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"President Obama embodies and embraces tough questions about race like few others. His ever-evolving racial identity questions the construction of the color line.
Wouldn't it be real progress to admit that an increasing number of people who identify with monoracial identities like black and white might also be mixed?"
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It's been legal nationwide for 46 years, and it's increasingly common. But does that mean that we have achieved a colorblind society? Delete the scoop?
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Known as: 19th century author (Wrote one of the first important books on life as a slave, “Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery”) Delete the scoop?
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Now why am I not surprised by this? Disturbing new research suggests the answer to that question may depend on your political ideology. In three experiments, “we found that conservatives were more ... Delete the scoop?
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“I know the story of how they met,” said Chris Albert, 59, the youngest son of Elinor and Frederick Albert. “It was in the officers’ mess hall, and my father was working in the kitchen. He kind of boldly made his way straight for my mother and said: ‘You should know my name. I’m the man who’s going to marry you.’” Delete the scoop?
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Known as: Child prodigy/genius, pianist & composer, pioneering feminist, journalist, author, war correspondent More about Philippa: Her compositions were performed by numerous American orchestras by the time she was a teen; She accompanied the New York Philharmonic at age 16; Performed piano all around the world; Influence a rise in learning the piano in the American Black community; Early campaigner against female circumcision in Africa; Rated at over 180 IQ Delete the scoop?
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Known as: Professional Model & Former Professional Wrestler and Valet (Was known in the WWE as “Maxine”) Delete the scoop?
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Known as: TV & Film Actress TV: Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie in “JAG”, Denise Sherwood in “Army Wives”, “The Good Witch” series, “The Triangle” Movies: “Bruce Almighty”, “Still Small Voices”, “Black Thunder” Delete the scoop?
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What an interesting interview. I knew I liked Zoe Saldana. Zoe Saldana has an issue with labels -- of any kind. During a recent interview with BET, the actress discussed her role in the recently re... Delete the scoop?
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The actress, who has appeared in A Knight's Tale, 40 Days and 40 Nights, Road to Nowhere and had a starring role on the CBS supernatural drama, Moonlight, is very mixed. She is French, Hawaiian, D... Delete the scoop?
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Known as: Professional Dancer & TV/Internet Personality (Judge and previous winner (with the Quest Crew) on “America’s Best Dance Crew”; Host of “Dance Showdown”; Guest judge on “Internet Icon”; Former contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance”) Delete the scoop?
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Known as: TV & Film Actress and Model
TV: Hilary Banks in “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, “The Job”, “Lush Life”, “Gulliver’s Travels”
Movies: “Major Payne”, “The Ladies Man”, “Mixing Nia”, “13 Moons”
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June 17, 10:49 AM
"Isn't she lovely?" I'm hearing Stevie Wonder's song and melody.
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"If there is reasonable cause to disbelieve that applicants are of pure white race, when that fact is stated, the clerk or deputy clerk shall withhold the granting of the license until satisfactory proof is produced that both applicants are “white persons” as provided for in this act."
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Reading the last line of the registraion card, notice the language of the law shows concern for the "purity" of white (even though Europeans range from pink, to orange, to brown).
The laws could have been written to show concern in keeping people of color "pure", but the myth of white supremecy didn't make room for that type of thinking in the laws. Delete the scoop?
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Certainly you've heard of this, right? The barrage of hateful comments left under the commercial featuring a mixed race family on Cheerios' YouTube channel. Comments so offensive that General Mil... Delete the scoop?
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"Americans are becoming more nuanced in their understanding of race," said Carolyn Liebler, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota. "But I don't think race is becoming less important in our society." Delete the scoop?
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Known as: Singer-songwriter & musician (Her songs have appeared in numerous TV shows; Has collaborated with the likes of Jason Mraz & Ryan Adams) Music Videos/Audio: Elephants, Worn Me Down, Be Be Your Love, Letter Read, Sunday Afternoon
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Known as: Award winning director & actor
Movies (Directed): “New Jack City”, “Baadasssss!”, “Posse”, “Panther”
Movies (Acted): “New Jack City”, “Solo”, “Ali”, “Baadasssss!”, “Heartbreak Ridge”, “Highlander: The Final Dimension”, “Posse”, “Panther”, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song”, “Jaws: The Revenge”, “Blowback”
TV (Directed): “Boss”, “Law & Order”, “Damages”, “Lost”, “Sons of Anarchy”, “21 Jump Street”
TV (Acted): “All My Children”, “Damages”, “Rude Awakening”, “Sonny Spoon”
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"... I would suggest that the next cereal commercial produced could depict the same family sitting together at the breakfast table eating a bowl of Cheerios. It will be good for their hearts, and ours too." -Steven F. Riley
Click for Mr. Riley's article.
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Photo from NYDaily News:
"Chirlane McCray (left) and husband, mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio (center), along with their son, Dante. McCray threw her support behind a recent Cheerios ad that featured an interracial family and tied it to her husband’s run for mayor. 
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I really loved this Christmas 2012 Ad by Boots in UK. It still makes me smile. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=CN-2_4XU43E&feature=endscreen Delete the scoop?
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Known as: Singer-Songwriter, Dancer, Musician, Entertainer, Actor, and Businessman (Member of the “Backstreet Boys”)
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By now you know some racist dicks have whipped themselves up in a frenzy of racist dickery over the portrayal of an interracial family in a Cheerios ad.
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Yesterday I posted about the ugliness surrounding the wonderful Cheerios commercial featuring the mixed couple. Today I have to follow that post up with this great piece I saw in The Huffington Pos... Delete the scoop?
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Known as: Actress & Singer (Daughter of Master P; Sister of Romeo/Lil’ Romeo)
Movies: “Opposite Day”, “Scarecrow Joe”
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Recent, I attended a powwow and met a remarkable artist, Bonita Bent-Nelson, also known as Quillwoman. How she earned the name Quillwoman is obvious once you see her quillwork. But before we look ... Delete the scoop?
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