"Oh, He Speaks So Well:" On Black Diction and the Need to Demonstrate Basic Levels of Competence, First

Sen. Barack Obama was on “Good Morning America” on Monday, and of course Diane Sawyer had to ask him about race and the presidency. Obama said that he didn’t think Americans had a problem voting for a black person, so long as that person first demonstrated basic competence. Similarly, a white acquaintence of [...]

You Make It Beautiful

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Black Church Leaders’ Visit to Holy Land Rouse Concerns

“A delegation of black church leaders voiced concerns about conditions of Palestinians in the Holy Land following their first visit to Jerusalem at the invitation of local Christian leaders.”“Leaders from historic African American churches compared the situation of Palestinians in the West Bank to the inequality and injustice experienced by people of color under apartheid [...]