When asked on ABC News "This Week" Eric Holder quickly dismissed Sarah Palin and her calls for the impeachment of President Obama. Watch his statements below:
Sunday, July 13, 2014
African Americans don't hate black conservatives.
African Americans don't hate black conservatives.
By George L. Cook III.
If you have watched right wing/ conservative media recently you have been spoon fed the idea that the average African American doesn't like black conservatives. You would get the idea that the black community cast out black conservatives simply because of their beliefs. That's not true at all.
Now while many don't understand how a black person can support this current group of conservatives regardless of their color I have yet to be at any type of social gathering and see someone thrown out because they were republican or conservative. I have heard friends argue and eventually agree to disagree over a few beers.
I think a distinction needs to be made about who we in the black community have issues with. We have issues people who:
* Use the phrase democratic plantation. I mean really?
* Demean their own community and act as if anything "black" is bad.
* Have an issue with the term African American. How much nerve does it take to tell someone what they can call themselves?
* Think that they are better than everyone else just because they are conservative. They are somehow more enlightened.
* Who blame everything on President Obama and help spread misinformation. There are things to criticize our president about without making stuff up.
* Who don't speak out when other conservatives say something racist or very insensitive.
* Allow themselves to be used to make disparaging remarks about President Obama or in support of a conservative ideas that white conservatives can't say without severe blow back.
Now if you are a conservative that does not fall into those categories I don't believe anyone would have an issue with you. If you can articulate your ideas without insulting others and simply make a compelling argument about your views no one would have a problem with you. Quite simply we don't have problems with people who know how to talk respectfully to others.
You see African Americans don't hate black conservatives, they dislike nasty and rude people.
George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.com.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Tracy Morgan sues Walmart over deadly crash
[ SOURCE] Comedian Tracy Morgan is suing Walmart over a deadly limo bus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left him critically injured.
The complaint was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey.
According to the complaint filed by lawyers acting for Morgan and three others, the truck driven by Walmart employee Kevin Roper collided with the rear end of Morgan's vehicle.
"The defendants' negligence was a substantial contributing factor in causing plaintiffs' injuries," the complaint states.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Major union cuts ties with United Negro College Fund over Koch connection
A major labor union is cutting ties with the United Negro College Fund because of the group's connections to the billionaire industrialist Koch Brothers, who have put their wealth behind supporting conservative causes and candidates for office.
Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, penned a letter this week to UNCF President and CEO Michael Lomax informing him that he is ending the collaboration between the two groups on a joint scholarship program.
"Like many supporters of the UNCF, I was deeply troubled by your decision to accept $25 million from David and Charles Koch. But I assumed that in accepting those funds you were in no way supporting or lending the name of the UNCF to the political or social causes or substantive views of the Koch brothers," writes Saunders. "So I was truly stunned to learn that less than two weeks later, you attended and spoke at the Koch brothers summit in California. This was a betrayal of everything the UNCF stands for."
The UNCF announced the $25 million donation from Koch Industries Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation last month. The money will go toward a scholarship program, loan assistance and providing general support to historically black colleges and universities.
Read more: Major union cuts ties with United Negro College Fund over Koch connection
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Ford Announces $1 Million Donation to Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Ford Motor Company is building on a century-long commitment to supporting the African American community with a $1 million donation to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The donation from Ford Motor Company Fund, the company’s philanthropic arm, will support the museum’s capital campaign. It will also go toward funding key programs when the museum – the only national site devoted exclusively to documenting African American life, art, history and culture – opens on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in 2016.
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