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Boston City Councilor John Connolly To Run For Mayor
Boston city councilor John Connolly held a rally outside Brighton High School Tuesday morning to kick off his campaign for mayor.
Opinion: Obama’s Biggest Failure Has Been On Race Relations
Unfortunately, political poll after political poll reveals that the presidential election of 2012 has much to do – in fact, more to do – with the race of the presidential candidate than most anything else.
Opinion: Obama’s 2007 Speech is Disturbingly Racist
While there’s nothing wrong with an African-American president speaking in a black dialect, there is something terribly wrong with him speaking in a black accent and cadence when undoubtedly inciting racism to a predominantly African-American audience.
Opinion: The Unreported Racism Of The 2012 Election: 0% Of African-Americans Support Romney
The media keeps suggesting that the racism regarding candidates has to do with whites not wanting to vote for a black man, even though Barack Obama won a presidential election with a great amount of white support in 2008. What the media isn’t talking about is the NBC-Wall Street survey results which say that there are basically no black supporters for the Caucasian candidate, Mitt Romney, in 2012.
NightSide Weekend Commentary – Why Is Race A Big Deal?
It’s 2012, for goodness sake.
Opinion: Obama Fails To Address Black America’s Disappointments With His Presidency
Many who supported Obama in 2008 did so because they believed that he would help black Americans. The criticism four years later is that having a black president in the White House hasn’t helped African Americans at all.
Opinion: Republicans Bring Back Politics Of Racial Division
In 2008 it seemed we had entered a new era of post-racial politics, but the dog whistle politics of the Grand Old Party has again raised its ugly head. In fact, since Obama’s election the Tea Party Republicans efforts to race bait have only increased.
Opinion: Media Covers Up Violence Of Flash Mobs
Flash mobs were once innocent social experiments, but now are all too often racial attacks. Unfortunately, the media continues to paint a rosy picture and fails to report the violence and crime they cause.
Opinion: Learn To Be An American
One day after Rush Limbaugh called on W. Mitt Romney to use racist attacks against the President, Romney dispatched campaign surrogate John Sununu to deliver a message to the first African American President of the United States: we will teach you how to be an American.
One Last Thing: Adrian Martinez Classic Race
A special race is taking place this weekend to remember a champion runner, gifted student and a beloved son.
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