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Stereotypes based on ignorance, bigotry
Ron Smith wrote an otherwise wonderful and warm commentary but ruined it with the statement that "all stereotypes are more or less true or they wouldn't endure" ("Holiday binds families, brings to mind blessings," Commentary, Nov. 26). So, I guess that...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Perry Hall, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Minority Groups, Chicken
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Calendar of events
Forum Publishing GroupDecember Annual B'nai Aviv Holiday Boutique – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 3. Jewelry, crafts, clothes, toys, home decor, personalized items. Call 954-384-6605 or visit www.bnai aviv.org. Weston Christian Academy Winter Wonderland Festival – 5 to...Tags: Breast Cancer, Marathon, Lutheran, Symphony of the Americas, Dining and Drinking
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Trusted Obama adviser Susan Rice is first African-American woman named to be US envoy to UN
Associated Press WriterUNITED NATIONS (AP) _ Susan Rice, the first African-American woman named as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, brings to the job a lifetime's work on international issues, an insider's knowledge of the White House and State Department, and close...Tags: National Security, The White House, United Nations, Terrorism, Federal Reserve
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Michelle Obama's family tree has roots in a Carolina slave plantation
Tribune ReportersGEORGETOWN, S.C.—Tiny wooden cabins line the dirt road once known as Slave Street as it winds its way through Friendfield Plantation. More than 200 slaves lived in the whitewashed shacks in the early 1800s, and some of their descendants remained...Tags: People, Children, World War I, Tampa, University of South Florida
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African heritage and an American dream
Barack Obama is often viewed as a singular sensation: a disaffected teen with no family wealth or connections who went on to become president of the Harvard Law Review, a U.S. senator and the first black president of the United States. But if the...Tags: Barack Obama, Migration, Demographics, Colleges and Universities, Immigration
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Surprise runoff for Georgia Senate race has nation's attention
Tribune correspondentATLANTA — Jim Martin is feeling the spirit. Usually the Democratic Senate candidate is so unassuming that he sometimes seems out of place at his own campaign events. But here at historically black Morris Brown College, surrounded by former Barack...Tags: Election Day, Sarah Palin, John McCain, AFL-CIO, Bill Clinton
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Decision made on 2 other top jobs
Tribune NewspapersTribune Newspapers WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama on Monday will officially introduce Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as his nominee for secretary of homeland security and Eric Holder for the post of attorney general, according to a...Tags: Barack Obama, Lawyers, Eric Holder, Executive Branch, Minority Groups
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Al-Qaida has nerve calling Obama 'slave'
Having a last name that sounds like Osama bin Laden's first name has never been a political plus for Barack Obama. Could it now be a burden for al-Qaida, too? It was a lot easier for the Islamist terror organization to frame the United States as a...Tags: Barack Obama, Malcolm X, Minority Groups, Racism, Osama bin Laden
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Ga. election holds key to Democrats' Senate goals
Tribune Washington BureauJim Martin was never supposed to be this close to a U.S. Senate seat. A relative unknown in Georgia politics, the former head of the state's Department of Human Resources had to survive two primaries before securing the privilege of receiving what...Tags: Election Day, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Max Cleland, Bill Clinton
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Combining the best of Baltimore
Special to The Baltimore SunIf Maryland is America in miniature, says Jeannette Belliveau, then Upper Fells Point is Baltimore in miniature. With quintessential front steps, brick rowhouses, corner stores and bars, residents say they have some of all that is best about Baltimore....Tags: Fells Point, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Patterson Park, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Civil suit claims ratings agencies hurt U.S. minority homeowners
In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings agencies, charging that their inflated ratings on...Tags: Credit Ratings, Financial and Business Services, Interior Policy, Minority Groups, Consumers
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Obama's picks mirror his multicultural background
A Cabinet that looks like America. That's been the goal for recently elected presidents as they put together their administrations. Barack Obama's team is coming into focus in a slightly different light: It looks, to a remarkable degree, like him. The...Tags: Columbia University, Fidel Castro, Central Intelligence Agency, Bill Richardson, Culture
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