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Black Man Jokes With Harlem to Get Real on Race
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Robert Pinderhuze took a camera out to the streets of Harlem to try to find out why "people think the way do and hold prejudices the way they hold them." He interviews a black man who says everything in his house is black because he doesn't trust white people, talks to Jewish residents about Jewish jokes, and asks a white guy about white stereotypes.The video is published by Blackline.tv, a group that thinks America's biggest obstacle in talking about race is that people are simply too afraid to do it. But with their smart satire, it almost seems easy.
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VideoMedia is growing more white. What’s the FCC doing about it?
Jason Smith talks about the growing racial disparity in mainstream media, with more minorities gravitating to minority-orientated media. Smith says, "The increasing lack of racial diversity in the U.S. media landscape is becoming a hot topic and putting pressure on policy makers to (finally) pay attention."
Whole Foods denies caving to right-wing pressure during Ramadan
Whole Foods is under fire and facing a public relations nightmare. When Whole Foods announced plans to mark the holy Muslim month, Ramadan, by promoting a Saffron Road line of frozen products that meet Islamic dietary laws, it was celebrated by Muslim Americans. But that goodwill turned to anger this week when news broke that the food chain may scale back promotion of these halal-certified meals, thanks to criticism from anti-Muslim bloggers.
30 mosques in 30 days captures love and sacrifice of Ramadan
Muslim American friends Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq are traveling from Alaska to New York City during the holy month of Ramadan, visiting 30 mosques. They are blogging about their journey and experiences of talking to fellow young Muslims about controversial societal issues affecting the Muslim communities throughout the nation.
“This Sharia law business is crap"
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New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie is known for his conservatism. But a week ago he surprised both his supporters and his opponents when he defended his appointment of Muslim-American lawyer Sohail Mohammed to the state's superior court. more> |
Jeff Chang: It’s bigger than politics, the real shift is cultural
In the wake of this week's election, we talked to scholar and ColorLines co-founder Jeff Chang about what to make of the country's big shifts and shakedowns. He speaks on how culture impacts, and often precedes, political change. more>
Double Punishment
After four months in immigration detention, James was put on a plane and deported to Jamaica, a place he had not set foot in since he was 12 years old. Calvin James's crime? Being vulnerable to a dramatic change in U.S. immigration law. more>
