Sunday Morning Musings - Philly

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Sunday February 13, 2011 · 7:52 AM PST

2011/02/13 · 07:52

Lots of things swirling through my head this morning. I've been reading "Savage Inequalities" and I'm not sure I've read a book as heart-breaking as this book. I'm half-way finished and I keep telling everyone that Chapter 2 of the book is a must read. It lays out the state of education so clearly. The book was written 20 years ago, when I was in high school and education had not devolved to the level it is today. 20 years ago, a working poor mother actually had options to educate her children and thus ensure they would move from working poor to middle class. Not so much now...

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Yo, MB, cut the crap!

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Friday January 28, 2011 · 9:21 AM PST

2011/01/28 · 09:21

In today's pundit round-up posted by Meteor Blades, the first article posted is "What Ails the Black Body Politic?" In the article, the authors poses the question, why are Black Democratic voters not as disappointed in President Obama (evidenced by our 90% approval rating and a 16% unemployment figure). On the other hand white Democrats are far less satisfied with President Obama with a 36% approval rating and 8% unemployment.

So why must the frame be that the white Democratic voters are the norm or in other words, why isn't the question..."What Ails the White Body Politic?"

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Friday December 10, 2010 · 4:57 AM PST

2010/12/10 · 04:57

So I received this email in my Inbox on Facebook and thought this 10 Point Guide, called "I Can Fix It" could start a discussion here on DKOS. I will give a top line of the 10 points, 5 for whites and 5 for People of Color.

More below the fold...

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Tuesday November 09, 2010 · 7:14 AM PST

2010/11/09 · 07:14

I've long argued that poverty is not the sole issue as far as poor and minority children's achievement. I've also argued that fixating on poverty as a reason is another form of racism, insted of biological determination our country is all too comfortable with affixing CULTURAL determination to the under achievement of poor and minority children.

Well a new study out goes to the heart of genes, culture etc.

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Wednesday October 27, 2010 · 7:32 AM PDT

2010/10/27 · 07:32

I received an email from One Pennsylvania/First Suburbs Project of SEPA. Having spent the majority of my life in an inner city or a "First Suburb," I understand the aim of this group and can clearly see the disinvestment of whole metropolitan regions, like my own. Well the email included a link to a study funded by the Century Foundation, a Progressive think tank in New York City.

More about the study below the fold:

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Monday October 25, 2010 · 8:06 AM PDT

2010/10/25 · 08:06

So most everyone who has encountered me on this blog knows pretty much that I’m passionate about literacy. I’m a pretty decent political organizer, but organizing projects around literacy is where I really go all in. I’ve been a member of a successful coalition in my city two years ago to save 11 neighborhood libraries. I’ve also, created a tri-state reading program as a key component of the King Day of Service that selects one book a year, asks students to read the book and submit essays. I instituted this program two years ago and although I’m no longer with the non-profit, this program is still thriving and has become a main component for students to get involved with the King Day of Service.

Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking about putting together another literacy project that would require participation by many of you here. I’ve been going back and forth with the feasibility of the project but then the universe has collided to force me to just get it going.

More below the fold...

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Monday September 06, 2010 · 10:25 AM PDT

2010/09/06 · 10:25

On July 5, 1852, Douglass gave a speech at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Rochester's Corinthian Hall. It was biting oratory, in which the speaker told his audience, "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."

Within the now-famous address is what historian Philip S. Foner has called "probably the most moving passage in all of Douglass' speeches."

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.

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Friday September 03, 2010 · 8:08 AM PDT

2010/09/03 · 08:08

Education is the Civil Rights Movement of our generation. Many are alarmed to learn that strong and loyal Democrats support School Choice. To be clear, School Choice is a series of reforms who some argue aims to disband teachers’ unions and decimate public schools. Some argue it is an equalizer in education. I argue it is both and the reason why School Choice has taken hold is because of racial apathy. More below the fold:

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Friday November 06, 2009 · 3:13 PM PST

2009/11/06 · 15:13

Just watching Ed Schultz and Markos up against Tancredo!!1

Link to video here!

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Friday September 25, 2009 · 6:00 AM PDT

2009/09/25 · 06:00

Unbelievable. Discrimination is wrong no matter who is the perpetrator. Imagine how you would feel if you were singled out because of race. More below the fold.

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Huh?

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Nope - the diarist is racist

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Maybe - but still nothing ever can be solved by exposing racism as it is a fact of life

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Hell Yah!

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Pie

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Update: And it happens again....with video X2

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Wednesday August 12, 2009 · 12:29 PM PDT

2009/08/12 · 12:29

Video

Updated James Winfrey the man (oops) who took the poster andd ripped it up was arrested! Great job, Hillsboro Police.

So I am sure you are all aware of the townhall where an African American woman was ejected for apparently getting into a fight with another attendee. MSNBC just showed another angle of the video. Apparently, the AA woman was sitting in her seat and placed a sign in the chair in front of her. A photographer took a picture of the AA woman and then walked over to her to ask her about the poster. The AA woman unfolded the poster for the photographer. The poster was of revered Civil Rights legend Rosa Parks. At that point, a white woman walks over to the photographer and AA woman, grabs the poster, walks away and rips it up!

My reaction below the fold...

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Sunday July 12, 2009 · 1:12 PM PDT

2009/07/12 · 13:12

So as I promised in yesterday's diary, David Shuster Will Cover Free Republic's Smears Against Malia Obama on Monday by LaurenMonica, I sent Starbucks an email regarding their sponsorship of Morning Joke. To my surprise, I received a response today. It still doesn't change the fact that I will continue to boycott Starbucks. I enjoy MSNBC as a station but to see Joe and Mika go on and on about the Starbuck sponsorship just makes me no longer enjoy their product.

See below the fold for the email response.

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Sunday Morning Musings - Philly

Yo, MB, cut the crap!

Fix Racism: The 10 Point Guide...

Poverty is the issue?...yeah, right!

Housing Policy is School Policy?

It starts with you: Literacy Project - Click to find out how you can help!

What Labor Day Means To Me: h/t Frederick Douglass

Racial Apathy and Education

Markos knocks Tancredo down , down to the ground....

IOKIYAB - Naturally, this is the problem!

Update: And it happens again....with video X2

Starbucks, Morning Joke and Me