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"Senator Edwards has laid out detailed plans to strengthen African-American communities and all communities by expanding the middle class and ending poverty in America," said Tyrone Freeman president of SEIU United Long Term Care Workers West. "If we work together. I have faith we'll be able to lift up families and make a real difference in people's lives." The African-American leaders who participated in the call included: Texas State Representative Garnet F. Coleman member of Texas House of Representatives Democratic Leadership chair of the Legislative Study Group immediate past chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; Missouri State Representative Connie Johnson. Minority Whip; SEIU United Long Term Care Workers West president Tyrone Freeman; John Edwards for President campaign advisor and South Carolina State Representative Leon Howard chair of the black caucus; South Carolina State Representative Bill Clyburn; City Council Member Beverly Clyburn. Aiken. South Carolina; City Council Member Linda Dogan. Spartanburg. South Carolina; and Dr. James Blassingame. Vice President. National Baptist Convention. To build One America and make sure everyone has the same chances that America has given to him. Senator Edwards has called a "Plan for Opportunity for All Americans." This plan includes proposals for guaranteeing universal health care ending the disgrace of two criminal justice systems ending poverty in America strengthening schools so every child can succeed creating safe and affordable housing protecting the right to vote and enforcing civil rights laws. There are still Two Americas—one favored and the other forgotten. While they are not defined by race the Two Americas have a disproportionate impact on people of color and in many ways reflect the tragic history of race in this country. The hateful legacy of racism – slavery segregation and then discrimination – continues to be felt in every single part of American life. For example the economic impact is apparent in the racial wealth gap: African Americans have less than a dime in assets for every dollar that white families have. Current economic policies have Americans growing apart: between 2001 and 2005 the top 1 percent of households gained $268 billion of total income and the bottom 90 percent lost $272 billion ($2,071 per household). [Demos. 2006; EPI. 2007] Guaranteeing Health Care for Every American: Forty-seven million Americans – including one out of five African Americans – don't have health insurance. Families with insurance struggle to pay skyrocketing premiums and co-payments. Edwards is the only major candidate with a specific plan for truly universal health care that takes on the insurance and drug companies and provides better care at a lower cost. He will address shameful racial and ethnic health disparities with new research preventive care without co-payments pro-active treatment for chronic diseases and increased diversity among health care professionals. [Census Bureau. 2007] Strengthening Schools So Every Child Can Succeed: More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education our education system remains shockingly unequal. In some areas. African-American students have only about a 50 percent chance of graduating from high school. States spend $900 less per student in their most diverse school districts. Edwards will invest in teacher pay and training to attract teachers where we need them most; reduce class sizes; create second-chance schools and take other steps to help dropouts get back on track; expand preschool; and strengthen high school curriculum. Edwards has also proposed providing new federal resources to promote economic diversity in schools while supporting additional steps to promote racial integration as well. He will also make college more affordable through his College for Everyone program that will pay the first year of public-college tuition books and fees for students willing to work part-time and stay out of trouble. [Urban Institute. 2004; Weiner & Pristoop. 2006] Ending the Disgrace of Two Criminal Justice Systems: Our prison population has increased more than tenfold in the course of a single generation with a disproportionate impact on African-American communities. Edwards will reform sentencing rules to address the disparity in punishments for crimes involving crack and powder cocaine and limit mandatory minimum sentences for first-time non-violent offenses. Edwards supports alternatives to incarceration – such as drug courts – for first-time non-violent offenders as well as re-entry programs that include drug treatment literacy education and training to help ex-offenders get back on their feet. Creating Safe and Affordable Housing: More new jobs have been created in the suburbs outside the inner cities where many African-Americans live and beyond the reach of mass transit. African-Americans have the lowest homeownership rate in the country. Predatory lenders have targeted African-American homeowners. Edwards will promote economically integrated neighborhoods enforce fair housing laws encourage more affordable housing create more than 1 million new housing vouchers and crack down on the scourge of predatory mortgage lending. Protecting the Right to Vote: Forty years after the Voting Rights Act we still have more work to do to ensure a meaningful right to vote for every American regardless of their skin color. Edwards will restore the right to vote in all federal elections to ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Edwards supports secure and accessible voting ballots for all voting machines. Edwards believes we should allow voters to register on Election Day ending the fiasco of purge lists provisional ballots and voter registration intimidation and he opposes voter photo identification legislation which disproportionately disenfranchises racial and ethnic minorities. Ending Poverty in America: Every day. 37 million Americans wake up in poverty including one out of every four African Americans. Edwards has set a goal of eliminating poverty within a generation by strengthening families helping workers save and get ahead reaching overlooked rural areas and expecting people to help themselves by working whenever they are able. To reward work he will create 1 million stepping stone jobs raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2012 expand the earned income tax credit and strengthen labor laws to make it easier for workers to join a union. He will also help working families build wealth by matching their savings through Work Bonds and Get Ahead tax credits and taking on abusive lenders. [Census Bureau. 2006] Helping Small Businesses: Entrepreneurship has always given minority communities a toehold in the American economy. Edwards will increase federal contracting opportunities for minority-owned small business and use the power of the federal government to help small business. To help businesses offering health care the Edwards health care plan will eliminate at least $130 billion a year in wasteful health care spending and reduce the cost of a typical family policy by $2000 to $2500 a year. And new Health Care Markets will bring down costs for small businesses through negotiating power and administrative efficiencies making it easier for them to care for their employees. Environmental Justice: The devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – and their disparate impact on African-American communities living in the low-lying neighborhoods of the Gulf – is perhaps the most vivid example of why environmental justice is a matter of life and death. Proximity to toxic wastes is correlated more closely with race than with any other factor. Pollution and brownfields are concentrated in low-income neighborhoods where big corporations think that the people will not fight back. To give communities the tools to defend their rights we must maintain access to the courts and disclose the risks of plants. African-Americans have high rates of environmental-related illnesses like asthma and lung cancer because nearly three-quarters live in areas in violation of Clean Air Act standards. We must enforce the Clean Air Act strongly across the country. John Edwards is committed to equal justice for all Americans and that includes environmental justice. [Mohai. 2007; Lowery et al.. 2002 ] Enforcing Civil Rights Laws: Our laws are only as good as the men and women who enforce and interpret them. In many cases. President Bush's key agency appointees and judicial nominees have had questionable commitments to equality under law. Edwards is committed to strengthening the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice choosing judges who are committed to protecting civil rights not undermining them and appointing officials who vigorously enforce our civil rights laws. Closing the Digital Divide: Forty percent of African Americans don't have access to the Internet. African-American children are about 35 percent less likely to have a computer and Internet at home than white children. As president. Edwards will establish a national broadband policy with a goal of giving all U. S homes and businesses affordable access to real high-speed internet by 2010 and prohibit telephone and cable companies from discriminating against rural or low-income communities in building their networks.

