So, Black History Month, we meet again.
It seems to me that Black History Month is the only celebrated ethnic month. Well, it is the most widely celebrated ethnic month. There are other Ethnic Celebration/History months, you ask? Why, gee, of course there is. Read More »
Race
Black History Month
By Gypsy - Posted on February 12th, 2008
the N word: should African Americans use it?
By brownbfly - Posted on February 12th, 2008
Tagged: Race
• Shared responsibility
This topic is always a hot topic among people. It could take a like, a billion years to argue. Right now, since I don't have anyone to argue with, I'm gonna give my opinion on it. Ok. Ready? Read More »
S.O.S. (Same 'Ol...uh, "Stuff!")
By Luidavinci - Posted on February 12th, 2008
Tagged: african-american
• better future
• bigotry
• hate
• holocaust
• Hurricanes
• ignorance
• Independence Day
• Intolerance
• Jay Leno
• Jewish
• memory
• Philosophy
• preparation
• prevention
• primitive
• progress
• prosperity
• Race
• Religion
• resolutions
• Security
• war
Have you ever noticed how short-term our memories are over a period of time? Read More »
Are we ready? Not really.
By fallon - Posted on January 23rd, 2008
Tagged: barack obama
• controversy
• discrimination
• election 2008
• Hillary Clinton
• minorities
• news
• Presidential race
• Race
• Racism
• women
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Better future
Several times since Clinton and Obama announced their run for the White House, we've been asked here at ProgressiveU and elsewhere if the United States was ready for a woman or black president. My answer to that question has always been a simple yes. Read More »
Clinton running to lose and losing to win. WOW!!
By Guest - Posted on January 23rd, 2008
Sometimes, I wonder
By jawoniyi - Posted on January 11th, 2008
Is this what he died for?...Martin Luther King...
Who gave birth to a new idea, to a dream
Was it for blacks to obsess over material things,
to sell dope on the corners so they could be covered in bling?
Sometimes I wonder, would he be proud?
Of the way we carry ourselves, or stand out in a crowd?
Would he think its positive...the way we live? Read More »
I Am NOT White: Racism and Stereotypes in America
By burningexample - Posted on November 13th, 2007
Tagged: ethnicity
• nationality
• Race
• Racism
• stereotypes
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Better future
I know what you're thinking, "Not Another Blog About Racism!" I thought that too. But this is too good to pass up. Read More »
A Discourse Upon Race in the Theoritical World
By MSWhitacre - Posted on November 5th, 2007
It has frequently come to my attention, when reading and listening to the many theoretical discourses and teachings upon art and culture that race is a thing that is almost always ignored to the typical White-American/ European. What is frequently talked about is sex/ gender roles and politics, but race is avoided like the Black Plague (no pun intended). Why is this? Could be fear? Read More »
