Happy Birthday, President Barack Hussein Obama

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Wednesday August 03, 2011 · 7:32 AM PDT

2011/08/03 · 07:32

As a fellow Leo, Mr. President, I know that you are doing your best under circumstances unseen in our history. I'll be attending a house party tonight for your birthday. I look forward to getting out and walking around the corner to meet my neighbors who are ready to get engaged in the campaign.

I met many of my neighbors on the Day of Action a few weeks ago. Let me tell you Mr. President, my neighbors got ya back! They see what is being done to you because they've dealt with it all their lives.

So Happy Birthday! Stay Strong.

And know for all the screams and protestations, most Americans, at least in my hood know that our problems are structural and that it would be political suicide for you to do anything other than to make change when and where you can. I appreciate the change you've made to me and mine. Trust me, Mr. President, not much goes unnoticed by me and mine.

P.S. Love you, too, Michelle!

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Sunday July 17, 2011 · 8:21 AM PDT

2011/07/17 · 08:21

Increasingly I'm seeing Slavery in the US discussed more and more. In order to combat the memes that serve to ignore and obfuscate the true nature of the horror and brutality of slavery, I've started a group to explore Slavery without the whitewashing.

If you are interested in submitting a diary, please PM. There are many topics to cover, some known and some unknown. But the view of slavery as a benign institution and slaves as families members of their owners has had long consequences for African Americans still to this day. I also want to discuss Slavery outside of the US and the enslavement of Native Americans in this series.

There is so much to explore and discuss.

Learn more about the Slavery in the US Group Here

There is so much to cover and so much to combat. Join me in helping to right the historical record.

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Saturday July 02, 2011 · 10:25 AM PDT

2011/07/02 · 10:25

Frederick Douglass wrote:

” What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sound of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanks-givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.”

Today I want to reflect on Jane Iles. First, I want to introduce you to Jane Iles, my great-great-great-grandmother. Jane was probably born a slave, born in 1830 and lived at least until 1900. Not much is known about Jane other than information found on the census. Jane had at least one daughter, Caroline. Jane was illiterate and a laborer. Jane lived in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana which has fascinating history as the contested lawless Neutral Strip.

Calcasieu Parish was called the Neutral Ground and/or Sabine Free State
The Neutral Ground (also known as the Neutral Strip, the Neutral Territory, and the No Man's Land of Louisiana; sometimes anachronistically referred to as the Sabine Free State was a disputed area between Spanish Texas and the United States' newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. Local officers of Spain and the United States agreed to leave the Neutral Ground temporarily outside the jurisdiction of either country. The area, now in western Louisiana, had neutral status from 1806 to 1821.
Neutral Ground

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Thursday June 23, 2011 · 3:45 PM PDT

2011/06/23 · 15:45

Erasing Hate is a true story of redemption. This original MSNBC documentary chronicles the grueling journey of Bryon Widner, a skinhead "enforcer" who—with the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center—extracted himself from the white power world, only to find that the racist tattoos covering his head and body were a constant reminder to himself and others of his violent past.

I hope you'll watch Erasing Hate to see how you're helping to make a difference in our fight against hate.

Sunday, June 26
9 p.m. ET
MSNBC

I'm looking forward to watching this documentary this weekend. Maybe we should liveblog it here at DKOS...more below the fold.

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Monday June 06, 2011 · 12:47 PM PDT

2011/06/06 · 12:47

So this week our on-scene reporter has caught up with Trump to get his insight on his new post as Chair Emeritus of the blacks. As many of you know, his post has been quite controversial. There have been charges that his post is nothing more than Rovian window-dressing to cover his racial insensitivity and defense of racists. The small group of supporters (and getting smaller every day) has insisted that Trump’s post is sincere (sincere in lodging conspiracy theories and routing out ~~racist~~ reverse racist).

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Wednesday May 25, 2011 · 8:13 AM PDT

2011/05/25 · 08:13

I love the emails I receive from the What Tami Said blogger. I usually get daily updates and they are snippets of sanity. Today she posted about the Satoshi Kanazawa's Psychology Today article and speaks directly to feminism as it related to black women. You should go check it out here. It is short but gets to the heart of the matter.

