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June 23, 2008

Bahamas: Words of Advice

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

WeblogBahamas thinks the late Tim Russert's advice to his college-bound son should be adopted by Bahamians, especially the part about not cultivating a sense of entitlement. ...

June 17, 2008

Barbados, Bahamas, Cuba, U.S.A.: R.I.P. Russert

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Cuban blogger Ninety miles away…in another country, Adrian Gibson at Weblog Bahamas and Living in Barbados acknowledge the passing of American journalist Tim Russert. ...

June 13, 2008

Tim Wise: Your Whiteness is Showing

Aggregated from: Nicolette Bethel’s Blog

Tim Wise: Your Whiteness is Showing I’m sure that others have linked to this before me, and I’m coming late to the party, but – it’s fun. And rings true. See for yourself. This is an open letter to those white women who, despite their proclamations of progressivism, and su...

June 4, 2008

Caribbean: Reactions to Obama's Nomination

Barack Obama has secured the Democratic Party's nomination. Caribbean bloggers were online with immediate reactions to the history-making news that a black man actually has a chance of winning the race to the White House.

May 27, 2008

Bahamas, U.S.A.: Agriculture & Politics

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Larry Smith at Bahama Pundit weighs in on this and that, saying that “Food self-sufficiency for the Bahamas is an illusion” and that “The American presidential election is…the most interesting presidential race in memory.” ...

May 21, 2008

Warren Buffett endorses Obama

Aggregated from: Darryl Wolk Blog

Warren Buffett endorses ObamaWarren Buffett, the world's richest man, is backing Barack Obama in the White House race, as he tells CNN's Becky Anderson....

February 27, 2008

Race and Gender in US Presidential Politics

Aggregated from: Mental Slavery » US

Democracy Now! | Race and Gender in Presidential Politics: A Debate Between Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL: And so, to pretend that we can somehow take [race and gender] out of the conversation when a white woman runs against a black man, when she tears up at bein...

February 5, 2008

On the Victory of Barack Obama in Iowa

Aggregated from: Mental Slavery » US

Visual diversity means little. The white man has convinced us, and some of their own no doubt, that they are a homogenous group. Believe me, if black people did not exist in the world, white people would get on with the far more important work of killing other white people. However, since we do exi...

February 4, 2008

Debate on Barack Obama.

Aggregated from: Mental Slavery

Democracy Now! | Barack Obama and the African American Community: A Debate with Michael Eric Dyson and Glen Ford: The above link will take you to an excellent debate on DemocracyNOW concerning the impact of Barack Obama and the implications of an Obama presidency on black people. I especia...