Jul. 22nd, 2009

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I didn't hear about this until just now (seems like it's yesterday's news at this point), but I thought this article was very interesting.

It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America's most prominent black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it's not just another episode of profiling — it's a signpost on the nation's bumpy road to equality.

The news was parsed and Tweeted, rued and debated. This was, after all Henry "Skip" Gates: Summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale. MacArthur "genius grant" recipient. Acclaimed historian, Harvard professor and PBS documentarian. One of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Americans" in 1997. Holder of 50 honorary degrees.

If this man can be taken away by police officers from the porch of his own home, what does it say about the treatment that average blacks can expect in 2009?


Read more.

Speaking of controversial news stories, how about this one: Oakland to tax marijuana to fill budget shortfall? What do you all think?

Overcompensating was all over this topic months ago.

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