Black Christian ‘Racialism’

Black Christian ‘Racialism’ Challenges Faith in America
By Michelle Vu
Christian Post Reporter
WASHINGTON – African Americans are statistically likely to be religious, but their worldview is shaped by their race more than their faith, contends a born-again black author in her new book.
Long-standing social and political patterns in the African American community have molded black Christians to [...]

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Poverty=AIDS?

As you may well know, there has been a whole lot of talk going on about how poverty oftentimes is a contributor to the AIDS epidemic. While this claim may sound very plausible, it falls flat on its face when AIDS touches those who not only live in poverty, but are in an area with [...]

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Write or talk about it and you will get in trouble

Put it in a comedy, and you are a hit with the crowd.
[This video is approx. 22 minutes long]

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If they don’t want it…

Chinese kids get foreign-brand toys
By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer
SHANGHAI, China - When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she’s happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets.
The reason, she and other parents say: Foreign brands enjoy a reputation for higher quality — a perception reinforced by [...]

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Misc. links I found to be pretty interesting

Check out salescircular.com to check out most of the current sales (excluding clothes and furniture) in your area.
Healthy toys
Ripoff Report
Wesabe.com - A BLACKINFORMANT.COM RECOMMENDED TOOL FOR FIGHTING POVERTY!!
$10 DSL from AT&T? Click here to get the 411

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Words from my hood

“I’m just ready for Beyonce to go away for a while. Maybe she can come back in a few years.”
–From my neighbor

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Al and the gang

Videotape shows Sharpton cutting a deal
By John Shiffman
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
With a hidden FBI camera rolling inside a New York hotel suite in 2003, an unsuspecting Rev. Al Sharpton, Democratic candidate for president, spoke candidly.
Sharpton offered to help Philadelphia fund-raiser Ronald A. White win a multimillion-dollar business deal, if White helped him raise $50,000 for politics.
White [...]

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Carol Swain has a new blog

Professor Carol Swain of Vanderbilt University (I interviewed her earlier this year–check it out under PODCAST) just e-mailed me to let me know about her entry into the blogosphere. Here is her bio for those who are unfamiliar with Professor Swain:
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Carol M. Swain (B.A., Roanoke College, 1983; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic & State Univ., 1984; Ph.D., [...]

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An interesting tidbit from that poll I posted yesterday

“Moreover, the three groups seem more trusting of whites than of each other. The poll found that 61% of Hispanics, 54% of Asians and 47% of African Americans would rather do business with whites than members of the other two groups.”
I would have to do a little digging for the post, but I do remember [...]

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More Blacks see the ‘light’

More Blacks Lean Toward Obama
Shift in Allegiance From Clinton
Could Tighten Primaries in South
By JONATHAN KAUFMAN and VALERIE BAUERLEIN
wsj.com
Barack Obama’s rising poll numbers among white voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are having an unexpected ripple effect: Some black voters are switching their allegiance from Hillary Clinton and lining up behind him too. That could mean [...]

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