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“There’s A Time, And A Place For Everything”

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Yet New York schools Chancellor, Cathie Black said her comment regarding school overcrowding was just a joke.

Black said: “birth control would solve the problem” and made the remark last week at a task force meeting on school overcrowding.

Upon hearing estimates that lower Manhattan would need an additional 1,000 elementary school seats by 2015, she said “birth control would really help us.”

Cathie Black is already disliked amongst some of her constituents, city activist and parents., being a former executive at Hearst Magazines and USA Today; many felt she was more than unqualified for the job as New York’s school chancellor.

Black was appointed to the position by New York Mayor Bloomberg and Bloomberg came to her defense following a Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast yesterday. He said, “she has apologized and “won’t make the same mistake again.”

Her spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz says, “she takes the problem of school overcrowding seriously and regrets her “offhanded joke” left a different impression.”

Was the School Chancellor ‘out of place with her remark?’ I’d like to hear your thoughts on the matter?

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“Roger Ebert Crosses The Line W/The ‘N’ Word”

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After news broke Tuesday that publisher NewSouth will release a new edition of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ with all 219 N-words excluded, movie critic Roger Ebert reacted with a controversial tweet.

Ebert responded to the ‘Huck Finn’ announcement on Wednesday by tweeting to his followers, “I’d rather be called a Nigger than a Slave.”

The tweet set off a storm of heated feedback toward the influential critic, some saying he was “disrespectful” and “ignorant.”

Others believe Ebert thinks he’s allowed to take such liberties with the “N” word because his wife, is black.

After the fall-out from his comment, Ebert retracted his statement by conceding  “he would never be called either word so he should have just shut the fuck up”.

I wanna hear from y’all, was Roger Ebert out-of-place?

Oh and… thanks to loyal reader “HeavyC” for the story tip…

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“Sharpton Said: Cuomo’s Team Lacks Diversity”

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The Rev. Al Sharpton is seriously concerned that the newly elected Governor, Andrew Cuomo lacks diversity in his transition team.

“They should have given a priority to send an early signal that they are going to have a diverse administration,” Sharpton told the Daily News. Emphasizing African-American unease with the Democrat.

Sharpton warned of “governing problems” for Cuomo if the situation is not addressed soon.

The powerful black, Hispanic and Puerto Rican legislative caucus is crucial for Cuomo’s agenda.

A number of caucus members have privately expressed concerns, particularly since Cuomo was put on notice in May about the absence of minorities on the statewide Democratic ticket.

Cuomo’s camp insists his 280-page urban agenda and his trip to Puerto Rico this week to address a conference of Hispanic New York lawmakers highlight his commitment to diversity.

Sharpton went on to say some other shit that made absolutely no sense to me: “I’ve not known [Cuomo] to have a racial component, but the results are what they are,” Sharpton said. “I’m not a psychiatrist, I’m an activist. Why it is, I don’t know. That it is, is what concerns me.”

In the meantime, Cuomo met with outgoing Gov. Paterson for 45 minutes on yesterday to discuss the hand-off of power.

Afterward Paterson praised Cuomo, saying he feels “very assured being replaced by someone who is going to do an excellent job.”
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“The Black Man Would Rather Sell Drugs???”

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Republican Party leaders in central Illinois are calling on their own candidate for state senate to step down following racist remarks he made at a candidate’s forum last week.

Al Reynolds, who is considered the Tea Party’s candidate in Illinois’ 52nd District, has been out of the spotlight since saying that African-American men preferred dealing drugs than going to college, because it is “easier.”

“I’ve been in the city and the dichotomy of the women and the men in the minorities, there is a difference in the fact that most minority women, either the single parent or coming from a poor neighborhood, are motivated more so than the minority men,” Reynolds said.

 “And it’s a pretty good reason. Most of the women who are single parents have to find work to support their family. The minority men find it more lucrative to be able to sell drugs or other avenues rather than do education. It’s easier.”

“We need to provide ways that are more incentive, other than just sports avenues, for the men, for the minorities to want to go to college and get an education and better themselves before the women have to support them all.”

The crazy part about his statement is, Reynolds was speaking at an event sponsored by the NAACP.

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“Councilman Disrespected At Council Meeting”

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An argument which took place at a council meeting in Warner Robins, Georgia has caught the attention of the NAACP, after a white councilman told his black counterpart that he should be working in a cotton field.

Larry Holmes, president of the NAACP in Houston County said, “They need to learn to respect each other, and they need to stop all the name calling,” “Ever since this new council was elected, there has been different problems. For one thing, they just can’t seem to function there in a more pleasant and peaceful manner.”

The heated argument captured on tape was between council members John Williams, who is white, and Daron Lee, who is black.

During the exchange, Lee said he was tired of being interrupted and was upset about how he was treated at an earlier meeting.

“I was disrespected last Monday. I’m getting about tired of you all, talking to me any kind of way. I’m not working in a cotton field,” Lee said.

Williams paused for a second and then replied, “You should be.”

The racial talk continued during the public comment period of the meeting. One resident suggested that the City Council should get diversity training. I think that’s a good suggested idea, especially since so many people seem to be heated because there is a black man sitting in the White house.

President of the Houston County NAACP said, “if they can’t work together then maybe somebody needs to resign.”