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The article below is a year old, but completely relevant today in terms of double-standards dumped on Obama (of whom I am obviously a critic, but who still deserves freedom from racial discrimination). Tim Wise is a smart cat who's been writing and speaking on the topic of racial supremacy for years. And in case the remarks below send up flags for your about Wise being an angry Black militant with an axe to grind about "Whitey," Wise is Jewish. "... a white guy can praise Hitler , can cast aspersions on the veracity of Jews who were slotted to be killed, and can make blatantly racist, sexist and homophobic remarks and ultimately nothing happens to him, and no white politician is ever asked their opinion of him, or made to distance him or herself from the white man's rantings. "But black folks will have to do the dance, will have to make sure to reject Farrakhan, because otherwise, apparently, we should intuit that they are closet members of the Nation, just ...

I wish Obama had talked like Father Mike Flager when it came to defending Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Powerful words. Great job, Father. I might've stayed Catholic if you'd been my pastor. Some debate has ensued as to the authenticity of this interview. Read that debate here .

CJSR FM88 www.cjsr.com 6 PM Mountain Time The recent controversy surrounding Barack Obama and Reverend Jeremiah Wright has opened up innumerable discussions outside and inside the American Afrikan community regarding who has a right to say what, and who has a right to consort with whom. So far, US corporate press has done nothing but scale their already lofty positions on the mountain of hypocrisy. While Democratic contender Obama is held up to scrutiny and shaming for his Reverend’s comments—which when taken in context sound entirely logical— the comments of some supporters of Republican nominee John McCain are outrageous. According to Mother Jones magazine: “Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser … Ohio megachurch pastor [ Televangelist Rod Parsley ] who has called upon Christians to wage a ‘war’ against the ‘false religion’ of Islam with the aim of destroying it. ” (Thanks to Swamp Politics for the link on media hypocrisy.) Of course, in a society that once claimed leg...

CJSR FM88 www.cjsr.com 6 PM Mountain Time All youth face difficulties in the transition from childhood to adulthood, but those difficulties are typically greater for youth who immigrate. In Edmonton , the increasingly large population of new Canadians from the Afrikan continent, especially from the Horn of Afrika, is finding that Canada contains within it much opportunity—for success, as well as for suffering. On Monday, I spoke with two youth activists who are attempting to steer their peers towards productive, happy lives. Yannick Dako from Ivo ry Coast is 21 years old and is currently in an internship program with the YMCA. He’s also worked for Canadian Heritage and has been volunteering with Youth and Family Alliance of Alberta and Family First. Amal Issa is a 19 year old Political Science student at the University of Alberta . Of Somali heritage, she currently volunteers at Edmonton ’s new Africa Centre located ine former Wellington school, where she helps tutor young pe...