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The Media Watch of Brown on Black

by Daisy Hernandez on May 22 2009, 8:34AM

Remember two years when CNN discovered a race war in L.A.? Well, expect a new round of coverage from media outlets. A total of 63 people were arrested yesterday and there’s indictments now against 147 members and associates of…

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Now Gang Wars are in the Voting Booths?

by Jonathan Adams on January 22 2008, 1:45PM

Despite burying the race hatchet last week, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue to create headlines—after the Nevada caucus and before the South Carolina primary—speculating about how each candidate’s race will help them woo the Latino and Black votes. Again…

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We lost the most in the Black/Brown Debate

by Rinku Sen on January 18 2008, 2:00PM

Watching the so-called Black/Brown debate was so frustrating that at one point I thought, I am the one who’s going to cry. I expected Tim Russert and Brian Wilson, with Natalie Morales in for token color, to start with last…

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PLAN Responds to Black/Brown Debate

by Guest Columnist on January 18 2008, 1:36PM

Bob Fulkerson, from Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), gives us his reaction to the Black-Brown debate on Tuesday. The “Black-Brown” debate should have been called the vanilla-light chit chat. This debate—and I blame the moderators for this—handled race exactly…

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Black/Brown Presidential Debate in Las Vegas

by Jonathan Adams on January 14 2008, 1:49PM

On Tuesday, January 15, MSNBC will broadcast a live debate among the Democratic candidates in Las Vegas, Nevada. Co-sponsored by the 100 Black Men of America, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, IMPACTO, the Nevada Democratic Party and the College…

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Two LSU Indian Students Dead: Let’s Not Jump to Conflict

by Jonathan Adams on December 17 2007, 12:03PM

Last Friday, two Indian PhD students at Louisiana State University were killed. While many things are still unknown about the murders at this point, the combination of murky details and sticky race relations have created a peculiar climate in Baton…

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Black & Brown tensions, a review

by Donna Hernandez on July 2 2007, 2:43PM

Last week, I read a story about a Black politician in Salem Country, NJ, who sent flyers to Black residents warning them against electing a Puerto Rican politician during a recent race. While some say tnews exaggerates tensions between Blacks…

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