According to The New York Times
this morning, violent clashes between Chinese government forces and
Muslim Uighurs -- that country's long-oppressed minority -- have left
at least 140 people dead and close to 1,000 injured. This incident in
Western China highlights an important fact about America's "War on
Terror."
The appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme
Court has stirred up another round of debate about race in America.
Clearly we have not yet achieved a post-racial society. But we could
take some steps in that direction by acknowledging historic
wrong-doings and making sure future policy making promotes racial
equity.
A simple, yet likely powerful, explanation has now been offered for the subprime mortgage lending and foreclosure problems that have fed the nation’s gravest economic crisis since the Depression.
The beauty and simplicity of this explanation makes one wonder why it took so long for us to see it. According to this view, it was the fault of Black people!
As President Barack Obama made his public appearance with Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday as part of his first trip to a Muslim country, U.S. federal agents were preparing to arrest Youssef Megahed in Tampa, Fla. Just three days earlier, on Friday, a jury in a U.S.
