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Category Archives: Blacks
Why Is The NAACP Going To Bat For Michael Vick?
Tamar Fox blogs: "What I’d like to know is why the NAACP is suddenly having press conferences about this. Why do they feel they need to take Vick’s back? Because he’s black? Is that really a good enough reason to … Continue reading
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Ron Paul and the Blacks
Jewcy.com points out this 1996 Houston Chronicle article: Under the headline of "Terrorist Update," for instance, Paul reported on gang crime in Los Angeles and commented, "If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how … Continue reading
Seek Good School System, With Not Too Many Black Kids
John Derbyshire writes on Jewcy.com: House hunting in the New York suburbs in 1992, my (Chinese-born) wife and I were once sitting in the office of a realtor, an American lady, trying to spell out just what we were looking … Continue reading
Justice takes a beating in Long Beach racial hatred case
Pastor Joe R. Hicks writes in the Jewish Journal: After a lengthy process, that saw witness intimidation from gang members (one was forced to move; another had her car totaled), the expectation was — that if found guilty — a … Continue reading
Bastards of the Party
I watched this HBO documentary by former Blood member Cle Sloan Tuesday night (I loathe the mannered respectful reviews of the LAT and NYT). I found the production as primitive and revolting as the protagonists. Most of the people in … Continue reading
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