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- Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and the Home of the Shameless
  Posted by Shemuses from Alternet
  Is "ghetto" a term to embrace? Cora Daniel's new book, Ghettonation, looks at the usage of the word and its affect on the black community.
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- KABOBfest: The Only Good Lebanese is a Dead Lebanese, Says Former U.S. Diplomat to Lebanon
  Posted by Shemuses
  Racism against Arabs and Muslims is alive and well in the U.S. More often than not, such racism goes unnoticed primarily because antagonism towards Arabs and Muslims has become so commonplace and acceptable in American discourse. Too often we see pundits with certified histories of unquestionable and open racism against Arabs and Muslims (such as Coulter, Pipes, etc) invited time and again to cable news shows.
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- Hotel mistakes Nobel laureate for bag lady | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
  Posted by Shemuses from Guardian UK
  Staff at Cancun's five-star Hotel Coral Beach appear to have assumed this was another street vendor or beggar, so without asking questions they ordered her to leave. Except the woman was Rigoberta Menchú, the Nobel peace prizewinner, Unesco goodwill ambassador, Guatemalan presidential candidate and figurehead for indigenous rights. The attempted eviction, an example of discrimination against indigenous people common in central and south America, backfired when other guests...
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- Sikh passport photos rejected because of headgear
  Posted by Shemuses from CBC
  A Sikh family in Surrey, B.C., is upset because Passport Canada denied their children's passport applications, saying the religious head garb the children wore in their photos was unacceptable. Days later, the decision was reversed but the family is demanding to know why the pictures were rejected in the first place.
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- NYPD Report Profiles Arab Americans As Homegrown Terror Threats
  Posted by Shemuses from Washington Post
  The 90-page report, compiled by two police counterterrorism analysts, argues that the danger posed by homegrown radical Islamists is growing, fueled by Internet communications and the growing global popularity of jihadist ideology. The report stereotypically predicts a ‘tajectory of radicalization,” for Muslim citizens who frequent cabdriver hangouts and hookah bars among other benign locations.
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- Tribe's Losing Battle With Loggers
  Posted by Shemuses from Al Jazeera
  Borneo is one of the last jungle wildernesses on Earth, where indigenous tribes lead a way of life unchanged for centuries. But the destruction of native forests by logging companies is threatening their existence.
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- No Matter What We Say Now Every Black Person in America Will Vote for Obama
  Posted by Shemuses from Huffington Post
  If you're black you already know this and if you're not, I'm sure you've suspected it. No matter what we might say in the polls today, come time to vote in our respective primaries I guarantee you that the black vote for Obama will be nothing short of a landslide.
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akinsalawu comments on:
Can The Economic Crisis Advance Racial Progress?

http://takingnote.tcf.org/

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12:23 pm 10/10/08
modfyre comments on:
Obama effigy hung from tree at US Christian college

How very ‘Un-Christian’ of them, makes you sick really….

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12:36 am 10/08/08
oneohone comments on:
Aboriginal issues missing from election campaign: First Nations leader

This is bad. Their issues should be discussed in the election

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6:01 pm 10/06/08
oneohone comments on:
Racism Without Racists

I’m not sure if this is accurate. Obama would hot have as much black support if he was white. Assuming he was still liberal he would still not pick up additional conservative support.

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5:23 pm 10/05/08
modfyre comments on:
This is Your Nation on White Privilege

We all got problems, many people face discrimination, the elderly, young, women, disabled, single mothers..It’s never acceptable under any circumstances….lots of people face the challenge of discrimination. No one group has a monopoly!

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5:20 pm 10/04/08
mozellagi2000 comments on:
Forum sells 'Obama Waffles' with racial stereotype

Can’t anyone make a joke anymore…. it’s perfect !

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6:53 am 9/21/08
vasillekael comments on:
Lose your house, lose your vote

foreclose is not the solution why not republican party gather votes in their state

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3:56 am 9/12/08

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Shemuses
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Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.
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“The Angryindian” is an internationally recognized Indigenist activist and outspoken critic of U.S. colonialism practised against Aboriginal societies in America and abroad. He is editor of IntelligentaIndigena Novajoservo and the host of Radyo Inteligentaindigena, an independent, non-partisan international Indigenist podcast.
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