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Mainstream media falls for fake, right wing-backed Black Panther scandal
Ripping a page right out of the white supremacist training book, conservative bloggers are crying about the blatant “trampling of white rights” by the Department of Justice simply because it chose not to take up a case where the New Black Panther party was alleged to have insulted white voters. Check them out here, here and here.
It was an ugly scene, no doubt. Apparently, these guys yelled “white devil” to some white folks and told them “you’re about to be ruled by the black man, cracker.” Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Civil rights groups convene with focus on economy
The nation’s largest civil rights groups are gathering this weekend to set their agendas and gear up for fall’s mid-term elections. The National Council of La Raza will host its convention in San Antonio, while members of the NAACP meet in Kansas City, Mo. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Black GOP candidate slams Obama for exploiting race
One of the GOP’s handful of black candidates for Congress condemned President Barack Obama of exploiting race for political gain.
Allen West, the Republican challenging Rep. Ron Klein (D) in Florida’s 22nd congressional district, sharply criticized the Obama administration for having allegedly declined prosecuting the New Black Panther Party on voter tampering charges for political reasons. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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FL Senate candidate Meek raises over $1 Million from 7,000-plus supporters
The Kendrick Meek campaign raised over $1 million from more than 7,000 supporters in the fundraising quarter that ended on June 30
Of the 7,000 supporters, 85% gave $100 or less. While the number of individuals contributing to Kendrick’s fight for middle class families grew by nearly 50% from the first to second quarter, ‘Meltdown Mogul’ Jeff Greene’s campaign is sustained by a supporter of one (himself) and the fortune he made wrecking the middle class. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Lights out: Renewable energy push has limited minority involvement
This summer has seen a big push for renewable energy from statewide candidates, incoming legislative leaders and environmental groups. The ongoing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has reignited talk of conservation and the need to move away from dependence on oil.
But what’s been missing so far has been any substantial involvement or support from Florida’s minority communities. Sometimes it's a stormy relationship, if there is any relationship at all. Read more at fltrib.com.
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Uhuru leader says St. Petersburg police are unfairly targeting his family
Local activist Omali Yeshitela called the recent arrests of his sons on drug charges attacks on him and the movement he started.
Yeshitela, the 68-year-old founder of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement and a former St. Petersburg mayoral candidate, called a news conference Tuesday to say that he, his family and the movement are being targeted by authorities. Read more at tampabay.com.
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Alvin Greene: Once a withdrawn teen, man now takes on senator
Alvin Greene earned the nickname “turtle” in high school — a quiet, withdrawn boy who was smart when he applied himself but rarely took a chance and tried to put himself in comfortable situations.
Nearly four weeks ago, the 32-year-old unemployed military veteran turned South Carolina’s political scene upside down when he won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat. And unlike that high school student, he’s taking a big chance: running against powerhouse Republican Sen. Jim DeMint. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Racism in Mexico rears its ugly head
Every morning during television coverage of the World Cup, on the Mexican equivalent of the “Today” show, co-hosts chat, trade barbs and yuck it up. Behind them, actors in blackface makeup, dressed in fake animal skins and wild “Afro” wigs, gyrate, wave spears and pretend to represent a cartoonish version of South Africa.
Yes, in the 21st century, blackface characters on a major television network. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Returning vets of color face unique challenges
Veterans returning home from their tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq all must adjust to life back home. However, according to officials, veterans of color often either fail to use no-cost services they are rightfully entitled to or do so too late for various reasons. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Former Raiders QB Russell Arrested For Codeine Syrup
Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell has been charged with possession of a controlled substance -- codeine syrup -- after being arrested at his home in Alabama on Monday, authorities said.
The 24-year-old former LSU star and the No. 1 draft choice in 2007 was arrested as part of an undercover narcotics investigation, said Mobile County Sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Myles. Read more at ESPN.com.
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Senators say Steele on hot seat as GOP chairman
Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham spoke from the war zone Sunday to condemn GOP chairman Michael Steele’s comment that Afghanistan was a “war of Obama’s choosing.”
Neither GOP lawmaker, however, was outraged enough to demand Steele’s resignation, as some other Republican have done. Both said from Kabul it was up to Steele to decide whether he could continue to lead the party. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Bill Cosby on education, responsibility at Essence Music Festival
Bill Cosby used his trademark humor and storytelling style to chide hundreds gathered Saturday at the Essence Music Festival’s empowerment seminars into talking to their children about real life and, in the process, keeping it simple.
“We’ve got to lay it out for them,” Cosby said when asked about how to help cut the rate of teen pregnancies in America. “Let’s tell them about life. You’re 14 and having sex. OK. So, what kind of job do you have?” Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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NY Rep. Rangel stumbles after reaching top
Just about everyone likes Charlie Rangel.
Republicans pump his hand, Democrats put their arms around his shoulders and women of all political persuasions give him pecks on the cheek. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Temple University archaeologists unearth African American historical site
A group of Temple University archaeology students and volunteers is excavating what they believe is an important African-American historical site.
They say an entire village is buried near Rancocas Creek in Westampton Township outside Mount Holly, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Black Landowners Fight to Reclaim Georgia Home
When the managers from the federal
But when the members of the Harris Neck Land Trust talk about it, they speak of injustice, racism and a place they used to call home. Read more at nytimes.com.
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Wilton Manors Police Chief Under Criminal Investigation
The Wilton Manors Police Department is reeling from reports that the police chief is under criminal investigation.
Senior managers have given employees strict warnings not to discuss the probe. Read entire story at sfltimes.com.
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GOP chair Steele staying put despite latest gaffe
Michael Steele is staying put as Republican Party chairman.
Despite his widely condemned comments on Afghanistan, even his GOP critics want to avoid a drawn-out fight over the party’s most prominent African-American just four months before midterm elections. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Obama filling Medicare post, bypassing Senate
President Barack Obama intends to use the congressional recess to bypass the Senate and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick, an expert on patient care who’s drawn fire from the GOP, to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the White House announced late Tuesday.
The appointment was to be made Wednesday, with lawmakers out of town for their annual July Fourth break, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said in a post on the White House blog. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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Secret donors make Clarence Thomas’s wife’s group tea party player
When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife announced in 2008 that she was going to help run Washington operations for a Michigan college once described as “a citadel of American conservatism,” she said the move was her “way of pulling away from politics” and the “safest place for me to be when it comes to conflicts” with her husband’s position on the court. Read more at blackpoliticsontheweb.com.
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New Book, “Acting White,” Claims Integration Ruined Black Education
Author Stewart Buck has a new book, “Acting White: The Ironic Legacy Of Desegregation” in which he claims that integration has had a negative affect on African-American education. Richard Thompson Ford at Slate wrote this about the book:
It was desegregation that destroyed thriving black schools where black faculty were role models and nurtured excellence among black students. In the most compelling chapter of Acting White, Buck describes that process and the anguished reactions of the black students, teachers, and communities that had come to depend on the rich educational and social resource in their midst. Read entire story at newsone.com.
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