---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rinku Sen, ColorLines.com <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:05 PM Subject: ColorLines Direct | Race talk gets popular, positive and productive with Jay Smooth To: [email protected]
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mXKq5hbFjFw4bTxDCrlkyrH2PhdFsuwe> [image: ARC]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ASJrw%2FxkfPQYL32uptOPBvZgFc8f0V1P> Subscribe<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tGloETHhCi1twPV9FqACPbH2PhdFsuwe> Donate<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zN78cq%2F5dbygtpAVf%2Fv5N%2FZgFc8f0V1P> Tell A Friend<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4hssvLCsLPFxGmO7s37DA7H2PhdFsuwe> ------------------------------ July 23, 2009 *ColorLines Direct*. News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog. *SPOTLIGHT:<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uJbop97YPAgN1Maw6Ub6rbH2PhdFsuwe>Jay Smooth * <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M64BC0nM2sOiWjR6p0L3M7H2PhdFsuwe> Before videoblogging, Jay Smooth didn't even have a mirror in his house, but these days he spends upwards of 10 hours staring at various shots of his face, splicing together expressive close-ups and clever analysis that make his videos a hit on YouTube. [image: colorlines]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7XNJXKeindcxkL6a657OaLH2PhdFsuwe> *Music: TV on the Radio*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nV6E7EyWHxLyGxgaicfSorH2PhdFsuwe> Juba Kalamka reviews TV on the Radio's third album, *Dear Science*, and finds it's flecked with Obama-esque hope. ------------------------------ [image: racewire]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wYoyTOuyMw3eXe1rH8WiC7H2PhdFsuwe> *Breakdown in New Orleans <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LbeHCP7fd09HmloH7LOh3bH2PhdFsuwe> * In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there's been sporadic media coverage of traumatized survivors struggling with mental health problems. Years later, the children who experienced the disaster are still drowning in the emotional fallout. *CA Apologizes to Chinese for Racist Treatment, What Would My Grandparents Say?<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x0HlzKd5yW2bDfcB2glLdLH2PhdFsuwe> * The California legislature apologized last week for racist laws targeted at Chinese Americans. Julianne Hing reminds us "It's good news, sure. But the thing about these sorts of formal apologies for decades, even century-old racial offenses, is they give us a false sense of progress." *Hate v. Death in the Matthew Shepard Act*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HL1id2ilGO4xlNWF6s5HzbH2PhdFsuwe> Senator Jeff Sessions took a strong stance on hate crime today-in a way that only an unabashedly bigoted lawmaker could. *NY State Senate Stalemate Reveals Knee Jerk Party and Racial Politics *<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Dh4zgsaY9goiS6EM8k6tO7H2PhdFsuwe> Electing a Black governor and a Black state senate president and majority leader don't necessarily mean real change for the state of New York. * * "Reverse Racism"<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Vreykqx%2FxwAlGjZL4mxAz7H2PhdFsuwe>: Word Distracts from the Big White Elephant of Systemic Racism ------------------------------ ARC's Terry Keleher digs into the term and explains that 'reverse racism' is nothing more than a way for those in power to change the subject away from *systemic racism*, a system that puts people of color at a disadvantage from birth until death. <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yV1ZiTQI6OhT97aoHz6M27H2PhdFsuwe> ------------------------------ * * [image: rss-icon16.jpg] Subscribe to the RSS feed <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pvrLuDhLw55YoXrKV62ZErH2PhdFsuwe> [image: Twitter-16x16.png] Follow us on Twitter<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5oYGFnT5gugTLJGIovc6sLH2PhdFsuwe> [image: cellPhoneIcon.png] RaceWire Mobile - m.racewire.org<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=65gTm9q%2FRD3WdBJIGJVynbH2PhdFsuwe> [image: facebook] Become a fan on Facebook<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zXPvC%2FSEb48xTbbPXWVFlbH2PhdFsuwe> ColorLines Direct is the weekly news update of the Applied Research Center (ARC) sent to subscribers, supporters and participants in ARC's activities. 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