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“that’s partly what this primary season comes down to for Sharpton: a race to see which candidate can kiss his ring the most, the fastest, and with the most sincere pucker…the jockeying to secure the black vote in the primaries has never been more int
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“Brown University announced that it will give a $10 million endowment to local public schools to atone for its involvement in the slave trade. But reparations alone will not address the ongoing segregation of the American education system.”
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“Those other churches might argue that such a focus on witchcraft is a relic of Africans’ old beliefs, a dangerously pagan preoccupation. But scholars say this is Christianity made profoundly African.”
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“With his suit, Mr. Savage has put himself in an odd position for someone who makes his living talking and is a fierce advocate for free speech: He is complaining about others quoting him.”
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“King Abdullah has pardoned a woman who was sentenced to 200 lashes after pressing charges against seven men who raped her, a Saudi newspaper reported Monday.”
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“A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.”
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“For three decades, micro-lending was seen as a tool of nonprofit economic development. Now poor people are turning into…untapped profit, primarily because they will pay interest rates most Americans would consider outrageous, if not usurious.”
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“Jason Whitlock writes Op-Eds on race exclusively to argue that there is no such thing as racism and any incident involving race is primarily the fault or responsibility of whomever is not the white guy. Usually the culprit is a rapper…”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Micro$kirt wrote:
Re Microlending: BW starts off right, then nose dives, by overreaching here. That’s not what these “financial institutions” in Mexico are practicing, it’s pure usury in an unregulated environment.
Microlending works because it’s focused on investment in development through enterprise (personal or communal), usually better when administered by a solidly accountable non-profit financial group which pools/shares the risk of the loans among those with ties to the community ultimately impacted. Otherwise, it’s exploitation.
Two ways to do it right and responsibly (idiot BW ignored)
Kiva
http://www.kiva.org
GlobalGiving
http://www.globalgiving.com
Posted 19 Dec 2007 at 10:30 am ¶