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"White racism — which was widely rumored to have been driven into remission by the election of Barack Obama is resurging precisely because of his victory. Evidence of this reaction to the nation's first black president can be found in the uptick of hateful public speech and in the growing number of threats by activists who are armed and motivated to do harm. Much of this post-election ugly talk and threatened violence has been directed at the president — and even his family." - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

As we gloomily maintain the deathbed vigil for a Government whose end cannot come soon enough, it is the opposite end of the life-cycle that fixates US politics. Fittingly enough, on the eve of the nine-month anniversary of Barack Obama's election, America obsesses about the President's birth, and specifically his birthplace. - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

AS children, categorising the world helps make sense of it. That's why children often think in stereotypes. As we grow older we begin to better recognise life's complexity, and categorising is less straightforward. - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

The question, therefore, is not whether Professor Gates “resisted arrest” or “talked back” to the arresting officer; the pertinent question is why an arrest in the first place. Upon hearing the released 911 tape from the Cambridge police--following the caller initial report—the police officer suddenly asks: “… are they White, Black or Hispanics…” The question remarkably provides its own answer, namely, that the typology of race is a premeditating factor that terrifically is on the mind of officer who sends the squad car to Ware Street. As we can see, answer then is racial profiling, which consciously and/or unconsciously has been and still is an essential part of the police training in all our 50 States, plus the District of Columbia. And, worse, the “science” of profiling of all kinds has decidedly been further fortified by the fear-mongering and civil-liberty-grabbing attitude of the post-9/11 in this country—this needs to stop. - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"Barack Obama was right the first time: the police who arrested Henry Louis Gates in his own home did act stupidly" - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause." - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"As a retired police officer with over 30 years of service with the NYPD and in the state of Florida, I see the arrest of the renowned Cambridge professor as justified. In my view, the professor agitated for a racial incident and achieved his goal. He then received the attention of our national media, who were only too happy to expound his views. The problem was that it is one-sided and false." - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"*The remarks of racism being dead or that racism is dying in this country is about as true as a pink dragon sitting on the roof top of the White House." - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"LATEST POLICE FIGURES CAUSE CONCERN" - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"A West Australian high school has been forced to adopt methods to combat racism and violence." - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"I suspect the difficulty the GOP is having with race is twofold. First, they are committed to loudly asserting that nobody should ever "see" race, except for when this is to the advantage of white people. Second, they're idiots." - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"Several Chinese NGOs recently held a training course in Beijing to teach citizen journalists how to use Twitter and other new media in their reporting. The main speaker was one of China's better known Twitterati, Zhou Shuguang, who goes by the pen name Zola. Zola says that when he's reporting on politically sensitive stories, Twitter is not only a good reporting tool, but it can also protect him in case he gets detained. "Citizen journalists will usually say at what time and what place they made their last move,"" - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet

"Yunus, who pioneered a micro-financing system for the poor, said the financial meltdown has shown that traditional ways of doing business have not worked. "This economic crisis suddenly awakens us to the fact that this system is not working. When the system is not working that is the best time to undo it and redo it in a new way,"" - Anti-Racism.TV from Bookmarklet