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Sign Petition: Equality for All Americans
Society & Culture (tags: government, obama, americans, politics, military, human, rights, citizenship, gender, discrimination, gender, race, religion, color, creed, sexual, orientation, constitution, ethics, society, culture, americans )

Tom
- 153 days ago - change.org

Full citizenship rights should not be dependent and contingent upon one's sexual orientation. American history has chronicled the painful and unjust suffering of women (gender discrimination), Native Americans and African-Americans (race discrimination).

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Noose Found on Desk of Louisiana Homeland Security Employee
Society & Culture (tags: race, politics, freedoms, culture, society, sadness )

Cal
- 289 days ago - cnn.com

A noose was found Wednesday on the desk of an African-American supervisor at the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, according to the agency's director.

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Obama Victory Signals Shift in Race Relations
Society & Culture (tags: race, goodnews, politics, Obama, americans, culture, society, usa )

Cal
- 366 days ago - reuters.com

For Americans burdened by a sense of history, something once unthinkable has happened. The United States has elected a black president.

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Black Americans Celebrate Obama's Victory
Society & Culture (tags: race, GoodNews, Obama, usa, politics )

Cal
- 367 days ago - reuters.com

In churches and bars, on the street and in their homes, African Americans celebrated Barack Obama's historic presidential election victory on Tuesday with tears, horn blasts and shouts of joy.

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Back to Basics: John Mellencamp's New Record, 'Life, Death, Love and Freedom,' Taps Into a Few Universal Roots.
Society & Culture (tags: society, music, John Mellencamp, race, Race And Politics )

Michael
- 470 days ago - newsweek.com

Explain the song "Jena," The song is about showing compassion and dignity and dealing with problems in a way that can produce positive results as opposed to negative results.

7 comments

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Decoding DNA: Will It Provoke More Prejudice?
Society & Culture (tags: DNA decoding, DNA, prejudice, race, genetics )

RC
- 728 days ago - nytimes.com

Interesting article in the NY Times examining the possible consequences of publicly-available DNA information on a broad as well as a personal scale.

17 comments

Disney Finally Ready to Portray a Black Woman
Society & Culture (tags: disney, entertainment, film, children, media, race )

Kemsa
- 786 days ago - alternet.org

Garlin II: I've got mixed feelings. Disney's had opportunities to show the uniqueness of non-white cultures in its films, but has failed miserably at doing so.

3 comments

Michael Vick Dogfighting Case Opens Racial Divide
Society & Culture (tags: Race )

David
- 825 days ago - signonsandiego.com

Vick's supporters are mostly black; his critics are mostly white.

17 comments

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