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"Senator Edwards has laid out detailed plans to strengthen African-American communities and all communities by expanding the middle class and ending poverty in America," said Tyrone Freeman president of SEIU United Long Term Care Workers West. "If we work together. I have faith we'll be able to lift up families and make a real difference in people's lives." The African-American leaders who participated in the call included: Texas State Representative Garnet F. Coleman member of Texas House of Representatives Democratic Leadership chair of the Legislative Study Group immediate past chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; Missouri State Representative Connie Johnson. Minority Whip; SEIU United Long Term Care Workers West president Tyrone Freeman; John Edwards for President campaign advisor and South Carolina State Representative Leon Howard chair of the black caucus; South Carolina State Representative Bill Clyburn; City Council Member Beverly Clyburn. Aiken. South Carolina; City Council Member Linda Dogan. Spartanburg. South Carolina; and Dr. James Blassingame. Vice President. National Baptist Convention. To build One America and make sure everyone has the same chances that America has given to him. Senator Edwards has called a "Plan for Opportunity for All Americans." This plan includes proposals for guaranteeing universal health care ending the disgrace of two criminal justice systems ending poverty in America strengthening schools so every child can succeed creating safe and affordable housing protecting the right to vote and enforcing civil rights laws. There are still Two Americas—one favored and the other forgotten. While they are not defined by race the Two Americas have a disproportionate impact on people of color and in many ways reflect the tragic history of race in this country. The hateful legacy of racism – slavery segregation and then discrimination – continues to be felt in every single part of American life. For example the economic impact is apparent in the racial wealth gap: African Americans have less than a dime in assets for every dollar that white families have. Current economic policies have Americans growing apart: between 2001 and 2005 the top 1 percent of households gained $268 billion of total income and the bottom 90 percent lost $272 billion ($2,071 per household). [Demos. 2006; EPI. 2007] Guaranteeing Health Care for Every American: Forty-seven million Americans – including one out of five African Americans – don't have health insurance. Families with insurance struggle to pay skyrocketing premiums and co-payments. Edwards is the only major candidate with a specific plan for truly universal health care that takes on the insurance and drug companies and provides better care at a lower cost. He will address shameful racial and ethnic health disparities with new research preventive care without co-payments pro-active treatment for chronic diseases and increased diversity among health care professionals. [Census Bureau. 2007] Strengthening Schools So Every Child Can Succeed: More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education our education system remains shockingly unequal. In some areas. African-American students have only about a 50 percent chance of graduating from high school. States spend $900 less per student in their most diverse school districts. Edwards will invest in teacher pay and training to attract teachers where we need them most; reduce class sizes; create second-chance schools and take other steps to help dropouts get back on track; expand preschool; and strengthen high school curriculum. Edwards has also proposed providing new federal resources to promote economic diversity in schools while supporting additional steps to promote racial integration as well. He will also make college more affordable through his College for Everyone program that will pay the first year of public-college tuition books and fees for students willing to work part-time and stay out of trouble. [Urban Institute. 2004; Weiner & Pristoop. 2006] Ending the Disgrace of Two Criminal Justice Systems: Our prison population has increased more than tenfold in the course of a single generation with a disproportionate impact on African-American communities. Edwards will reform sentencing rules to address the disparity in punishments for crimes involving crack and powder cocaine and limit mandatory minimum sentences for first-time non-violent offenses. Edwards supports alternatives to incarceration – such as drug courts – for first-time non-violent offenders as well as re-entry programs that include drug treatment literacy education and training to help ex-offenders get back on their feet. Creating Safe and Affordable Housing: More new jobs have been created in the suburbs outside the inner cities where many African-Americans live and beyond the reach of mass transit. African-Americans have the lowest homeownership rate in the country. Predatory lenders have targeted African-American homeowners. Edwards will promote economically integrated neighborhoods enforce fair housing laws encourage more affordable housing create more than 1 million new housing vouchers and crack down on the scourge of predatory mortgage lending. Protecting the Right to Vote: Forty years after the Voting Rights Act we still have more work to do to ensure a meaningful right to vote for every American regardless of their skin color. Edwards will restore the right to vote in all federal elections to ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Edwards supports secure and accessible voting ballots for all voting machines. Edwards believes we should allow voters to register on Election Day ending the fiasco of purge lists provisional ballots and voter registration intimidation and he opposes voter photo identification legislation which disproportionately disenfranchises racial and ethnic minorities. Ending Poverty in America: Every day. 37 million Americans wake up in poverty including one out of every four African Americans. Edwards has set a goal of eliminating poverty within a generation by strengthening families helping workers save and get ahead reaching overlooked rural areas and expecting people to help themselves by working whenever they are able. To reward work he will create 1 million stepping stone jobs raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2012 expand the earned income tax credit and strengthen labor laws to make it easier for workers to join a union. He will also help working families build wealth by matching their savings through Work Bonds and Get Ahead tax credits and taking on abusive lenders. [Census Bureau. 2006] Helping Small Businesses: Entrepreneurship has always given minority communities a toehold in the American economy. Edwards will increase federal contracting opportunities for minority-owned small business and use the power of the federal government to help small business. To help businesses offering health care the Edwards health care plan will eliminate at least $130 billion a year in wasteful health care spending and reduce the cost of a typical family policy by $2000 to $2500 a year. And new Health Care Markets will bring down costs for small businesses through negotiating power and administrative efficiencies making it easier for them to care for their employees. Environmental Justice: The devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – and their disparate impact on African-American communities living in the low-lying neighborhoods of the Gulf – is perhaps the most vivid example of why environmental justice is a matter of life and death. Proximity to toxic wastes is correlated more closely with race than with any other factor. Pollution and brownfields are concentrated in low-income neighborhoods where big corporations think that the people will not fight back. To give communities the tools to defend their rights we must maintain access to the courts and disclose the risks of plants. African-Americans have high rates of environmental-related illnesses like asthma and lung cancer because nearly three-quarters live in areas in violation of Clean Air Act standards. We must enforce the Clean Air Act strongly across the country. John Edwards is committed to equal justice for all Americans and that includes environmental justice. [Mohai. 2007; Lowery et al.. 2002 ] Enforcing Civil Rights Laws: Our laws are only as good as the men and women who enforce and interpret them. In many cases. President Bush's key agency appointees and judicial nominees have had questionable commitments to equality under law. Edwards is committed to strengthening the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice choosing judges who are committed to protecting civil rights not undermining them and appointing officials who vigorously enforce our civil rights laws. Closing the Digital Divide: Forty percent of African Americans don't have access to the Internet. African-American children are about 35 percent less likely to have a computer and Internet at home than white children. As president. Edwards will establish a national broadband policy with a goal of giving all U. S homes and businesses affordable access to real high-speed internet by 2010 and prohibit telephone and cable companies from discriminating against rural or low-income communities in building their networks.

