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Posts Tagged ‘American Diversity’
June 1st, 2014 - 1:58 am § in Jews
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Is this in bad taste?
I have a prejudice. I had no prejudice against Mr. Romney’s religion. His candidacy seemed to me to have little to do with the traditions and beliefs he acquired from his Church. I do have a prejudice against the religion itself. I resent any religion that claims to be able to change MY heri[...]
May 31st, 2014 - 1:28 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Misc., Politics, Schools & Colleges, Science, The Ave Scene
A Black Man’s Thoughts on The Hoodie
A man in a police uniform scares me more than the biggest strongest dude wearing a hoodie ever would. Lets be honest, its not a hoodie, nor is it a puffy starter jacket that people fear. Black men were feared way before the modern day hoodie was invented so please try again. Can we just [&hellip[...]
A Jew Name Finkelman Succeeds Henry Ford
Imagine a “Mark Finkelman” as the successor to Henry Ford. Finkelman became Fields and now, Mark Fields has succeeded America’s most notorious anti-Semites as President and CFO of Ford. Jeffrey Gurock, Professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University: “I don’t think Henry Ford wou[...]
May 28th, 2014 - 8:36 am § in America
Maya Angelou RIP
Wake Forest University issued a statement Wednesday on her death: Dr. Angelou was a national treasure whose life and teachings inspired millions around the world, including countless students, faculty, and staff at Wake Forest, where she served as Reynolds Professor of American Studies since 1982. O[...]
Life Changing
Over the past few months I have gone back and forth about how I feel about a fifteen dollar minimum wage for Seattle employees. On one end I ask why those of us that do not make fifteen dollars an hour chose to work for businesses that pay less than that? I have come to […][...]
May 20th, 2014 - 11:55 am § in America, Hypocrisy, Misc., Politics, Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The NBA believes in Money Over Everything
Although I do commend NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for making the decision to ban Donald Sterling, I hate to say it, the decision to ban Sterling had everything to do with money and very little to do with racism. The Clippers have surpassed the Lakers as the best team in the 2nd largest market in [&[...]
May 20th, 2014 - 7:44 am § in America
This is NOT Antisemitism?
Rapper Macklemore says his costume worn during a May 16 show in Seattle was not meant to stereotype Jews. Us Magazine (http://usm.ag/1hYuNDP ) Actor Seth Rogen – who is Jewish – didn’t shy away from commenting on the questionable getup, tweeting, “@macklemore, first you trick people into th[...]
I am African.
I got into a nice debate about genetics the other day. I was told African Americans are not African, genetically speaking. The debate started as a result of a comment that I made about black people needing to embrace Africa in the same way the majority of Jewish people I have met embrace Israel[...]