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*The Pew Research Center just released a report that breaks down the use of social media among race, gender and geographic location. While 67 percent of the online population overall uses Facebook, the demographic portrait of the smaller services varies greatly, according to the survey that shows its first comparisons of usage by whites, blacks [...]
*The Tuskegee Experiment included 600 black men (399 with Syphilis and 201 without) that were led down a road of deception by not only the federal government, but one of their own that they thought they could trust. Nurse Rivers, who knew the experiment was all a lie and that they were not really being [...]
*President Obama is enjoying his victory with those that supported him the most … the minorities of America. The black community, latino community, as well as young people under the age of 30, even though numbers were down from 2008, for everyone. According to Fox News, the exit polls show that 93 percent of the [...]
*There are many conservatives (Mitt Romney) that are clueless when it comes to hiding the racist rhetoric that is at the core of their beliefs. They are sometimes so completely involved in their need to be right, they let some things slip. But not Ann Coulter! She says what she means and means what she [...]
*(Via Mercury News) – The term “Negro” is slated for elimination after several African-Americans took umbrage with the 2010 census question asking if a person was “black, African-American or Negro.” Oakland NAACP leader George Holland said the term wasn’t acceptable to him, but questioned its removal at a time when some older African-Americans still identify [...]
*New Haven, Conn. – Young people are being exposed to a massive amount of marketing for sugary drinks, such as full-calorie soda, sports drinks, energy drinks, and fruit drinks, according to a new study from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The study is the most comprehensive and science-based assessment of sugary [...]
*Left-wing activists are defending “Sesame Street” from attacks waged against it in a new book about TV’s liberal bias, and are attacking its author for using violent and homophobic rhetoric when discussing Sesame Street muppets during a recent interview on Sean Hannity’s TV show, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Ben Shapiro, author of the book “Primetime [...]
*Hispanics now outnumber African-Americans for the first time in most U.S. metropolitan areas, shifting the political and racial dynamics in cities once dominated by whites and blacks. Census figures released Thursday highlight the growing diversity of the nation’s 366 metro areas, which were home to a record 83.7 percent share of the U.S. population. The [...]
*The New York Post’s Page Six is reporting that CNN wants a host for its troubled 7 p.m. timeslot that will help win back the African-American and Hispanic viewers they’ve reportedly lost since the 2008 presidential campaign. Hoping to accomplish both things at once, insiders said the network is interested in wooing African-American entertainers for [...]
*It’s time for the President to hit the campaign trail! And if it wasn’t obvious, check the Gallup polls. Just as soon as all the candidate’s feet hit the pavement, the polls come out in full swing. When Clinton ran the second time (and when the Monica Lewinsky fiasco jumped off) he was disabled by the [...]
*Has anyone ever told you to answer ridiculously on the jury questionnaire to get out of jury duty? For instance, the questionnaire would say do you have a family member that was convicted of a felony? Well, answering “yes” or “My family are all Crips and two of them are on Death Row” may just get you the opposite [...]
*The U.S. Census Bureau released its final population count from the 2010 Census Thursday. And it shows population for Hispanics soaring while that for African Americans in slowing down. In fact, there are now roughly 13 million more Hispanics in America than Blacks. Here are the final 2010 figures: · Whites – 196.8 million · [...]
*There has been a lot of controversy over African American abortions and now the U.S. Census has shown one example of why. The results are in and if they are indeed accurate, African Americans have officially fallen off as being the second largest group of people in America. We have officially become a true minority and [...]
*The latest population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau are startling. They show African Americans declining from roughly 13 percent of the nation’s population in 2000 to 12.2 percent in 2010 with a projection that Blacks, as a percentage of the nation’s population, declining even further to 11.8 percent by 2050. While African Americans are [...]
*When the personal computer revolution began decades ago, Latinos and blacks were much less likely to use one of the marvelous new machines. Then, when the Internet began to change life as we know it, these groups had less access to the Web and slower online connections placing them on the wrong side of the [...]
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