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Chancellor Klein and Rev. Al on Closing the Achievement Gap
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Chancellor Klein joined Reverend Al Sharpton this week to discuss efforts to close the racial achievement gap separating black and Hispanic students from their white and Asian peers. “We cannot continue to accept that barely half of the country’s black and Hispanic students are graduating from high school, or that white children can read at [...]
Foot-in-Mouth disease
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007+ Less than a month after leading the anti-Imus crusade, Rev. Al betrays his inner, uh, bigot. Does this mean he should be fired? But who would fire him? + Curt (Shrilling) Schilling on Bonds; on Rocket; on bloody socks. Even his manager is appealing to him to put a bloody sock in it. + [...]
Thoughts on Race, Rap, Duke, Imus, and Rev. Al
Thursday, April 12th, 2007First, the disclaimers. 1. I am not an Imus fan. 2. His comments last week were racist, sexist, and typical of his show. 3. He should have been fired a long time ago. Next, the ironies (hypocrisies). 1. MSNBC fired Imus the same day last year’s rush-to-judgment, race-fueled charges against the Duke lacrosse players were [...]
Race – Still Newsworthy
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Race, racism, and racists are making headline news again, as two unrelated stories gripped the New York public Thanksgiving weekend. First was the tragic police shooting of three men outside of a Queens strip club. Reportedly, “Although Bell and another of the wounded men, Trent Benefield, 23, were black, [Mayor Michael] Bloomberg said it doesn’t [...]