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3 New Jersey Teens Charged with Videotaped Immigrant Death

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 28th 2010 9:34AM
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights

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3 New Jersey teens charged with videotaped immigrant death

Abelino Mazaniego (pictured above) from El Salvador was beaten to death after finishing his shift at a Summit, N.J., restaurant. He was allegedly beaten by three teenagers who decided to record the beating on a cell phone camera. Mazaniego was a father of four children. He was beaten unconscious and died in the hospital four days later.

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$7 Million Awarded in the Sean Bell Shooting

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 27th 2010 8:56PM
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights

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The city of New York reached a settlement today on the shooting of Sean Bell by police. The Bell estate will receive $3.5 million and the remainder will go to the families of Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, who were with Bell on the night of the shooting.

Bell was shot on the night before his wedding in 2006.

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Virginia Senator Jim Webb Calls For End To Government Diversity Programs

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 27th 2010 10:44AM
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights

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Virginia Senator Jim Webb Calls For End To Government Diversity programs

Virginia Senator Jim Webb has gotten some attention lately by calling for an end to diversity programs. Webb argues that the programs hurt poor whites and reduce the ability to achieve racial harmony.

In the Wall Street Journal, Webb stated that a "plethora of government-enforced diversity policies have marginalized many white workers. The time has come to cease the false arguments and allow every American the benefit of a fair chance at the future."

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Is President Obama's Team 'Too White?': NY Times Writer Thinks So

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 26th 2010 7:28PM
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights

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Maureen Dowd:
Maureen Dowd of the New York Times is a white woman. She is also a woman who feels that President Barack Obama isn't black enough. Well, at least his cabinet isn't. Dowd made an interesting argument recently that when it comes to race, Obama and his crew are simply screwing up the issue left and right. "We may not have a 'nation of cowards' on race," Dowd said. "But we may have a West Wing of cowards on race."

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Woman Causes Deadly Crash In Feud Over an Inmate's Love

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 26th 2010 7:24PM
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A 23-year-old Michigan woman was arraigned, after being charged with second-degree murder. Police said that she caused another woman to have an accident that led to her death in a fight that started on Facebook.

Torrie Lynn Emery is also charged with child abuse, since the woman had a baby in the car at the time of the accident. Torrie was chasing after Danielle Booth, the 20-year-old woman who she'd been feuding with over the love of a prison inmate.

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President Obama Says Vilsack Jumped the Gun on Shirley Sherrod

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 23rd 2010 4:37AM
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights

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President Obama recently spoke with ABC News and some other media outlets about the case of Shirley Sherrod, the woman who was dismissed after a doctored video surfaced to make it appear as if she made racist statements. It turned out that the video evidence had been significantly altered, and Sherrod wasn't being racist after all.

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Barack Obama Celebrates Victory on Financial Reform

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 22nd 2010 10:41AM
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama

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President Barack Obama has reason to celebrate after signing legislation to overhaul the nation's financial system. The set of new rules is one of the most sweeping transformations since the Great Depression. It adds new protections for consumers and risk-management regulations to keep the banking industry under control.

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CBC Gets Involved With Shirley Sherrod Firing

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 22nd 2010 5:52AM
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, has stepped in on the unjust firing of Shirley Sherrod. Sherrod was asked to resign after a doctored videotape was released to make it appear as if she'd made racist statements. Further investigation found that the comments were taken out of context and that Sherrod was telling a story that turned out to be favorable toward race relations in America.

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Black Candidate Puts 'Not the White Man's B*tch' on Ballot Description

By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jul 22nd 2010 12:25AM

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Ieshuh Griffin is a legislative candidate from Wisconsin who seems willing to do whatever it takes to get elected. In the five words that candidates are allowed to put on the ballot to describe themselves, Griffin put the phrase, "Not the white man's b*tch."

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