African-American News - August 4, 2010

African-American News - August 4, 2010

 

 

Racism Charges A Distraction (Free Republic)

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE playing the race card to grab attention, and thereby get a leg up on one's adversary, except when the racial trump card has been overplayed, and it stops trumping.

Alert to Blacks and Hispanics: Shadow Banking Makes A Comeback (know4life.blogspot)

Credit-card issuers mailed 84.8 million offers of plastic to U.S. subprime borrowers in the first six months of this year...Fannie Mae, seized by the U.S. government in 2008 to avert the mortgage company's failure, launched an initiative in January that allows some first-time home buyers to get a loan with a down payment of as little as ...

Dallas County replaces tollway agency's only minority board member with one more white male (The Dallas Morning News)

By KEVIN KRAUSE and MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER / The Dallas Morning News kkrause@dallasnews.com mlindenberger@dallasnews.com A divided Dallas County Commissioners Court voted this morning to replace the only minority on the North Texas Tollway Authority board with a while male.

Hartford Suspect: "I Killed the Five Racists" (cbsnews)

MANCHESTER, Conn. Family members say Omar Thornton, the man suspected in the Tuesday morning massacre at Hartford Distributors, was a quiet, hard-working man who wasn't a violent person, but was pushed to the breaking point by harassment at work.

Breitbart: Enemy of the left with a laptop (Salon)

Andrew Breitbart strips off his blazer, windmills it over his head and lets it fly to the stage with a matador's flourish.

New day for cocaine and crack penalties (CNN)

President Obama signs the Fair Sentencing Act in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday.

Oral contraceptive use associated with increased risk of breast cancer (PhysOrg Weblog)

Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine have reported that African American women who use oral contraceptives have a greater likelihood of developing breast cancer than nonusers.

Child Homelessness in America (worldproutassembly)

"If we take the full meaning of the term society into consideration, it will be seen that till now human beings have not been able to form a real society.

Cabinet approves deportation of 400 migrant children from Israel (know4life.blogspot)

According to inter-ministerial committee's recommendation, children of migrant workers must fit 5 criteria in order to remain in Israel; 400 do not.

How The Charges Against Maxine Waters Were Fabricated Out of Next to Nothing (know4life.blogspot)

It's not hard to figure out why the allegations against Maxine Waters seem bogus. You simply need to read the 80-page House Ethics Report carefully. In order to concoct a case against her, the authors of the report twisted the meaning of the House Ethics rules and embellished the underlying facts. The report was first published one year ago, but is now being released shortly before the 2010 campaign season. The timing alone makes you wonder.

Mentorship program helps fight childhood obesity (AndhraNews)

ANI ANI Mentorship program helps fight childhood obesity A new study found that pairing healthy young adults with urban middle school students helped the adolescents adopt healthy habits, active lifestyles and a healthy weight.

Race And Gay Marriage In Perspective (The Atlantic)

Aug 3 2010, 7:28 AM ET Comment Candy Holmes, left, of Washington, affixes a marriage equality pin to her partner of 14 years, Darlene Garner, on arriving at Superior Court to obtain their marriage licenses after the District of Columbia legalized gay marriage in Washington, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

The Root: Does The NAACP Have A Leadership Issue? (National Public Radio)

After his handling of Shirley Sherrod and the Tea Party, some in the media are questioning Benjamin Jealous' capability as president of the NAACP.

Brother Saves Sister From Rapist and Now Antoine Dodson is an Internet Sensation (womanist-musings)

In Huntsville Alabama, the Dodson family were sleeping, when a man broke into Kelly Dodson's room which she shared with her little girl. A struggle ensued in which he dragged her across the room. Her brother Antoine heard her scream and rushed to the aid of his sister, thus scaring off the would be assailant. When reporters from WAFF came to investigate the incident, the Dodson's invited them onto their property to speak about what happened. Antoine said the sole purpose of him speaking out so forcefully, is that he wanted to warn hid neighbors that they are not safe. What really caught my attention about this case is not the fact that Antoine acted to save his sister, but that the story went viral. The reporter refers to him as a victim to assert his right to tell his story, but I think what we should be asking is why society was not more interested in his sister -- you know, the woman that was almost raped. She has virtually been erased from this story. The assaults of Black women are routinely ignored by the media and this is even more common if the victim is poor.