She also links to this blog posting that really got my attention oveDirty Pretty Thangs. I’m sure that would many here falling out in fits.

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Monday May 23, 2011 · 10:59 AM PDT

2011/05/23 · 10:59

Oh, he should totally face a primary challenger. There will be nothing like win after win after trouncing after convincing trouncing, week after week, month after month to give him good visuals. In fact, the primary will be so lopsided in the first few states, I'm sure many will blame him for being a bully.

I like the visual:

Iowa - Obama 95% of the vote vs. Challenger 5% of the vote

But that will totally convince him he needs to move to the "left", I suppose.

In short and this is very short, a primary challenge will do nothing but assure The President a string of landslide victories before the primary election, IMO.

I'm all for that visual heading into the General Election.

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Updated: Donald Trump accepts appointment of Chair Emeritus of the Blacks

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Thursday May 12, 2011 · 8:14 AM PDT

2011/05/12 · 08:14

Breaking – This just in. Donald Trump has accepted an appointment as the Chair Emeritus of the blacks.

That’s right! We’ve just recently learned that one becomes an expert on the blacks by being discriminatory in hiring, telling a black guy he is too educated, doing everything in your power to try and keep an overqualified black guy from winning your reality show and the mother of all mothers of racial understanding…Birtherism.

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Wednesday April 20, 2011 · 7:57 AM PDT

2011/04/20 · 07:57

This diary is prompted by all of the events of the past several days in regards to incivility, civility, etc and this wonderful blog entry by former Kossack abrauer, “Privilege-and-Paternalism-talking-cross-culturally” over at the Angry Black Lady Chronicles’ blog.

Let me start by saying that I recognize there are areas where I am privileged vis–a-vis others:

I own a car (though paid The Black Tax* to finance it)
I’m well-educated
I am abled
My salary is above the median income
I’m an American-born citizen
I can read and own a personal computer and can afford access to the internet
I do not have to perform manual labor to fulfill my job requirements
I’m straight and HIV-negative
I can provide pedagogic privilege to my child

I’m sure I’ve left off a few other privileges

*“The black tax is the price blacks (and other minorities) pay in our daily lives because of racial stereotypes. Like a tax, racial discrimination is persistent, pervasive and seemingly inevitable -- as in "Nothing in life is certain save death and taxes." And just as the state collects general taxes, blacks often regard state representatives such as police and judges as IRS agents for the black tax.”

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Wednesday March 09, 2011 · 10:53 AM PST

2011/03/09 · 10:53

Okay, so I admit that I've been a life long fan of both Michael Jackson and Prince for varying reasons. I will also admit that I was a little overboard in my love for both growing up...really overboard. I may have even gone a little overboard with my mourning for Michael's passing, just a little so bear with me as I ask you to join me for the battle of battles and your participation is needed!

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Wednesday February 23, 2011 · 9:18 AM PST

2011/02/23 · 09:18

Today is the 20 year anniversary of a horrific fire that claimed the life of three firefighters, injured 12 other firefighters and left a Philadelphia high-rise apartment building gutted for years.

Inscribed on the memorial to the three fallen firefighters:

"To sacrifice one's own safety in the service of others requires a courage that is rare. Those among us who do are true heroes."

The three deceased members of Engine Company 11 were Captain
David P. Holcombe (age 52), Firefighter Phyllis McAllister (43), and
Firefighter James A. Chappell (29).

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Tuesday February 22, 2011 · 8:25 AM PST

2011/02/22 · 08:25

As I've been proselytizing here and everywhere about Jonathan Kozol's book, Savage Inequalities, I will rely on the text from the book to support my arguments. As was pointed out, the book was written 20 years ago. Sadly not much has changed for children in urban areas across the country. I am so grateful that I was finishing high school when the author was conducting his research. The district where I completed my high school education is immeasurably worse now.

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