FEMA to provide relocation assistance to Louisiana residents
September 14, 2007
Dr. Calvin Mackie responded on behalf of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) to FEMA’s decision to provide relocation assistance to Louisiana residents.
An excerpt:
Today’s announcement gives new hope to many of our citizens that have been longing to return, and we look forward to the coming days and weeks as they begin to access these much needed funds and begin making their way back home.
This is good, but sadly, I have about as much confidence in FEMA’s capacity to help people as I do in G. W. Bush’s capacity to tell the truth.
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AfroSpear Press Release for September 20th Jena 6 Rally in Jena, LA
September 14, 2007
B has covered the rally in Jena on the 20th. The following is a press release from AfroSpear (a group that The SuperSpade is a member of) that gives a bit more information. We’re expecting this to be one of the largest demonstrations in the history of the state of Louisiana. I encourage as many of you that can go to go.
The entire release is below.
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Barack Obama makes statement in support of Jena 6
September 14, 2007
Cross-posted from Brave New Films Blog.
Barack Obama has become the first presidential hopeful to make a statement regarding the Jena 6. I applaud him for giving this crisis of American "justice" the attention it deserves.
Here's an excerpt:
Going forward, we have to fix our criminal justice system. Whether it’s Jena 6 or Genarlow Wilson, it’s long past time for us to admit that we have more work to do to ensure that our criminal justice system is fair. We must ensure that both victims and defendants can receive equal justice under the law, regardless of race, wealth, or other circumstances.
I have called for other candidates to do the same. Maybe then actual justice can be served. I wonder if the other Dems will talk about this now?
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Brandon’s new venture: Reporter for Michigan Messenger
September 14, 2007
First, I want to just applaud and thank Garlin for holding down The SuperSpade. Our regular readers know that for the past several days, there have been new posts from G it seems like every hour. So if I can squeeze in an announcement, I am pleased and excited to let you know that I am now a reporter for the Michigan Messenger.
This new online newspaper/blog is a collaboration of journalists and professional bloggers across
My beats include
Most importantly though, this opportunity would not have presented itself had it not been for you the reader, (my family) continually coming back to the site, posting comments, calling Garlin or I because you were afraid to put a comment, etc. Your participation in The SuperSpade community has truly made my dreams come true.
Stay up fam,
Brandon Q.
Surprise! There’s discrimination in lending.
September 13, 2007
Captain obvious says: Black folks and Latino folks get jerked more often when financing/refinancing mortgages.
Isn’t this the same thing Martin Luther King Jr. was marching against in Chicago during the 60s? This is yet another piece of rebuttal material to the “Race no longer matters” crowd.
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Why the gentrification hurts New Orleans’ future for Black people
September 13, 2007
Anyone who's been there wouldn't find this surprising. The places that are the focus of redevelopment areas are the ones that either Black folks never resided in in the first place or that poorer Black folks have been priced out of residing in now. Oh, the wonderful world of gentrification.
Rev. Lennox Yearwood says G. W. Bush should be arrested
September 13, 2007
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Disney: Black girls can [finally] be princesses too?
September 13, 2007
Cross-posted at Brave New Films Blog. Also on featured on AlterNet.
Disney, the 800,000,000 pound gorilla of kids fantasy entertainment, annouced that they are going forward with their plans to have their first Black princess in 2009's The Frog Princess.
Disney has had opportunities to show the uniqueness of non-white cultures in it's films, but has failed miserably at doing so in a respectful, non-stereotypical way (see Aladdin and Mulan). I have zero confidence that this film will be any different.
This is doubly dangerouse given how Black women are portrayed in today's media. Bringing back up the Aunt Jemima images of old and coupling them today's over-sexualization of Black women and the racist indifference shown towards Black women sets the table for a pretty nasty racial stereotype feast.
Republican front-runners don’t want to meet with Tavis Smiley
September 12, 2007
Apparently, Republican front-runners Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani declined to participate in Tavis Smiley’s All-American Presidential Forums. Undeclared-but-likely-Republican-candidate Fred Thopson has not committed fully.
A question for all of my Black republican friends: why are your beloved republicans so against talking to Black folks face-to-face? Probably because they only do hand-picked audiences.
More from the release below.
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The Congressional Business Caucus
September 12, 2007
Why would they want to do that? Probably because instead of being better than the Republicans, some members would secretly rather be just like the Republicans, at least in the way they handle the political process. What these members fail to realize is that it’s pretty hard to find Washington Republicans that have Black folks’ best interests at heart, and even harder to find a major US Corporation that has Black folks’ best interests at heart.
Just as before, we ask that you contact members of the CBC and ask that they turn this trend around and get back to the vision and goals of the original members of the caucus:
to promote the public welfare through legislation designed to meet the needs of millions of neglected citizens
You thought we were done with the CBC, didn’t you?
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