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16 hours ago ago from Knives | Red Hill Knives
Black White Why is Barack Obama considered the first black african american president when his mother is white? If you have parents that are from different countries or race you are not considered either or. So, why is it that Mr.Obama is considered black when he is half black/white. If anything he is the first inter-racial president not black. Obama embraces aspects of his blackness, which allows whites to see him as an ...
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15 hours ago ago from my feeling zone
There was no big speech or fancy ceremony when President Obama observed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday last month. Instead, for his first King holiday as president, Mr. Obama quietly installed a rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in the Oval Office and invited a small group of African-American elders and young people to come see it. The private Mbt gathering — “an intimate discussion,” in the words of ...
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11 hours ago ago from TheVITimes.org - Providing Alternative News and Views
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG February 8, 2010 WASHINGTON — The civil rights movement will come alive in song at the White House on Wednesday night, when President Obama plans to celebrate Black History Month with a star-studded concert. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Luke Sharrett/The New York Times President Obama served lunch at a soup kitchen in Washington on Martin Luther King’s ...
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3 hours ago ago from DatGurlBenz~*
Epic Fluckin' Fail! These lil Tea Parties they havin around the country have been out of hand for a while and this latest antic just solidifies that. The openin' speaker for the convention', FORMER Repub congressman Tom Tancredo (and a failed 2008 presidential candidate!) suggested reinstatin' a literacy test to protect America from presidents like Obama . Translation : A segregation- era method used in the South to stop black ...
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5 hours ago ago from The Urban Politico
In a previous post , we explored society's understanding of the term "African American." In this post, we're hoping to shed some light on a topic that has given our label-obsessed, check-the-box-oriented, racial-stereotype-driven society a headache since its inception: bi-racial people. In the 1800's, many states adopted the so-called "One-Drop Rule," whereby any person who had so much as "one drop" of Black blood was considered Black. As ...
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19 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON There was no big speech or fancy ceremony when President Obama observed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 's birthday last month. Instead, for his first King holiday as president, Mr. Obama quietly installed a rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in the Oval Office and invited a small group of African-American elders and young people to come see it. Luke Sharrett/The New York Times President Obama ...
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4 hours ago ago from U.S. News
First lady: President Obama had 'phenomenal year' WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama says President Barack Obama "has done a phenomenal job," but that people have a right to criticize him. In an interview broadcast Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America," she said getting things accomplished in heavily politicized Washington is "a constant struggle." She said her husband has been staying on course, "looking his critics in the ...
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4 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Susan Davis Cabin Fever, Continued: Federal agencies in the Washington region are closed again today as the capital area continues digging out from the weekend blizzard and prepares for another storm that forecasters say could dump another 10-20 inches of snow. All Together Now: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will host a bipartisan, bicameral meeting with congressional leaders at the White House to talk about the ...
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59 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post
Today, First Lady Michelle Obama announced her "Let's Move!" initiative to fight childhood obesity, which will be her signature issue while in the White House and beyond. "Let's Move!" is about engaging, motivating, and providing simple tools to help kids eat better, become more active, and lead healthier lives. Just as importantly, the program strives to support working parents so they can encourage more physical family activities; aims to ...
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4 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
A storyline is solidifying around the topic of the administration's failure to lead. One great example is Steve Clemons' post yesterday on Edward Luce's big White House article . Through Luce's piece, a swarm of angry critics of the Rahm Administration, voice their (anonymous) concerns. It's Rahm vs. a range of complaints about what he, and the inner circle he coordinates, are doing wrong. But none of the critics, as they are presented in the ...
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