history, many Palm Beach County students know little more than the country's shameful history of slavery, critics say. Now black elected officials, students and community leaders are asking the school district to commit to teaching the full history. (The Palm Beach Post)
History: Selective storytelling Aug 12, 2009
In the proclamation she commended the people for the courage "to overcome a long history of slavery and oppression" and acknowledged that as late as 1885 they remained "a captive labor force". It states that in 1910 the federal government controlled food, clothing and housing, and even censored letters sent off the island. (Juneau Empire)
Obama's Blackness 'Unsettles Africa's Despots' Jul 20, 2009
Although this blinkered view of the African was subsequently debunked, it was partly responsible for the wholesale humiliation of Africans through the twisted history of slavery and colonialism. The work of better informed observers and scholars, the phenomenon of jazz and other cultural expressions went some way to restore the African on the continent and in the Diaspora to full human status. (allAfrica.com)
Thomas Hart Benton unsugarcoated takes Chautauqua stage (20) Jul 19, 2009
He depicted the history of slavery and included Jesse James, political boss Tom Pendergast and a woman changing a baby s diaper. Left out were some of the significant politicians like his own great uncle of the same name. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
New Slavery Records Trace Caribbean Routes Jul 18, 2009
Let's focus on these words from this article: "I have decided to look more at the positive and recognize how much she overcame, because you can choose to be angry or you can choose to more forward," when we review the history of slavery. We can't undo the past, but we can learn from it's evils and mistakes for our future. (CBS News -- World)
The Obama Doctrine: Racisms Real; Deal With It Jul 18, 2009
People of all colors, races, and ethnicities come to this country (understood that most of them don't have the history of slavery in this country to overcome, but many come from a background of slavery in their previous country, and come here with little to nothing) and succeed because they plug into the opportunities that America represents. It takes vision, passion, inspiration, and good old fashioned hard work. (Slate)
Tracking Michelle Obama's slave roots Jul 18, 2009
In an interview with The Washington Post last year, Michelle Obama talked about learning her family's past and understanding the history of slavery. "A lot of times these stories get buried, because sometimes the pain of them makes it hard to want to remember," she said told the Post for an October story. (CNN -- Law)
'Soul Power': the Ali-Foreman fight soundtrack Jul 13, 2009
"When he says to Gast, 'We're not brothers,' you (sense) a real level of anger and honesty about the history of slavery and systematic abuse," Levy-Hinte says. It's clear, Levy-Hinte says, that the boxer is fighting for more than just a title. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Revisiting and Reconsidering AFRICOM Jul 12, 2009
Although their concerns are justifiable in light of the history of slavery and colonialism this perspective is basically reactionary and continues to view the West as the oppressor and Africa as the oppressed. Africa is not Americas or the Wests victim, but their counterpart with its own strategic interests and resources which can be leveraged through negotiation between sovereign equals. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
RI debates changing state name linked to slavery Jul 11, 2009
"Removing the name does not remove the pain of racism, does not remove the history of slavery in the state.". ADVERTISEMENT. (Anchorage Daily News)
Africa: The 'Change We Need'? - Obama in Ghana Jul 11, 2009
He will visit the slaveholding castles in the west of Ghana, and by that act, reach out to the history of slavery, the civil rights movement and the history of colonisation that followed slavery. What will be a good speech for Africa which breaks from the paternalism of his predecessors and yet lays grounds for America's better interests based on Africa's progress. (allAfrica.com)
Lacewell: Racial progress is far from finished Jul 8, 2009
It has been critiqued as an impossible dream unlikely to exist in a nation with a history of slavery and legal discrimination. It has been denounced as an unworthy goal that would require black Americans to reject their cultural specificity and unique social and political concerns. (CNN -- US)
A Few Thoughts on Patriotism and Localism Jul 6, 2009
Will: Given the history of slavery, do you really think that Southern localism can really be viewed as a cause of Southern racism. It strikes me as an enabling condition, at best - though I m happy to be debated on that point. (The American Conservative)
Kathleen Parker: Fresh shame in South Carolina Jun 24, 2009
"What we're missing in our state is honest conversation between the races that ultimately leads to forgiveness. We keep putting off reconciliation from one generation to the next because our shameful history of slavery and segregation is so painful to both sides. At the same time, I think most South Carolinians are through with race-based politics.". DePass' comment to a friend, appalling as it was, clearly wasn't intended to do harm, and his punishment may have exceeded the crime. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
THE $24,000+ DATE... Jun 1, 2009
Then it was up to Broadway, where they had tickets at the Belasco Theatre for "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," a play by August Wilson about a man coming to terms with the history of slavery. "I'm nervous, excited, honored," said Andre Holland, who plays character Jeremy Furlow, before the show. (The Drudge Report)
Presidential Groveling Apr 14, 2009
In his globetrotting speeches, Obama reviled the United States' history of slavery, the mistreatment of Indians and alleged torture of terrorists. He hinted that his predecessor had engaged in a war with Islam, but promised that he -- Barack Hussein Obama, as he was introduced to Muslim audiences everywhere -- would never let that happen again. (Human Events Online)
Obama's Euro Charm Offensive Apr 10, 2009
He apologized for America s history of slavery, for its repression of Native Americans, for torture and for the global economic crisis. But Europe already knows our shortcomings. (Human Events Online)
R&B star Akon launches anti-slavery song Mar 27, 2009
Page last updated at 15:42 GMT, Thursday, 26 March 2009. Akon launches anti-slavery song. (BBC News -- Americas)
He Deserved It? Mar 19, 2009
our history of Slavery. It cannot be ignored and we have to understand how different events in our lives past and present have an effect on our behavior. (Slate)
Calif. bill aims to strike racist housing language Mar 15, 2009
"Our whole society is a product of a history of slavery and segregation and racism, and we're a product of it. We can never really change that past.". De La Torre's bill would require title companies to scour property records and strike the covenants whenever a property changes hands. (USA Today)
Presidents on monument leave lot to be desired Mar 6, 2009
a f r wrote on Feb 25, 2009 4:10 PM:" Lay off, Jay. Chris is trying to communicate something of value and it's getting lost because of his anger. Chris, don't call names--you cheapen your argument. Improve it with fact that you can back up and people will start to listen. There are all shades of gray, and we can create a better picture of our history. You can educate, let that be your focus. I don't think any one of us is all sweetness and light. There were probably bad choices made by all... (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
U.S. to skip racism summit Feb 28, 2009
However, some European countries are skeptical about the value of a meeting that also looks at the history of slavery without shedding light on a practice that still exists. 1 Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC. (Insight on the News)
Two county buildings among Seven to Save Feb 11, 2009
The Hudson River Valley was extremely hostile to abolitionism, because it had a long history of slavery. Most stories about alleged stations are undocumented folklore. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Professor David Blight to discuss A Slave No More Feb 8, 2009
Professor Blight will explain the broad implications of American history of slavery, and bring it home to us in Cohasset by recounting the story of John Washington. Washington's Memories of the past moves from his most pleasant early childhood through the many trials of slavery and the disruptions of the Civil War, ending with his successful escape in 1862. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