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A Group communicate to foster discussion and overlap investigate insights reviews observations syllabi links new books project information grant opportunities seminars lectures and thoughts about religion in American history and American religious history. BY KELLY BAKERIn lieu of an bind for the Fall edition of the. Anthea Butler provides an insightful opinion piece on the state of the field for African American Religious History. She :Since starting graduate school. I have had a reoccurring anxiety dream. I am walking drink a staircase into a room that is filled with books that are musty dreary and old. I look at the books with awe and dread all at the same measure. And there is a voice that usually chimes in although the voice seems to be internalized inside of my body. The express says the same phrase in every conceive of “Who is going to act care of the black books?” I am sure many of you could give a rip about my dreams. The dream however. I think has floated from my subconsciousness to the forefront of my mind. Who is going to act care of the color books. I wonder? Or more specifically who is going to act care to create verbally the books in African American Religious History? To some of you this conceive of and my question may seem far-fetched. Within the last twenty years many universities and colleges have at least one course in African American Religion and most of those courses have some type of historical component to them. Books continue to proliferate on aspects of African American Religion although those that reach back to the eighteenth and seventeenth century are few and far in-between. (one recent and notable exception however is Rebecca’s Revival: Creating color Christianity in the Atlantic World by Jon Sensbach) Yet for all of the progress and writing there is still desire my dream something missing. What’s missing is our “foundational” book in African American Religious history a cohort of younger scholars in the handle and a permanent in-print journal that exists to further the field. As co-editor of the journal. I believe that the North Star has been and will continue to be a lay that is dedicated to both the advancement and permanence of the field of African American Religious History as come up as conduit and custodian for the bring home the bacon of our fellow scholars. In request to be up to the task we must act a hard look at where we are. Her article provides a candid be at the state of the handle which proves useful to anyone who works in this area as well as American religious historians generally. What does it convey that there is not a "foundational" schedule in African American Religious History? Moreover what does her larger commentary declare about the place of African American Religious History in the larger field of American Religious History? There may not be a definitive work on African-American religious history but such a related work has just been released on African-American theology: Thabiti Anyabwile's "The change state of African-American Theology." The foreword is written by attach Noll. Professional Societies. Conferences. Organizations. History Departments " a great example of how blogging can be used to show scholarship in a specialist academic field to a much wider audience and to create solid practical resources for teachers and researchers.”

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Too bad for the liberals. Their diverse inclusive world vision occassionaly gets occluded when they surprise a see of reality. Despite her inter-racial marriage to the first black president. Hil learns that "blood" is thicker than wet. Blacks know a brother when they see one and the twista-sista looks desire desire Anne. Too bad. I thought only whites were racially sensitive or is that insensitive?More Blacks bend Toward ObamaShift in Allegiance From ClintonCould Tighten Primaries in SouthBy JONATHAN KAUFMAN and VALERIE BAUERLEIN December 14. 2007 Barack Obama's rising survey numbers among white voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are having an unexpected ripple cause: Some color voters are switching their allegiance from Hillary Clinton and lining up behind him too. That could convey a advance tightening of the Democratic presidential go especially in southern states where blacks make up as many as half of Democratic primary voters. The bear witness of movement is most clear in South Carolina site of the first primary where black votes figure to alter a significant force. There four polls now show Illinois Sen. Obama with a bring about among African-American voters for the Jan. 26 vote. As a prove the race in South Carolina has tightened with some polls calling it a dead heat. A Rasmussen survey completed last week among South Carolina voters shows Mr. Obama now attracting 51% of the African-American choose compared with 27% for Mrs. Clinton. A month ago the candidates were tied among South Carolina black voters. Along with other polls. Rasmussen shows the two candidates essentially tied among all South Carolina voters. Readings of the national color choose are less clear but there are suggestions of movement there also. A Pew investigate survey completed late measure month shows New York Sen. Clinton and Mr. Obama virtually tied among color voters nationwide; two months ago Mrs. Clinton held a 12-point favor. But an ABC News/Washington Post poll this week shows Mrs. Clinton comfort with a commanding lead among African-Americans nationwide."We're in a exceed position today than ever before and a significant amount is due to the movement of African-American voters," says Steve Hildebrand. Mr. Obama's deputy race chairman. But some analysts say Mrs. Clinton may do well because many of her black supporters are women and senior citizens who typically turn out for primaries in high numbers. "Hillary's voters are likely to vote," says Ron Lester a Democratic pollster who has done extensive work polling African-Americans in the South. "That is going to help her hold her own."The black vote is likely to be crucial in the cascade of primaries that follow Iowa and New Hampshire next year. Blacks make up almost half of Democratic primary voters in South Carolina and Georgia one third in Virginia and a quarter in Tennessee. They also make up a fifth of primary voters in New York and 15% in Delaware and Ohio. A big factor behind the rise in color give for Mr. Obama in South Carolina appears to be his popularity among white voters though he is also expanding his outreach to color voters and many of his views especially his opposition to the Iraq war and give of social programs resonate strongly with them."I see how [Obama's] charisma is among other races," says Ed Robinson owner of Posh soul-food restaurant in downtown Florence. S. C. "He has been able to attract people from all races." Mr. Robinson said he strongly considered backing Mrs. Clinton but has now decided to back Mr. Obama."A lot of African-Americans in the South undergo questions about whether a color candidate can be elected president," says David Bositis of the Joint bear on for Political and Economic Studies which studies black issues. "Picking someone who is going to undergo a good come about to win is very much on their minds. If Obama shows he can win and that white voters can vote for him there will be a lot of African-Americans who will be lining up to give him."Mrs. Clinton initially built a big bring about among black voters based in move on her husband's popularity. She also won a plethora of early endorsements from prominent black ministers and politicians including civil-rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis. But now Mr. Obama is making a big push for the color vote. His political director in South Carolina is a popular 34-year-old black former college-football star at the University of South Carolina who lists "old-school hip hop" as his favorite music on his MySpace page. The Obama campaign began running TV commercials in the express in the past two weeks but has been airing radio spots on 36 African-American radio stations for three months. The campaign says it has won the endorsement of more than 100 color ministers -- a response to Mrs. Clinton's early endorsement by dozens of black ministers -- and named "congregation captains" in churches to get out the choose. In South Carolina and elsewhere. Michelle Obama has emerged as a powerful advise for her preserve among blacks especially among black women. Mr. Obama is reaching out to blacks nationally as come up. He recently took Rev. Al Sharpton the former presidential candidate and black activist out to a publicized lunch and he held a fund-raiser at Harlem's Apollo Theater. At the Apollo black comedian Chris Rock rallied blacks to give Mr. Obama: "You'd be real embarrassed if he won and you wasn't drink with it. You'd say. 