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August 2010
Still in Search of the Elusive Black Racist (ahem... it's not Shirley Sherrod)
Let the record show that those who try too hard not to offend anyone, eventually wind up offending someone.
Is the Ethics Investigation really an Ethnic Investigation?
Truth be told you can find some amount of corruption with a 10-year-old girl's lemonade stand if you lack enough of a life to devote time to it. What with zoning laws, how many feet from the curve it has to be, etc., and before you know it, little Vanessa is visited upon by two stuff-shirts in 90 degree weather serving her with a citation before she can say 'whaaaaat...' Thus we've had similar childish scrutiny of 8 black Democratic lawmakers from earlier this year by the House Ethics Committee that boggle the mind.
Is the Ethics Investigation really an Ethnic Investigation?
Truth be told you can find some amount of corruption with a 10-year-old girl's lemonade stand if you lack enough of a life to devote time to it. What with zoning laws, how many feet from the curve it has to be, etc., and before you know it, little Vanessa is visited upon by two stuff-shirts in 90 degree weather serving her with a citation before she can say 'whaaaaat...' Thus we've had similar childish scrutiny of 8 black Democratic lawmakers from earlier this year by the House Ethics Committee that boggle the mind.
Controversy Highlights Plight of Black, White Farmers
Original source: he Atlanta Progressive News ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 31, 2010 (IPS) - The controversial firing of an African-American federal government employee over comments misconstrued to be racist has refocused attention on the plight of black farmers in the U.S. South.
