Race
Election 2012: Why Ethnicity is Destiny for the GOP
Last week, the Census Bureau made nationwide headlines when it announced that for the first time since Native Americans were the dominant race, minorities make up more than 50 percent of births in the U.S. It defines a minority as anyone who is not single-race white and is not Hispanic. The change results from the [...]
African Americans Should Ignore The Recent Prostate Cancer Test Recommendation
Thomas A. Farrington, PHEN President & Founder – I was in Atlanta, Georgia the past few days attending the American Urological Association’s (AUA) Annual Conference. While there we heard from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that it had ignored the voices of prostate cancer specialist, patients and patient advocacy organizations and that [...]
Groups call on Ga. governor to diversify bench
A coalition of civil rights and attorney groups says African-American judges are being replaced by white appointees in one of Georgia’s most heavily populated black counties and called Thursday for Georgia’s governor to fill vacancies with judges who reflect their communities’ diversity. The coalition, led by the Rev. Joseph Lowery, said black representation on the [...]
Romney campaign begins quiet push for African American voters
Mitt Romney’s campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama’s most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters that Romney can be inclusive and tolerant in his thinking and approach. [...]
Racism evident in plans for Urban Beach Week
There can be little doubt that racism is the driving factor behind the attitude of Miami Beach officials towards the thousands of young African Americans who make the annual trip to the city to celebrate Memorial Day. The central force behind the city’s approach to this “problem” has always been alarm over the presence of [...]