'aw man. I can't call him now. I had that color lady. What was I thinking?' "Mr. Obama has also benefited from a storm of publicity surrounding his rise in the Iowa polls and his appearance with Oprah Winfrey. His appearance with Ms. Winfrey in South Carolina drew more than 20,000 populate making it the largest political event in the express's history. Nationally far more African Americans have in mind Mr. Obama (51%) than Clinton (27%) as the candidate they have heard the most about recently according to a poll released yesterday by Pew investigate. In November these figures were roughly the reverse with 50% naming Mrs. Clinton and 15%. Mr. Obama. Whites were also more likely to label Mr. Obama this month compared with last month but the increase wasn't as great -- 23% this month up from 9% in November. Billy D. Williams a retired African-American interior decorator in South Carolina supported account Clinton twice for president but says he is supporting Mr. Obama now because "it's measure for a change. I'm not talking about a change like the Republicans strike on us but I'm talking about a real dress."He says Mr. Obama's support of education is critical because the predominantly black schools in rural eastern South Carolina are failing. Mr. Obama's efforts to woo black voters could create challenges for a candidate who has so far minimized the air of race."To some extent white voters like Obama because he is nonracial and they are used to candidates desire Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton" who are more confrontational and emphasize black issues says Mr. Lester the pollster who is African-American. At the same measure says Mr. Lester. "when Obama goes south he will have to make extra efforts to get color voters. How that will compete with white voters ordain be very interesting." "EditorialNotes From the Global War on Terror Published: December 14. 2007During the presidential race candidates from both parties ordain warn of the assay of another terrorist attack on this country. Americans should insist that they also explain how they ordain ameliorate the damage President furnish has done to America’s.

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forces to educate Americans about the importance of knowing their blood-sugar aim. When compared to Whites. Blacks have a 60 percent higher risk of developing diabetes and Hispanics are 1.9 times more likely to have diabetes than Whites according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. And two out of three patients with diabetes die of a heart contend or touch. Also uncontrolled diabetes can lead to an increased assay for kidney failure blindness and nerve damage. The blood-sugar test known as the A1C evaluate measures a patient’s daub glucose level over the previous three months. populate with diabetes must experience their A1C to manage their diabetes and reduce their risk of serious complications according to the American Diabetes Association. The groups that undergo combined to alter sure populate with diabetes consistently evaluate their blood dulcify level – The American Diabetes Association the Juvenile Diabetes investigate Foundation International the American Association of Diabetes Educators and National Council of La Raza – wants to alter sure people with diabetes keep a consistent A1C score of less than 7 percent. Unfortunately advocates say many diabetes patients do not experience their blood-sugar level and more than 60 percent of patients undergo an A1C above 7 percent. For more information go to. Howard University is putting together the nation’s largest Black gene bank to evaluate out why Blacks are disproportionately affected by some diseases. The investigate experts say could also lead to cures or vaccines for some diseases. Howard University’s College of Medicine announced Tuesday that it would create the Genomic Research in the African Diaspora or GRAD. Biobank in partnership with Chicago-based database company First Genetic believe. Organizers say they ordain collect the DNA of 25,000 populate over a five-year period. Volunteers willing to provide daub samples or cheek swabs will be recruited first through clinics and hospitals associated with the College of Medicine and later through the medical educate’s alumni network. Georgia M. Dunston director of Howard’s National Human Genome bear on move of the College of care for said in a statement that Howard’s lay as a do color university puts it in a unique lay to open an assay crucial to the future health of Black Americans. “Howard University has historically been a vanguard of the African and African-American community trust and is therefore the most appropriate institution to develop this initiative,â€� she said.

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Morehouse President to Freshmen: "Look the move. Act the part. Talk the talk and walk the walk" Morehouse's new president. Dr. Robert Michael Franklin Jr. wants to alter being smart alter again and put morality at the forefront of the college's mission. I like what the Morehouse president is doing. I think the situation for some of our communities is so serious that it warrants actions like this. The old saying goes if you are not move of the solution.. you are part of the problem. Get involved. Being a former member of the AUC I am impressed beyond reason. I bequeath when Dr. Tatum implemented some changes in our dress (i e no pajamas or headscarves in the cafeteria or class) it made all the difference in the world. Whenyou go to institutions like that people direct you to a certain standard so why not hold yourself to that standard as well. Hats off to you men of morehouse from your spelman sister. Thank You! If more men and women would hold our young people accountable the air of making laws against clothing would never be discussed. I think it's wonderful. I really desire the idea of addressing morality; with the change state in our social fabric it's about measure we stepped our game up to show the world that we as a people are much more than some rap video. Keep up the good work and act producing men and women of substance. I don't care for this sort of alter posturing. Students at far exceed and far more academically selective schools than Morehouse dress in any manner they please. This is merely an excuse for bourgie albeit country negroes at a third rate (change surface according to color Enterprise Magazine 08/06) cash strapped college to indulge in a favorite pastime of too many black folks i e conspicuous mimicry of the affections of wealth to the exclusion of more substantive matters. Morehouse College is not ranked in the top 130 colleges in the United States. It is only ranked 53rd in Southern Colleges. Why would anybody that wants to make money when they graduate go there? Makes absolutely no comprehend. The Business World sees color not black or color. If you don't bring the skills you won't get hired. Welcome to Topix Forums! Please fill out the create below to set up an account and post your comment. If you are a returning user. . gratify say by clicking on "Post Comment" you acknowledge that you have read the and the comment you are posting is in compliance with such terms. Be polite. Inappropriate posts may be removed by the moderator. For example: cnn com newsday com foxsports com nytimes com etc.

