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41: Am I Black Enough for you

3/31/2012

 
Intro: Black Music ~ Robert Glasper Project Featuring Yamiin Bey (formerly Mos Def)
Outro: The River ~ Noel Gourdin

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First World Pains

Spreading awareness of the devastating pains we have in the First World.. 
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Aaron L. Morrison

Journalist, The Root
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Articles
Colorblind by Debra Dickerson (Jan, 2007)

Black Enough For Some… by Baratunde Thurstson (Feb 2012)

Student Chastised by Teacher for Not Reading "Black" Enough 
This Week in Blackness Episode 43: Black Checking

Justice for Trayvon Martin by Guest Blogger Ashley Howard

3/27/2012

 
During the new millennium , we have witnessed the recycling of old trends from past decades. 70s and 80s fashion, 90s music and now,  the Civil Rights era of the 50s and 60s, and the racism that comes with it. The murder of Trayvon Martin has outraged people in this country just as the brutal death of Emmit Till did in 1955.

 Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old high school student, was gunned down by a man who claimed that Martin looked "suspicious." The only thing Trayvon was wearing was a "hoodie" sweatshirt and he was carrying a bag of Skittles and iced tea that he retrieved from the store for his little brother. He was unarmed and did not pose a threat to anyone except the trigger man, George Zimmerman, a Neighborhood Watch captain. He was followed and harassed because of the color of his skin. 

The year is 2012, and we as a nation still choose to ignore the racism and injustice that goes on around us and to our own children. My son is only 2 years-old and has a collection of hoodies, and has since birth. Most of these hoodies were purchased from places such as Wal-Mart, Target and Old Navy. It breaks my heart as a mother, even at the tender age of 2, I fear for my Son's life. I fear for the racial profiling that will happen to him when he turns 17, the same age as Trayvon Martin. 

Today's society is afraid to speak out against injustice due to man reasons. Fear of being portrayed a certain way to the media, fear of disappointing  friends, even fear of losing a job. But that's where the problem is, we need to speak up, we need to scream out. Because allowing your voice to be heard is the first step to making a change. Let's do our part, let's do it for our children. Let's do it for Trayvon. 
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About our guest blogger: 

Ashley Howard is a recent transplant to Oakland, CA. She spoke at the #JusticeforTrayvon Rally in San Francisco. To contact her you can email her

here. 

40: Trayvon Martin

3/23/2012

 
Intro/Outro: "Trayvon" by Jasiri X
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Trayvon Martin Case: Timeline of Events

Trayvon support spreads to the Miami Heat, the White House and Dade schools 

Fox’s Geraldo Rivera Blames Hoodie For Trayvon Martin’s Death

Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman’s father speaks out in defense of son 
  

Many People Took Pictures of themselves with hoodies to support #TrayvonMartin.  For more pics,  go to: http://pinterest.com/mbrooks26/trayvonmartin/

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39: Dear GOP, We're here to help you

3/16/2012

 
Intro: Black Music ~ Robert Glasper project Featuring Yamiin Bey

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Political Jones

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In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-African American racism and fears of lawlessness among Southern white voters and appealing to fears of growing federal power in social and economic matters (generally lumped under the concept of states' rights). Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Partystronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery prior to the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and desegregation. (source: wikipedia) 

Articles

G.O.P. vs. Obama: Disrespect or Just Politics?
‘Don’t Re-Nig,’ the racist anti-Obama bumper sticker, appears real
Southern GOP Voters Still Think Pres. Obama Is a Muslim
Obama's image on American flag angers vets

38: Let me See YOUR ID: America and the vote

3/10/2012

 
Music for 3/10/12

Intro: Black Radio ~Robert Glasper Project Featuring Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) 
Outro: Afro Blue ~Robert Glasper Project Featuring Erykah Badu 
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L. Joy Williams
Political Strategist/Co-Host, Blacking It Up

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Recommended Reading 

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In The Matter of Color: 

Race and the American Legal Process: The Colonial Period

Author: Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 

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Voter ID Page (Wikipedia) 
Five Million Voters May Lose Rights in the 2012 Elections
Decision Is Likely to Spur Voter ID Laws in More States
The Fight Over Voter ID Laws Goes To The United Nations
Veteran denied voting rights over lack of ID

VOTER ID MAP
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Green: States that require a Photo ID                                   Blue:  States that Require a Non-Photo ID
Yellow: States that request a Photo ID                                 Grey: States that have NO Photo ID Law
Rachel Maddow: Rich Rally for Romney as Gingrich sucks Santorum's Support

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

37: Next Stop on the Road to the White House: Crazy Town

3/3/2012

 
Opening Music:  Robert Glasper Project "Black Music" 

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Washington Post 2012 Elections Blog
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Articles

Rick Romney? Mitt Santorum? A recipe for a better GOP candidate

Flaws in Santorum’s campaign discipline on display

George Will: Take Congress, not White House

We're More Than Political Animals: The dangers of struggle, and of trying to come across as normal by Peggy Noonan

Gordon Warren Epperly, Alaska Man, Says Obama Is Ineligible To Be President Because Of His Race 

 Olympia Snowe (R-Maverick) to retire 

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