FARRAKHAN FALLS BEHIND THE TIMES
Times have changed, whether Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan realizes it or not. For example, the black separatist leader announced that he wanted black people to stay home from...
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SWB: JUST ONE OF MANY `CRIMES’ FACING BLACKS
It was not a great day for Eddie Bauer, Inc., although it could have been worse. A federal jury ordered the national clothing and outdoor gear company to pay a...
A WORD THAT WOUNDS–IF WE LET IT
`Daddy, what's a nigger?" I winced when I heard my 8-year-old son ask that question recently. Like many other African-American parents, I had foreseen that day with a sense of...
KEEPING PROMISES IN THE FAMILY
A little boy in my 8-year-old son's Cub Scout den could not join the rest of us on a camp-out last weekend. He had to stay home while his father,...
ETHNIC ETIQUETTE SHOULD GO BOTH WAYS
Freddie Prinze, the late, great Latino comedian, used to tell a little story that says a lot about what kind of people we Americans are. As the story goes, two...
BY WHOSE STANDARD DO WE TEST TRUE MERIT?
Tests, tests, tests. Americans love tests, except when they don't. They don't love them as much as they used to in California. The University of California's Latino Eligibility Task Force...
AFTER LITTLE ROCK, A NEW RESEGREGATION
President Clinton was there. Arkansas' governor was there. Most of the original participants were there. But one group was conspicuously absent from ceremonies commemorating the 40th anniversary of the historic...
RACIAL POLITICS ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
After a century of race-based, color-conscious and ethno-sensitive "balanced tickets," a new political trend is showing itself in the offices of big-city mayors. Call it "trans-racial politics." You can see...
IN WASHINGTON, ACCESS IS JUST SOMETHING TO BUY
Thank you, Roger Tamraz, for offering such valuable insights into how Washington works. For months, President Clinton's critics have been dropping the name of Roger Tamraz as if he were...
THE STATE OF RACE RELATIONS
A University of Texas law professor has come under heavy fire from black and Hispanic legislators for making statements that give aid and comfort to racists. Unfortunately his critics are...