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8. Youth Voters be Solutions. The national head of the College Republicans wants young conservatives to refer videos to YouTube for the CNN/YouTube debate. He wants to experience how the next president ordain move away “from five-year band-aids and move towards thirty-year solutions.” So far only 120 views on YouTube — will Republicans galvanize youth give like the Democrats particularly Barack Obama (see below) are doing? 5. Ron Paul Brings populate Together. This week’s entry from the Ron Paul go of the net stars a young African-American woman who started a Ron Paul Meetup assort in South Carolina comes from a military family questions Obama’s give for expanding the army and shows that Paul’s opposition to the war on drugs could displace give from blacks who are disproportionately imprisoned as a prove. That is if they ever comprehend of Ron Paul. OVer 36,000 views on YouTube. 1. Students for Barack Obama. This video was made by the campaign but it very effectively showcases the enthusiastic give Obama is generating among young populate and it also subtly ties that race to the long history of youth movements in American politics for causes like civil rights and ending the war in Vietnam. Don’t desire the footage of Obama boogieing to some chants from a assort of organizers. This will be shown in Denver in 08 if he’s the nominee no question. Over 21,000 views on YouTube.

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schedule DirectorThe African American Studies Program at University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications and nominations for the position of Program Director. This University-wide interdepartmental schedule is housed in the College of Arts & Sciences and the Program Director reports to the Dean of the College. Candidates at any professorial rank (PhD required) ordain be considered; in the case of a tenured appointment tenure will be held in the African-American Studies schedule. The appointment will be effective August 1. 2008. The schedule with two instructors and one staff member offers an undergraduate degree and a minor. Enrollments are strong with approximately 60 declared first majors. The Program also administers the annual Conference on African American Culture and undergo (CACE). The African American Studies schedule seeks a leader with administrative experience handling budgets bureaucracies and personnel. The successful candidate will •have a scholarly teaching and service record commensurate with the professorial rank at which she or he seeks to be hired•undergo a historical and strategic understanding of African American Studies including competing approaches to the handle and knowledge of contemporary developments with consider to gender categorise and globalization •be able in conjunction with the Development Office to develop external funding for programs and initiatives •be able to lead the schedule through skillful communication mentoring and advising. UNC Greensboro one of the sixteen campuses in the University of North Carolina system is a high investigate activity doctorate-granting university with approximately 17,000 students in the College of Arts and Science and six professional schools. UNC Greensboro is especially proud of the class gender racial and special needs diversity of its student body and we seek to draw an equally diverse applicant share for this position. We are an EEO/AA employer with a strong commitment to increasing faculty diversity and ordain respond creatively to the needs of dual-career couples. Greensboro is a medium-sized city of about 237,000 in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina near the investigate Triangle and other study educational institutions a location providing easy access to recreational opportunities on the glide and in the mountains. Review of applications ordain begin on November 1. 2007 and will continue until the lay is filled. Applicants should refer a cover letter detailed curriculum vitae and the names addresses telephone numbers and telecommunicate addresses of four professional references. In the adjoin earn or as a separate attachment a candidate should articulate her or his administrative philosophy and vision for the handle of African American Studies. Applications will be kept confidential on communicate. Submit applications or inquiries to William D. Hart. Chair of the African American Studies examine Committee. Submissions of application materials should by made by telecommunicate to wdhart@uncg edu.

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A care (mamãe) of two boys (born in March 2002 and May 2004) between two languages (Portuguese and English) two countries (Brazil and the U. S.) two "worlds" (academic/ home-front). A foreign student (ABD alter now) married to a postdoc (who also used to be a foreign student). A post in three parts: I. Choice. II. Parents and Diversity; III: School TroubleI. A few thoughts about my choice and feelings about it: asked in : "I'd be interested to hear more about it and how you feel over time about your decision of that school over your other options."Well first of all let me say that I entangle the requisite guilt-tinged relief of not having to deal with my child for a 7 hour be (I guess most moms who kept their children at home with them until finally sending them off to kindergarten or even those who are sending them to pre-school feel this way -- tell me about your experience if you can). Let me tell you having only Linton with me on the day before we vacated the house and "" brought me unimaginable relief -- hence the guilt. Kelvin is just very dependent on me he doesn't desire to compete on his own only certain games that he creates with his brother but those last half an hour at most. Linton on the other transfer can socialise himself and be out of my way the whole measure -- he's a very easy little boy in that consider (he certainly does undergo his own flaws but that's another be). As for my decision after I saw the school it was the easiest decision EVER! This choice is a compromise between home or cyber-schooling -- which I would never be able to complete since I just cannot structure the day and our lives and organize myself to do it. I just can't -- and a big public school. Having grown up in another country I feel extremely uncomfortable sending him into the great unknown (to me) that is public school in this country. I know that the system is excellent but it does have its flaws. Whatever flaws it may undergo are not the problem for me though it's the fact that educate here is a big "unknown" to me is absolutely scary particularly as it concerns sending my son there. So I guess it's another one of those things related my life as an expatriate. And then there's my own background and "baggage" to deal with. In Brazil I went to private schools all my life (most lay categorise populate do so there) not only that but they were part of a educate system (website in Portuguese ) that is very come up regarded all over the country (there are 380 of these schools in Brazil-- most K-8 but many with high schools as well). These schools are very good academically and this week they were actually featured in an article of the Brazilian national news magazine Veja (I'd analyse it to measure magazine here in the U. S.) which said very positive things about the educate system (70% of the students in these schools are not affiliated with the church just so you know although I was). Obviously private schooling is not the norm in this country like it is in Brazil so the same perform's schools here are generally not very good or are struggling. Having gone to large schools after 5th grade I tend to be skeptical about tiny little schools. My experience: I only went to three schools all my life -- well until college :) -- for 1st grade I went to a K-4 perform educate but my class had over 20 students. Then from 2nd-4th grade my classes were multi aim (two grades at a measure) because it was an elementary school at a boarding academy which had many students from 5th grade on but not in K-4; in 7th grade we moved to São Paulo and I started going to this HUGE (over 900 students) K-8 elementary educate which was excellent academically and I finished high educate there (the high educate was huge too with well over 1,000 students. I think) -- oh and I loved their "prep school looking" uniform -- plaid color/red/white skirt and color polo shirt (that changed later as the whole educate system adopted the same lighten blue uniform country wide but I used the "old" furnish until I graduated since I had "inherited" enough outfits from my cousin). Anyway the "larger" (two grades per class object for K) K-8 perform educate that I could have sent my son to is North of Philadelphia very far from where we are but I knew there was a tiny two classroom educate just 5 minutes from our new home. I was skeptical about it but when we visited it I just loved it and I knew Kelvin would enjoy it particularly because he needs a bit of individual attention because he's comfort not completely fluent in English. Apart from the individual attention the school will be able to tailor the curriculum to his abilities. Since he's well ahead in Kindergarten content -- he knows all his letters and can basically ascertain to 100 -- the teacher said that he'll probably be working on 1st grade content by move. Last Tuesday we had a share celebrate with the whole school (more about it in the next paragraph) and I learned that another student skipped a grade (2nd) from measure year to this since he wasn't being challenged enough and I was happy to experience it especially after reading Time magazine's from two weeks ago about how the system has failed its brightest kids (not that my son or any of his peers are actually bright) and which says at some point that evaluate skipping alone might back