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BY BRANDY HAGELSTEIN
This post was first published at VeniceforChange.com.
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BY MATT PALAZZOLO
The passage of Proposition 8 in California led to a dramatically increased awareness of homophobia around the country as well as the launch of a new generation of activists.
What I didn't realize until recently, though, is that Prop. 8 was also a unique catalyst in battling racism and faith-phobia.
Following the LGBTQ (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer) community's sometimes racist reactions to false reports that the African American community overwhelmingly supported Prop. 8 as well as faith-phobic language written on ...
This excerpt is from a post first published at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. Powell is blogging while in South Africa.
BY ADAM CLAYTON POWELL III
GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa - Here in South Africa, the downfall of apartheid, the first multi-racial election in 1993 and the victory at the ballot box of the formerly outlawed African National Congress remains a source of considerable pride and celebration. And there is also an examination of the public diplomacy tools used by the ANC ...
BY ROSA CLEMENTE
Over the Labor Day weekend, Van Jones, a member of the hip-hop generation and special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality, tendered his resignation, and it was accepted by the Obama administration. I will be the first to say that I never found Van Jones to be a radical, a Black Nationalist or a communist as Fox News suggested.
Although I appreciate his book The Green Collar Economy, I ...
Published November 13, 2009 1:00 PM
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