Slavery and the Founders
Our Founders were not Ignorant
Our Founding Fathers fully recognized and completely understood that the issue of slavery was the one great flaw in the founding of America. George Washington, in 1786 wrote concerning slavery, "there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it."
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Bilingual Failures
The Government and Hispanic Youth
Hillary Clinton challenged Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and the Bush Administration to do more to help Hispanic youth. Well, the federal government has done its part for Hispanic youth and it has been a disaster. And more government intervention, no matter how good the intentions are, is not the solution.
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Ban The N Word
End This Double Standard
If any non-black person uses the N word, it is automatically the most vulgar form of racial insult imaginable. But black comics and rappers say it all the time. Some African Americans employ it as part of their colloquial language as if it was as harmless as saying dude. It is time to end this double standard.
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Enough Already
Too Much Michael Richards
What Michael Richards said and did on stage to two black gentlemen was very inappropriate and he deserves to be chastised for it. He has since apologized profusely for it and is seeking professional help and this should have been more than enough. Mr. Richards may or may not be a racist, but this is not newsworthy.
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Deliberate Oversight
Ignoring Black Republicans
Suppose a black candidate who was slammed by racial slurs and epithets. Imagine the national uproar and moral outrage that would fill up news shows and newspapers across the country. And then imagine if that black candidate was a Republican. Oh well. There goes the uproar and the moral outrage.
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The Color of White
The Meaning of White
There is an old saying that "figures don't lie, but liars figure." To paraphrase a former President of the United States, "it all depends on what the meaning of 'white' is." Unfortunately, too many other people already have their own peculiar definitions of what the race of "white" really is and what it isn't.
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Slavery Reparations
Paying for the Sins of our Fathers
Should the United States government pay reparations to black Americans for the years their forefathers spent under the yoke of slavery in this country. Is reparations really about righting a wrong that was done generations ago. Or has this issue just become about money and politics?
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Is My Son White
And Does it Even Matter?
My skin color is brown enough that nobody would have a problem identifying me as being Hispanic. Likewise, my green-eyed blonde wife is easily identified as white. But what “label” does our infant son fall into? And does it really matter? And most importantly, who the hell should even care about it?
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Ending Racism
Where Are We Today?
For some people, nothing makes their blood boil more than the topic of prejudice and discrimination, especially in an explosive politically charged environment. For the polarized segments of America, prejudice and discrimination is a simple cut and dry topic (perhaps too simple). So where are with racism today?
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Talking Trash
But Accused of Racism
A DJ is upset over the growing racial tension that has developed in his hometown.  He is sometimes accused of being racist even though he is unabashedly liberal. But this disc jockey experiences the same problem that other white liberals run into which is “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” syndrome.
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Racism Fear
But Still Doing the Right Thing
Political correctness in this country has reached such a fever pitch high in that just about any kind of bad behavior from a “protected” group of people is not only tolerated but often encouraged. As a result, there is a lot of unacceptable conduct that goes unnoticed in this country because a minority did it.
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Misguided Anger
Bad Credit and Civil Rights
Bad credit is not a civil rights issue. Sadly, statistics show that minorities do have bad credit so civil rights activists have taken up another crusade. However, the activists don’t want to solve a problem. Instead, they want to exploit racial tensions and ignite class warfare to further their own agenda.
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Jena 6 Protesters
The Wrong Message About Racism
The Jena 6 protesters and their white liberal supporters refuse to acknowledge that there were people trying to do the right thing in Jena. Instead, they made the assumption that everybody in the South must be bigoted and ignorant. They prefer to remain comfortable in their insulated outdated stereotypes.
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Liberal Ignorance
Receiving Liberal Hate Mail
What is so amazing is that the press often ignores the inflammatory and incendiary accusations hurled by Democrats. Liberals spout off such hateful comments on a frequent basis yet the media really doesn’t care. But if a Republican were to ever have a slip of the tongue, the press would be all over it.
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Racial Injustice
Or Lack of Responsibility?
Poverty warriors and racial arsonists now have to pay at least a little bit of lip service to personal responsibility as well as to the other cultural factors that contribute to poverty. Claiming racial injustice as the sole reason to why minorities are still in poverty doesn't resonate as well at it used to.
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I Want to Kill White People
A Professor’s Call to Genocide
Just when you thought that the only racists in this country are evil white people like Michael Richards who played Kramer on Seinfeld, a new bigot emerges. Kamau Kambon is a former North Carolina State college professor who is calling for the extermination of white people. To no surprise, the press doesn't care.
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Killing White People
Where is the Proof?
Kamau Kambon, a former college professor, made outrageous statements at Howard University explaining why white people must be exterminated. However, hardly anybody has ever heard of this guy because the mainstream media ignored it. So where is the proof that he is actually calling for genocide?
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Voting Integrity
Show Me Your Photo ID
Suppose I were to step inside a convenience store to buy a 24 pack of beer and I am then asked to show some identification. Is the clerk behind the counter a racist because he or she will only sell me alcohol if and only if I have a valid photo ID? If not, then why is there such an outrage for voter ID?
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Death in the Family
The Funeral of My Aunt and Uncle
My aunt had recently passed away, which was a bit of a shock to me. My parents have grown old very gracefully and both of them are still quite healthy and have active lifestyles in their retirement. And then for the first time in a very long time, I also got to meet my cousins and a number of second and third cousins.
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