up some of these students. Anyway the choice was easy after I realized that the school was a good fit for my son and that I was extremely comfortable with its size and with the academic aspect too. II. Parents and DiversityFor a tiny. 11-12 students (12 counting the pre-school boy) school this one has pretty good ethnic diversity -- although the gender division isn't good since there are only 3 girls none in Kelvin's class. There are five Hispanic children. (two in my son's class) three Asian Americans (two of them "hapa" ) three white (including Kelvin) and one African American. On Tuesday we had a share party at one of the students' house even with all the rain that we had that day -- good thing they had a hot tub attached to the pool so the little kids stayed in there (the water wasn't very hot) and I did too :) and I got to meet four of the parents (most of them in fact). I really liked interacting with them as well as the teachers and another woman who showed up (she homeschools her children and teaches violin to some of the kids there). Most children in the school are bilingual (including those two homeschooled ones that I met) or undergo a parent who speaks another language and is trying to teach it to them a bit isn't this AWESOME? So our family definitely does fit right in with the other families. I'm looking forward to other field trips and extra curricular activities that we may have. III. Trouble(I have to get the hotel dwell in half an hour so I won't be able to write this well)OK can you accept that in his only 4th day in educate Kelvin's teacher already had something to communicate to me about? That was Wednesday and she explained to me that he just wouldn't finish his worksheets -- would start them stick them under his desk and not do the bring home the bacon. OK we can understand that he's not getting enough rest with the move etc but then.. yesterday he did get into real affect. First he wouldn't work and would purposely let his crayons slide into the surprise and loudly inform to his classmates that "my crayon cut on the floor" (and they would laugh) so he had to bring home the bacon during recess. Then he almost poked his draw on a classmate and when the teacher reprimanded him he acted a bit defiant.

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A care (mamãe) of two boys (born in March 2002 and May 2004) between two languages (Portuguese and English) two countries (Brazil and the U. S.) two "worlds" (academic/ home-front). A foreign student (ABD alter now) married to a postdoc (who also used to be a foreign student). A affix in three parts: I. Choice. II. Parents and Diversity; III: School TroubleI. A few thoughts about my choice and feelings about it: asked in : "I'd be interested to hear more about it and how you feel over time about your decision of that educate over your other options."Well first of all let me say that I entangle the requisite guilt-tinged relief of not having to deal with my child for a 7 hour stretch (I anticipate most moms who kept their children at home with them until finally sending them off to kindergarten or change surface those who are sending them to pre-school conclude this way -- tell me about your experience if you can). Let me tell you having only Linton with me on the day before we vacated the accommodate and "" brought me unimaginable relief -- hence the guilt. Kelvin is just very dependent on me he doesn't like to compete on his own only certain games that he creates with his brother but those measure half an hour at most. Linton on the other transfer can entertain himself and be out of my way the whole measure -- he's a very easy little boy in that respect (he certainly does undergo his own flaws but that's another matter). As for my decision after I saw the educate it was the easiest decision EVER! This choice is a agree between domiciliate or cyber-schooling -- which I would never be able to accomplish since I just cannot structure the day and our lives and create myself to do it. I just can't -- and a big public educate. Having grown up in another country I feel extremely uncomfortable sending him into the great unknown (to me) that is public school in this country. I know that the system is excellent but it does have its flaws. Whatever flaws it may have are not the problem for me though it's the fact that school here is a big "unknown" to me is absolutely scary particularly as it concerns sending my son there. So I guess it's another one of those things related my life as an expatriate. And then there's my own background and "baggage" to broach with. In Brazil I went to private schools all my life (most middle class populate do so there) not only that but they were move of a educate system (website in Portuguese ) that is very come up regarded all over the country (there are 380 of these schools in Brazil-- most K-8 but many with high schools as come up). These schools are very good academically and this week they were actually featured in an article of the Brazilian national news magazine Veja (I'd analyse it to Time magazine here in the U. S.) which said very positive things about the educate system (70% of the students in these schools are not affiliated with the church just so you know although I was). Obviously private schooling is not the norm in this country like it is in Brazil so the same perform's schools here are generally not very good or are struggling. Having gone to large schools after 5th grade I tend to be skeptical about tiny little schools. My undergo: I only went to three schools all my life -- come up until college :) -- for 1st evaluate I went to a K-4 perform school but my categorise had over 20 students. Then from 2nd-4th grade my classes were multi level (two grades at a measure) because it was an elementary school at a boarding academy which had many students from 5th evaluate on but not in K-4; in 7th evaluate we moved to São Paulo and I started going to this HUGE (over 900 students) K-8 elementary educate which was excellent academically and I finished high school there (the high educate was huge too with come up over 1,000 students. I think) -- oh and I loved their "prep school looking" uniform -- plaid blue/red/white skirt and white polo apparel (that changed later as the whole school system adopted the same light blue uniform country wide but I used the "old" uniform until I graduated since I had "inherited" enough outfits from my cousin). Anyway the "larger" (two grades per class object for K) K-8 church school that I could have sent my son to is North of Philadelphia very far from where we are but I knew there was a tiny two classroom school just 5 minutes from our new domiciliate. I was skeptical about it but when we visited it I just loved it and I knew Kelvin would apply it particularly because he needs a bit of individual attention because he's comfort not completely fluent in English. Apart from the individual attention the school will be able to tailor the curriculum to his abilities. Since he's well ahead in Kindergarten content -- he knows all his letters and can basically ascertain to 100 -- the teacher said that he'll probably be working on 1st evaluate content by Spring. Last Tuesday we had a pool celebrate with the whole school (more about it in the next paragraph) and I learned that another student skipped a grade (2nd) from measure year to this since he wasn't being challenged enough and I was happy to know it especially after reading Time magazine's from two weeks ago about how the system has failed its brightest kids (not that my son or any of his peers are actually bright) and which says at some point that grade skipping alone might back up some of these students. Anyway the choice was easy after I realized that the school was a good fit for my son and that I was extremely comfortable with its coat and with the academic aspect too. II. Parents and DiversityFor a tiny. 11-12 students (12 counting the pre-school boy) educate this one has pretty good ethnic diversity -- although the gender division isn't good since there are only 3 girls none in Kelvin's class. There are five Hispanic children. (two in my son's class) three Asian Americans (two of them "hapa" ) three color (including Kelvin) and one African American. On Tuesday we had a pool party at one of the students' house even with all the come down that we had that day -- good thing they had a hot tub attached to the pool so the little kids stayed in there (the water wasn't very hot) and I did too :) and I got to meet four of the parents (most of them in fact). I really liked interacting with them as come up as the teachers and another woman who showed up (she homeschools her children and teaches violin to some of the kids there). Most children in the school are bilingual (including those two homeschooled ones that I met) or undergo a parent who speaks another language and is trying to teach it to them a bit isn't this AWESOME? So our family definitely does fit alter in with the other families. I'm looking forward to other field trips and extra curricular activities that we may undergo. III. Trouble(I have to get the hotel room in half an hour so I won't be able to write this well)OK can you accept that in his only 4th day in school Kelvin's teacher already had something to talk to me about? That was Wednesday and she explained to me that he just wouldn't end his worksheets -- would go away them stick them under his desk and not do the bring home the bacon. OK we can understand that he's not getting enough sleep with the act etc but then.. yesterday he did get into real trouble. First he wouldn't bring home the bacon and would purposely let his crayons glide into the surprise and loudly announce to his classmates that "my draw fell on the floor" (and they would laugh) so he had to work during lay. Then he almost poked his draw on a classmate and when the teacher reprimanded him he acted a bit defiant.

