Twenty Years Gone

Back in high school, one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs was “Ten Years Gone” from the Physical Graffiti album. It was a melancholy sort of song, and I did melancholy really well as a teenager. With Robert Plant’s pensive lyrics about days gone by and Jimmy Page’s layer upon layer of forlorn guitar, it was a [...]

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Why White Supremacists Like Obama

Here’s an interesting report from the Associated Press on the current mood among white supremacist groups regarding a potential Barack Obama victory in November.
He’d be a “visual aid,” says former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, in trying to bring others around to their view that whites have lost control of America. Obama’s election, says [...]

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Is Obama the Antichrist? No, says Tim LaHaye

 
Looks like I’m on a Barack Obama kick again. Sorry about that, but I couldn’t resist posting about this latest curiosity that came to my attention today when I received a press release from the Christian Newswire. It’s about one of the current campaign ads from John McCain. I hadn’t seen it yet, but the press [...]

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Obama and the End of Black Politics (As We Know It)

This weekend’s edition of The New York Times Magazine features an excellent report titled “Is Obama the End of Black Politics?” It’s an incredibly well-written, well-reported piece that I would love to have written myself. Alas, credit Matt Bai for his epic survey of black politics today. Using Barack Obama’s historic candidacy as a barometer, [...]

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‘Oh, say, can you … Lift every voice?’

National Anthem-gate is causing quite a stir in Denver. Has anyone caught drift of this controversy yet? It seems jazz singer Rene Marie really pushed the limits during a civic event in the Mile High City.  My old friend Steve Chavis offers some great thoughts about it over at his excellent blog, The Old School (and I’m not [...]

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Coming to a Newspaper Near You: ‘RiseUp’

Have any of you seen RiseUp in your local newspaper yet? This groundbreaking weekly newspaper insert and online magazine is designed to stir our thinking on issues of race, ethnicity, and culture. It launches this weekend with a circulation of more than 4 million. In her note to readers, the publication’s founder and publisher, Janice [...]

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Happy Loving Day

Today, June 12, is celebrated by many interracial couples and families as “Loving Day.” I must confess I was not aware of this special day until I read reports last month about Mildred Loving’s death.
On this day in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the laws banning interracial marriage. (Think about that—1967!) Richard and Mildred Loving were the interracial couple whose [...]

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Better Late Than Whenever

As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t been blogging that much lately—too busy! And I probably shouldn’t be blogging now, but I wanted to call your attention to a few items of interest I’ve run across recently. Some of them are slightly aged but still worthwhile.

“Racial Shift in a Progressive City Spurs Talks.” A case study of [...]

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Should Transracial Adoptions Be Colorblind?

Thanks to my friend P.E.W. for calling my attention to an excellent article in today’s Chicago Tribune about a new report from the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute that says minority children in foster care are being ill-served by a federal law that plays down race and culture in adoptions.
“The law muzzled any agency that [...]

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Stuff White People Like

In the comments to a previous post, Tyson Aschliman reminded me about Christine Scheller’s suggestion that I check out the new blog Stuff White People Like. I meant to reply to her on that awhile back but got distracted. I’m sorry, Christine.
I had heard about Stuff White People Like (SWPL) earlier this year through TheRoot.com and another interesting [...]

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