So this is the lion in winter? Is this what a denied and now all red and inflamed sense of entitlement looks like? During the primary campaign, former President Bill Clinton has already heaped a mountain of tarnish on his own legacy. And now, he’s about to insure that his prolonged toddler tantrum will eclipse all remembrance of the positive aspects of his terms in office.
According to the Telegraph:
It has long been known that Mr Clinton is angry at the way his own reputation was tarnished during the primary battle …

Blue Scholars

“Joe Metro”

What? Did you expect something else??
Peace.

I’ve been posting like a mad woman over at the ‘day job.’ I am still figuring how to juggle my ideas, but I thought I’d share some of what I’ve been writing about over there. I’d love to hear your thoughts…here or there.
Are menthols racist? And why do so many black folks (75% of black smokers) smoke them??
Mass murder in Zimbabwe. We don’t care. Sadly, notice there are only 2 comments. We really don’t care.
Proud black men promote R. Kelly boycott. I felt so proud of the petition sponsors …

A wonderful friend of mine keeps trying to convince me to go to Denver with him to attend the Democratic National Convention. You see, he is an intimate of some of Hillary Clinton’s most major donors and passionate supporters. He promises that if I go, he’ll bring the “lawn chairs” and we will have front row, or shall I say, ringside seats to one of the largest protests this country has ever seen.
As certain blog sites are hinting, my friend claims to have first hand knowledge that untold numbers of …

A maverick has passed.

According to an ABC News-Washington Post poll reported in the Washington Post today, 3 out of 10 Americans acknowledge racial bias in assessing Barack Obama.
Lingering racial bias affects the public’s assessments of the Democrat from Illinois, but offsetting advantages and Sen. John McCain’s age could be bigger factors in determining the next occupant of the White House.

Yo Yo
You Can’t Play With My Yo-Yo

On my first trip from the East coast to LA in 1990, fate kissed me on the forehead at the car rental desk. I was assigned a convertible with a booming sound system instead of the super discount subcompact paid for by my company. After immediately noticing the golden sun tone that rests on everything in Southern California, and the palm trees, what caught my attention was the different sound of West coast hip hop.

On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and those who had been slaves were now free. There are a number of accounts as to why freedom took so long to arrive in Texas:

Well it’s Wednesday, which means another sports journalist has been suspended for lacking the most basic understanding of historic atrocities and their present day reverberations.

h/t Dvorak Uncensored

Does this look like Barack Obama to you? A German manufacturer thinks so.

Does this look like Barack Obama? A Utah Couple thinks so. Or thought so. And they think “he’s so cute and cuddly.” TheSockObama doll, not Barack. Well, maybe Barack; they don’t say. But as of today they have stopped selling their odd lil’ monkey doll product.
**UPDATE** – The Lawsons are indicating that they may continue to sell the doll. Disregard everything I say about naivete below. They now know EXACTLY what they are doing.

I am trying to write tonight, but I am completely distracted, entranced by an HBO documentary that’s on right now called “Resolved.” It looks at some superstars of high school debate competition. But the twist is that one of the teams is a black team who are arguing (debating?) to change the whole way debates are structured. They are challenging that the established and popular, rapid-fire, exhaustive research style of debate is elitist, discriminatory and ultimately useless for real world success.
I don’t want to give too much away, but …

I’ve been writing this blog since March of last year – and I have learned a lot. I can say without exaggeration, that every day I write or read comments on this blog my mental universe expands a little. I am thankful for that and for ALL of you who comment. But my goal is for All About Race to be an arena for dynamic discussion. Angry discussion, impolite discussion, calm and reasoned discussion are all welcome. But I fear that my initial choice of the words “fearless conversation” translated …

‘What’s going On’
Marvin Gaye
Peace.

On Sundays for the past several years, my husband has had to hold breakfast. My dogs have had to wait for their walk.
Nothing happened until after my fix of Tim Russert and “Meet the Press.” I’ve looked forward to that Sunday morning hour the way some people look forward to church. The burst of ideas inspired me and I usually stepped away with a more complete picture of the political landscape.
I will miss Tim Russert and my heart goes out to his family.