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In a blog entry at News One, Dr. Boyce Watkins examines Ann Coulter’s recent sound bite of “our blacks are better than their blacks” and disparages the treatment of African Americans by liberals and conservatives alike. Ultimately, Watkins says, black politics must go beyond choosing the better pimp.
Ann Coulter, the woman who makes her money with silly soundbites, decided to offend half the world by stating that “our blacks are better than their blacks,” referring to conservatives vs. liberals. I wasn’t surprised to hear this kind of banter from Coulter, who is smart enough to know how to sell books by saying things that most decent human beings would not. Sadly for poor Ann, she is an embarrassment to serious conservatives, but all the while seems content engaging in the political promiscuity of a woman desperately seeking out her next gig.
“Nanny Annie” Coulter’s remarks (which make her sound like a character from “Gone with the Wind”) also spoke to the peculiar fight between liberals and conservatives, who are trying to toss around the Black community like two pimps arguing over a prostitute. Rather than adjusting their platforms to fit issues that matter to Black America, each party is only able to point out the fact that they believe the other group abuses Black people more than they do. In that regard, neither conservatives nor liberals are innocent when vying to put Black folks on their own plantation.
When Coulter makes reference to “her Blacks,” which include the always-entertaining Herman Cain, she is referring to Black folks who embody the values that Coulter and her friends believe to be true. When someone like Cain attempts to genuinely lead the party in a different direction, he is spit out like a sex offender at a debutante ball. An example is when he challenged Rick Perry over the “niggerhead” controversy and was quickly told to sit down and shut up. Political analyst Yvette Carnell described things beautifully when she said, “The rendering of Black people as the ornaments of diversity, rather than incarnations of it, is one of the essential reasons why Blacks clash with conservatism.”
SIDEBAR: Ann Coulter can kiss my grits sideways to the 2nd power!
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Queen Latifah has a hit on her hands with her VH1 TV series Single Ladies.LisaRaye and Stacy Dash star in the drama series. The show has been getting better ratings than its lead in, Basketball Wives. Actor DB Woodside has proved to be a sexy standout on the show. You may remember him from The Temptations miniseries where he played Melvin Franklin, and he also appeared on Grey’s Anatomy and 24. Woodside has a daughter with Actress Golden Brooks (“Maya” from Girlfriends). Queen Latifah is the producer of the show, and it looks like they’ll get renewed for a second season.
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In more Queen Latifah news, she’s teaming up with the Home Shopping Network. Latifah is introducing a clothing line as well as accessories. Sizes are 2-24. The Queen Collection will also have handbags and debuts on HSN in August. Latifah was recently inducted into the New Jersey Hall Of Fame, and she’s also teaming up with Kirk Franklin for a movie project due out in January 2012.
An unusual – and possibly first of its kind – discrimination suit was settled in Vernon, Texas last week.
The giant meat-procession company Tyson Foods settled a bias claim by agreeing with a government finding that it had discriminated against both Blacks and whites at its bacon processing plant in Vernon.
The company admitted to favoring Hispanics when filling positions at the plant.
Over 530 applicants (over 150 Black and nearly 375 white) will now share $560,000 in back pay.
The findings of discrimination over a two-year period were revealed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance programs.
It was not clear why the company favored Hispanics. However, the speculation is that the Hispanics were willing to accept lower wages and were less likely to attempt unionization. (source: Journal & Times)
A judge is ordering Wells Fargo Bank to pay customers $203 million for overdraft fees.
According to reports, the bank has been manipulating accounts to make customers pay for unwarranted overdraft fees.
The bank has been in some trouble for its deceptive practices for years, including accused loan
discrimination against Blacks.
San Francisco U.S. District Judge William Alsup has also ordered the bank stop its deceptive practice of charging excess overdraft fees.
Wells Fargo will appeal the ruling.
The case is Gutierrez v. Wells Fargo
07-05923, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
“Recent household surveys show that retirees of color, especially Blacks and Latinos, rely more heavily on Social Security and have less access to other types of retirement income than their white counterparts,” researcher Nari Rhee of UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education said in a statement.
Rhee’s report, “Black and Latino Retirement (In)Security,” is based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
The report’s main findings include:
Rhee says these findings can serve as a reminder that the job crisis we face today may have long-term repercussions.
“It is critical to improve both job access and job quality—in terms of wages and benefits, including pension benefits—to improve retirement prospects for current workers.”
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