Today’s Blogmarks
Posted on January 21st, 2009 in Quick Links
- For Obama, The Rules Don’t Apply
There have been many Black firsts. Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, Jim Brown, Lee Elder, Tiger Woods, to name a few. There have always been unwritten rules for Black “firsts”. Be exemplary. And don’t screw it up for the rest of us. I think in the case of Obama…the rules just don’t apply. - Obama, chief justice flub oath
Obama nervously flubbed the presidential oath of office today, stumbling when attempting to complete the “execute faithfully the office of president of the United States” portion of the swearing-in statement.
They flubbed it so badly, Obama had to retake the oath in a private Whitehouse ceremony. Not an auspicious start for Obamessiah.
- Teacher wants to expel Huck Finn
An African American is about to be inaugurated as president. That leaves John Foley to wonder whether students should still read books that depict black men as ignorant, inarticulate and uneducated.
In order to understand race relations in America today, you have to understand what it was like 150 years ago. One way to understand is to read books that were written then. Just because these topics make some people uncomfortable, doesn’t mean you take them out of the curriculum.
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