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“After…serving as a law clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York, he served as a legislative aide to Senator Joseph Lieberman, drafting sections of the Homeland Security Bill and working on technology-related legislation. Boo-ya.”
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Amen! “I know many Americans are uncomfortable openly discussing how race and gender influence our political system, but this doesn’t mean that these issues are not “real.””
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No shit. “Distrust of doctors and concern over being abused as human guinea pigs may explain why U.S. blacks have been less willing than whites to volunteer to take part in medical studies, researchers said on Monday.”
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“This is not a “tortured relationship.” In fact, it is very much like the partnership between Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon Johnson. It took the interplay between demonstration, litigation and legislation to realize the victories…”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
heabadman wrote:
Now while I agree generally with what Rachels Tavern said above in that posting, that framing used as a “just because it’s uncomfortable don’t mean it’s not a real issue” argument is a problem, I think, because it only breeds the “business as usual” bitchin’ from folks that produces little, the finger pointin’ from the opportunists waitin’ to swoop in and accuse the white folks for what they done without looking at what they doin’ themselves.
It’s better when folks start saying, ” *because* it’s uncomfortable– it’s a real issue”. Now that’s honest on all sides without the defensive stuff but also without accusing unfairly neither…
Posted 18 Jan 2008 at 9:29 am ¶
Latoya Peterson wrote:
Y’all please go read the “Not a Threat” article to see how hard he is hedging his bets. (The article is written by Jesse Jackson.)
Posted 18 Jan 2008 at 10:19 am ¶