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Category Archives: Racism

Will CNN.com give the Jena Six their own theme music?

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

CNN.com finally ran a story about the Jena Six. (I know they ran a video, but I still believe in words.)
I wonder, in a year from now, will CNN.com try to shove a Jena Six anniversary special down our throats? Seeing how, you know, they’ve been all over this one…

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The Jena Six and Netroots Activism: James Rucker at Huffpo

Monday, August 6, 2007

Battling Modern Day Jim Crow: the “Jena Six”; How Online Media and Activism Are Making a Critical Difference
This terrific and uplifting piece posted by James Rucker at the Huffington Post should give hope that maybe some things can change for the better if enough people lean into the load and work together. The six young […]

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Bullet Points are Better Than Bullets

Thursday, August 2, 2007

I finished reading T.C. Boyle’s latest book “Talk Talk” riding home on the A train yesterday. I have been a fan of Boyle’s since I read his first novel “Water Music” a quarter century ago. “Water Music” is bold and brilliant. “Talk Talk” is razor-sharp and tough-as-nails. Boyle is a master […]

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Two Films: NO END IN SIGHT and THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK

Sunday, July 29, 2007

It was a rainy day in NYC today, so I went to see some serious films to match the mood of the city: NO END IN SIGHT and THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK. Neither of these are feel-good films. But they are both essential and you should watch for them when they open near you.
NO […]

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UPDATED: The White Tree and the Jena Six Revisited

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Tonight I was flipping through the New York Press (an alternative weekly that used to be so much better than it is since they changed management a year or so back) and I came upon a piece by Amy Goodman about the Jena Six and the White Tree. Here’s a link to her story JUSTICE […]

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Patriotic Cookie

Sunday, July 8, 2007

In Allentown, PA this weekend, I saw my son’s drum corps perform at J. Birney Crum Stadium. You have to love that name.
I was hungry (regrettably) and bought an odd version of a pizza at the snack bar. They offered something called a “Patriotic Cookie” and I had to see what a patriotic cookie was […]

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Survey of top news sites: Jena Six

Thursday, July 5, 2007

I went back to CNN.com to see if things had changed. This is about the story of the Jena Six. Nothing new. I felt like poking around the web and I was disheartened by the lack of coverage. Here are the few highlights.
Two stories from BBC News site announcing the broadcast of the BBC News […]

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The White Tree

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

A few months ago, I read a story on one of the liberal blogs about the Jena Six. Today, I read this piece by Bill Quigley and Audrey Stewart on the passionate site Truthout.com, and in light of the fast and loose handling of sentencing guidelines by BushCheney, it stings even more today. I can’t […]

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