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In America, You’re Still Your Skin Color

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Christopher A. Darden and Michele Noble When Juror B37 detailed to CNN’s Anderson Cooper how she and her fellow jurors came to their verdict, we, as a nation, had a myriad of reactions—some judicial, some moral, and some just plain … Continue reading →

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Zimmerman Defense Team Responds To President Obama’s Remarks On Race, Case

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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The Costs of Racial “Color Blindness”

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Michael I. Norton and Evan P. Apfelbaum It’s a natural tendency, proven time and again in research: When you see a new person, one of the first things you notice is his or her race. In business life, however, … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama, Black President, Has Finally Entered the Room: What if Trayvon Martin Had a Gun and Stood His Ground?

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Chauncey DeVega President Obama has spoken less about race than any other President in recent memory. Today’s surprise speech on the Trayvon Martin case is a payment on that gross neglect against the debit on his account as the … Continue reading →

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President Obama: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me”

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

These comments were made in the briefing room without a teleprompter. A heart-felt delivery that bookends the President’s Philadelphia race speech during his first campaign for President.

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Chris Matthews apologizes to black co-workers on behalf of ‘all white people’

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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Touré – The internal response to racial slights

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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Ugly Opposition to Immigration Reform Comes Back to Capitol Hill

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By George Zornick If there’s one media failing in the immigration debate, it is that many mainstream reporters hedge around the fact that at least some conservative opposition to the bill is based in cultural and even racial animus towards … Continue reading →

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Living in the Land of the Free Doesn’t Make You Free

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Walter Mosley I remember when I was 17 years old, in 1969; three of my friends dropped by in one of their cars and asked me if I wanted to go out with them to the beach or the … Continue reading →

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Trayvon Martin And Why The Right-Wing Media Spent 16 Months Smearing A Dead Teenager

Posted on July 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Eric Boehlert Appearing on Fox & Friends in the wake of a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, Geraldo Rivera’s claim that Martin brought about his own death by dressing in a hooded sweatshirt the … Continue reading →

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