links for 2008-02-01
February 1st, 2008 by Jen and Carmen
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I cannot believe how the mainstream media has ignored this total game-changer: Kimora Lee Simmons endorsed Hillary Clinton for President last week. How will this affect Obama’s chances on Super Tuesday???
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“In Haiti, where 80 percent of the population lives on less than $2 a day, the poorest have resorted to eating cookies made out of mud, salt, and vegetable shortening because a daily bowl of rice is too expensive.”
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Charming. “A county judge was reprimanded for calling three black female lawyers “the Supremes” in court and advising the defendant to get “an experienced male attorney.”"
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“After a heated but civil debate, Canada’s largest school board voted 11-9 last night to open an alternative Africentric school to help fight a 40 per cent dropout rate among Toronto’s black teens.”
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New book ‘Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School’ has “advice for educators on recognizing when everyday classroom practices exacerbate racial inequalities and on becoming more constructively conscious and open about race
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“Some white voters voiced outright alarm over Mr. Obama, and though he is a Christian, allusions to his supposed Muslim ties were frequent, as were suggestions that he remained a disturbingly unknown quantity.”
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“A SWAT team arrived at Ms. Wilson’s rented house in the Southside neighborhood…Moments later, the police opened fire, killing Ms. Wilson, 26, and wounding her 14-month-old son, Sincere, Chief Garlock said.”
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“the vast majority of American Jews vote Democratic…But Resnick is part of one of the few Jewish constituencies that has historically voted Republican: the “Jewbans,” or Jews from Cuba, most of whom have settled in the greater Miami area.”
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