Posted on November 29, 2007 by thestateofblog
Shelby Steele, the Hoover Inst.’s favorite house slave, has written a new book about Barack Obama’s racial “mask.” Hat tip: Bookerrising.
“Shelby Steele, the black conservative scholar at the Hoover Institution and best-selling author of The Content Of Our Character, has a new book out next week called A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by thestateofblog
The number of hate crimes in the U.S. last year rose almost 8 percent, a new Federal Bureau of Investigation study found.
Today’s FBI study found that 51.8 percent of the hate crimes in 2006 [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by thestateofblog
Janice Shaw Crouse dicusses the glass ceiling of home and how many women who could be CEOs and partners are foregoing those titles in favor of part-time work.
“While many analysts lament women’s so-called “forced” choices, studies indicate that more and more of today’s professionals are unwilling to make the kind of trade-offs that previous generations [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by thestateofblog
“Rampaging youths rioted for a second night in Paris’ suburbs, firing at officers and ramming burning cars into buildings. At least 80 officers were injured, a senior police union official said today.
“Youths, many of them Arab and black children of immigrants, again appeared to be lashing out at police and other targets seen to represent [...]
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