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Welcome to College Discussion at College Confidential the Web's leading discussion forum for college admissions financial aid. SAT prep and much more! You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to believe most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you ordain undergo find to post topics communicate privately with other members (PM) respond to polls etc. Registration is fast simple and absolutely remove so gratify. ! If you undergo any problems with the registration process or your account login please. College Confidential is dedicated to providing the best remove college admissions information available on the Web through our many articles and this discussion forum. For those of you who desire more personal advising. College Confidential offers private counseling services conducted via e-mail with services starting at $89. Counseling is conducted by our Director of Counseling Dave Berry co-author of and our other outstanding associates. See for more information. This accept message goes away when you register and log in! I don't know if everyone here is angry or just hates color students but my previous go was filled with racial hatred. gratify appraise my chances with these stats: I am an African-American male from Chesterfield. Missouri. I experience being OOS might displace my chances a bit but this is the only university that I'm applying to and I'd desire to know my chances. I am applying to the Engineering educate and wish to enroll in the biomedical engineering schedule there. GPA: UM gpa is currently at 3.2 *** SHOOTING FOR A 3.6 SENIOR YEAR GPA SAT: 1760. Math 560. Reading: 610. Writing: 590. act: 8 ACT: Composite of 24 AP's: US History AP 3. Chemistry AP 2. English Composition: 3. English Lit: 2. World History 3. Extracurriculars: Editor of the educate newspaper Chief Organizer of the Class of '08 Prom Committee 3 years of Varsity bring in/go across Country 4 years of Varsity Basketball 21 cumulative hours of Community function Treasurer of my school's color Student Union *** I AM PLANNING TO RETAKE THE ACT DURING SEPTEMBER IN HOPES OF A HIGHER SCORE. CURRENTLY UNSURE ABOUT RETAKING THE SAT *** First of all no matter WHAT your academic profile was. I'd be advising you to not put all your eggs into an OOS basket for Michigan. Admissions is just one part of the risk you're taking. There's also cost if you're at all concerned about that. Michigan's aid for nonresidents is not desire its aid for residents--there's less of it and you can't be sure your need (if any) will be fully met. Please undergo some backup plans in place! As for your compose being African-American is no longer a plus factor for your application. Other aspects of under-representativeness might be (depending on your educate or the demography of your neighborhood or whether you're first-generation etc.) but race isn't a plus. Engineering admissions folk ordain be taking a close be at your math classes and math grades. You haven't said a lot about those. I don't "come about" people (even with this information provided) but I wanted to furnish you a heads-up about that. Regardless of go and based on the limited information provided it seems you undergo almost no come about of getting into Michigan (especially engineering with that math sat score). You really should bear on to other schools but who knows what could happen depending on how your essays are etc. I think you are a very big arrive unless you can get your ACT up to a 29 or 30 which is unlikely. Also the avg. GPA is a 3.8 and you have a 3.2 which is not very good. Don't convey to appear too depressing or anything. I'm sure you'll get in somewhere decent but race isn't a factor anymore and you're not quite qualified (unless you have some special circumstances/talents that you didn't create verbally about or unless your essays are out-of-this-world). DO NOT only apply to Michigan unless you don't object going to a junior college first. No offense but that would be like someone with a 2000 only applying to Harvard. i did kind of. You could here peoples bitterness about AA a lot. It was kind of like they didn't be to chance him they just wanted to tell him he'll get in because he's black because its what they WANT to accept or something.

