Pressure builds to end abuse of black women Tuesday, 21 August 2007 The good news is that momentum is mounting against the use of words and images that denigrate African-American women and girls in so much popular music. But will the black community hold individual African-Americans accountable for actions that harm women?  Read more at chicagotribune.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 114   Slur heard 'round the world Monday, 20 August 2007 The N-word is in disturbingly popular usage in parts of Africa, helped along by hip-hop culture. Homegrown in the West and imported to God knows where, hip-hop has duped even those who've nary a financial hope of jetting off to America into thinking that slinging the N-word, as many Americans do, is coolly cosmopolitan... Read more at newsday.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 84   Why Are So Many Americans in Prison? - Race and the transformation of criminal justice Thursday, 16 August 2007 Crime rates peaked in 1992 and have dropped sharply since. Even as crime rates fell, however, imprisonment rates remained high and continued their upward march. The result, the current American prison system, is a leviathan unmatched in human history.  Read more at BostonReview.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 95   Hillary Clinton panders in talk to blacks Wednesday, 15 August 2007 Sen. Hillary Clinton's really got -- well, you know. No matter how well-intended, the average white politician can't get away with trotting out a "black speech" before black audiences without being accused of shameless pandering.  Read more at suntimes.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 98   Interracial relationships remain taboo to some Tuesday, 14 August 2007 The societal fear connected with the black male/white female union and the threat of miscegenation consistently has generated a great deal of racial animosity throughout the history of this country, in sports and in the culture at large.  Read more at ESPN.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 141

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