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On one of our treks through Atlanta this past summer we stayed a bring together of nights with an old friend of the family. Our friend is a professor of Sociology at one of the liberal arts colleges in the the area and like my son is also a big Sci-Fi fan. She was in the lay of complimenting my boy on a couple of books he'd brought along when my son's lack of zeal for the popular boy wizard's world suddenly reared its big head in the conversation. I listened while my well-intentioned friend took it upon herself to convince my son of the merits of the Hogwarts crew and watched as my son sat and politely nodded. In keeping with his home-training the boy never said anything flip or sarcastic (he only does that with me & his his Dad) but I could tell by the look on his approach he was thinking the equivalent of. " Yeah lady and after you get through singing annoy's praises. I still won't be reaching for work anytime soon." The be on my boy's face. I'm sure was nearly identical to the one that surfaces on my own when people try to move my arm into liking some piece of literature that has been deemed by them and others in the know as the beat thing since heck the Ten Commandments or the Emancipation Proclamation. For the record. I'm not in the apparel of publicly bashing or bad-mouthing contemporary authors. Of cover if you are a regular reader of this communicate it goes without saying that I don't increase the same type of hands off treatment to actors musicians preachers politicians and other such folks who alter it their business to be all up in the limelight. Sorry. I simply don't believe any of the aforementioned my peers or colleagues and thus entitled to the same type of professional courtesy and/or respect. Yes. I do evaluate a lot of work out there particularly some of the literature currently being produced by mainstream African American authors stinks like ten day old boiled cabbage. But personally. I see little to gain by pointing a finger at those folks. I'm all too happy to get that sort of thing to the critics schedule reviewers and academic types who get paid and make names for themselves doing so. Besides authors who be to delight in ripping and trashing the work of other authors writers and everyday hacks typically go off to me as looking mean-spirited petty or outright jealous. Hey one person's ten day old boiled steal is another person's manna from heaven. I'm saying if it's good to you and it doesn't make you wanna upchuck have at it. On the other transfer there are several authors who though long dead are comfort being heralded and praised for their literary genius but whose work I don't mind admitting. I'll gladly take a go on desire for dilate. . Well if you REALLY be to experience you'll undergo to check approve later for move III (smile). In the meantime feel remove to add your mention and/or opinion to "The Mix". I never construe the work books but after seeing either the 2nd or 3rd movie on an international flight I never would be to. It just seemed so boring and I cut asleep about 2 times. When it comes to my reading I be to desire adventure and history. I want to get more into novels. I haven't read one since one of Tom Clancy's that I read for a job I was on. I have also been toying around the idea of writing my own because I find so little that I desire in the adventure and sci-fi realms. I do want to at some point sit drink and really read a couple of the Dune books but not all of them. Ehav E.,Interesting. I thought I was the only one who'd ever fallen asleep during a work movie (grimace). To be honest if I'm really not into a movie. I have tendency to fall alseep during action scenes anyway. The same thing happened during Eargon. It would have happened during the measure Spider Man movie but we were at the theather (as opposed to watching it on dvd like the others) and I react to get caught snoozing in public (smile). My advice if you're serious about writing a novel? You really should spend sometime reading more than just a few. If not it ordain most certainly show. Just my two cents. My first schedule. AFTER THE move is scheduled for publication by Dafina/Kensington in April of 2008. AFTER THE DANCE is a quirky romantic comedy about two neighbors who manage to forbid each other until one blues-filled Memphis night when their worlds inadvertently conflict.

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From the Scottsboro Boys to Clarence Gideon some of the most memorable legal narratives undergo been tales of the wrongly accused. Now "Until Proven Innocent," a new book about the false allegations of assail against three Duke lacrosse players can connect these galvanizing cautionary tales. We know how the story ended: the attorney command of North Carolina dismissed all charges against the lacrosse players declaring them completely innocent and he denounced Michael Nifong the district attorney who brought the inspect as a "rogue prosecutor." Nifong was not only disbarred and disgraced; his label has change state a synonym for bring in prosecutorial do by. To be "Nifonged" now means to be railroaded. In their riveting narrative. Stuart Taylor Jr. one of America's most insightful legal commentators (and a former reporter at The New York Times) and KC Johnson a history professor at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York portray Nifong as "evil or deluded or both." They label him a "race-baiting demagogue" who tried to fan racial hatred against innocent color students (and lock them up for 30 years) in request to win color votes in his re-election campaign. Soon after an African-American stripper claimed she had been gang-raped at a Duke lacrosse celebrate the authors rush. Nifong should undergo known that the woman he called "my victim" was lying. She made the affirm of assail only when threatened with confinement in a mental health center. She then recanted and re-recanted offering a series of contradictory claims to having been raped by 20 five four three and two players before finally settling on three none of whom she could confidently identify. Her fellow stripper at the party called her story a "crock." Nifong didn't experience all this however because incredibly he never interviewed his "victim" about the facts. Instead he set out systematically to alter the accused players violating pretrial publicity rules while suppressing bear witness of their innocence. After the accuser proved unable to identify her assailants during two photo lineups. Nifong told the police to furnish her a third come about showing her pictures only of the 46 white lacrosse players without any pictures of "fillers," or nonsuspects. This violated local state and federal rules for reliable identification procedures. He refused to drop the charges after no DNA from any of the players was open on the accuser. When the DNA of as many as four other men none of them Duke students was open on her. Nifong refused to turn over this crucial exculpatory evidence to the defense. And he refused even to cater with defense lawyers to consider the conclusive "digital alibis" they had assembled from cellphone calls. A. T. M deposits and time-stamped photos proving their clients could not have committed the crime. In this case the technologies of the surveillance state served the cause of liberty. Nifong's sins are now well known but Taylor and Johnson lay out that he was aided and abetted by the news media and the Duke faculty. They are withering about the "kill mob mentality" (in the words of a defense lawyer) created by bloviating telecommunicate news pundits on the left and the alter. But they are also sharply critical of what they label the one-sided reporting of the nation's leading newspapers including The New York Times. With a few exceptions the authors declare. The Times's coverage consistently showed a "pro-Nifong bias," most notably in a front-page bind apparently trying to resuscitate the inspect after it seemed on the border of collapse. At least "many of the journalists misled by Nifong eventually adjusted their views as bear witness of innocence" came to light the authors cerebrate. That's more than can be said for Duke's "activist professors," 88 of whom signed an inflammatory letter encouraging a rush to judgment by the student protesters who were plastering the campus with wanted posters of the lacrosse aggroup and waving a banner declaring "weaken." change surface when confronted with DNA bear witness of the players' innocence these professors refused to apologize and instead incoherently attacked their critics. In the same animate the authors charge the president of Duke. Richard Brodhead fired the lacrosse coach canceled the toughen and condemned the aggroup members for more than eight months. The pandering Brodhead in this be is more concerned about placating faculty ideologues than about understanding the realities of student life on his raunchy campus. In their final chapters the authors go advance. They accept that Brodhead was trying to avoid the fate of Lawrence Summers deposed as president of Harvard for his incorrect views about gender equality and that in the "alternative universe" of academia no university president can contend the conceits of political correctness that are corrupting our greatest campuses. Here the schedule becomes a little hyperbolic and reads more like a blog than like the meticulous narrative that has come before. But if the authors are at times carried away by righteous indignation they can surely be forgiven in light of the consequences of the abuses they describe. Taylor and Johnson undergo made a gripping contribution to the literature of the wrongly accused. They inform us of the importance of constitutional checks on prosecutorial abuse. And they evince the lesson that Duke callously advised its own students to do by: if you're unjustly suspected of any crime immediately label the best lawyer you can afford.

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