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African American Political Pundit<http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/> <http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/grFP> ------------------------------ - Cross-Dressing in Public Schools <#124358d0e68ea28f_1> - BlackFace, Color Arousal, Racism and/or Bigotry on Australian Television. <#124358d0e68ea28f_2> - Code Pink, Congressional Republicans Support War? <#124358d0e68ea28f_3> - Michelle Obama's slave heritage:The Family Tree of Michelle Obama<#124358d0e68ea28f_4> - Black Teen With Special Needs Beaten By Police <#124358d0e68ea28f_5> Cross-Dressing in Public Schools<http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/cross-dressing-in-public-schools.html> Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:17 AM PDT Should teens be allowed to cross dress in public schools? Get this, according to an AOL report, when it comes to picking out an outfit to wear to school, there's a fine line between self-expression and unnecessary distraction. One Georgia high school has decided that one of its 16-year-old male students crossed that line, and has asked him to start dressing in a more "manly" fashion, *The Atlanta Journal Constitution<http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/cobb-teen-told-he-156500.html> * reports. Jonathan Escobar had recently transferred to North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Ga. and immediately caused quite a stir among students and staff with his penchant for wearing wigs, makeup, skinny jeans, vintage tops and women's flats. Should male students be allowed to cross dress in public schools. Let's talk about this and other school issues tonight on African American Political Slugfest<http://www.blogtalkradio.com/africanamericanpoliticalpundit/2009/10/09/Should-teens-be-allowed-to-cross-dress-in-public-s>... If you can handle the truth...http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/rQXR BlackFace, Color Arousal, Racism and/or Bigotry on Australian Television.<http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/blackface-color-arousal-racism-andor.html> Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:42 AM PDT Post Racial Australian Television? <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iN6_nIJQcbM/Ss3T8cnIIBI/AAAAAAAAEFw/svCzQOVTrnk/s1600-h/michael+jackson+australian+skit+pictures.jpg> Hat Tip to the blog Black Political Thought for exposing the Michael Jackson Skit <http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/michael-jackson-skit-aired-on.html>that was Aired on Australian Television. <http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/michael-jackson-skit-aired-on.html> During the show one of the Judges, Harry Connick Jr.<http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/michael-jackson-skit-aired-on.html> complained on air, saying: “If I knew that was going to be part of the show I definitely wouldn't have done it. Get this, as reported by Times Online<http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6865623.ece>, The show’s host, Darryl Somers, apologized on air to Connick Jr, who lives in New Orleans, for causing offense. Get this, Somers said today that the controversy over the “blackface” routine, which aired as part of the Red Faces talent segment, had been blown out of proportion. More HERE<http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6865623.ece> “If there were any Australians who were offended ... on behalf of the show I apologize,'' he told Sky News. “To most Australians I think it's a storm in a tea cup.” AAPP: Is this Post Racial Australian Television? Or does Australian Television = Bigotry This black face issue reminds me of the UNICEF Black Face Campaign<http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2007/07/unicef-black-face-campaign.html>that I reported on a number of years ago. <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C72zHQ78MhA/Rpy5Tfeg84I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/aSORaUSEngE/s1600-h/42cfc96183.jpg> <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C72zHQ78MhA/Rpy4dveg82I/AAAAAAAAAWA/zKnSNt7dnfo/s1600-h/845be8d264.jpg> <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C72zHQ78MhA/Rpy5lfeg85I/AAAAAAAAAWY/428r84Zl4TI/s1600-h/0bc8e68c5c.jpg>At least UNICEF apologized and pulled the ads. Everything has changed and nothing has changed. Visit African American Political Pundit on Networked blogs<http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/african_american_political_pundit/> .http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/rQXR Code Pink, Congressional Republicans Support War?<http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/code-pink-congressional-republicans.html> Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:00 AM PDT Mike Soraghan, Molly K. Hooper and Sam Youngman over at The Hill.com<http://thehill.com/>are reportingthat there is an unusual twist, Republicans sought to provide Obama with political cover should he increase troop levels. They report Democrats, however, were reserved and nuanced in their statements after a bipartisan, bicameral meeting at the White House. Get this, they also report the meeting demonstrated that if Obama decides not to seek additional troops, he and the Democrats who back him will be criticized for not supporting the decisions of his commanders on the ground. Ouch! More HERE<http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/61955-gop-is-ready-to-support-obama-on-afghan-troops> [image: (Photograph)] You know Code Pink, the group founded in 2002 to oppose the US invasion of Iraq. Damn, now as reported by the Christan Science Monitor<http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1006/p06s10-wosc.html>, the women's antiwar groups being forced to rethink its position as Afghan women explain theirs: Without international troops, they say, armed groups could return with a vengeance – and that would leave women most vulnerable. <http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1006/p06s10-wosc.html> Though Afghans have their grievances against the international troops' presence, chief among them civilian casualties, many fear an abrupt departure would create a dangerous security vacuum to be filled by predatory and rapacious militias. Many women, primary victims of such groups in the past, are adamant that international troops stay until a sufficient number of local forces are trained and the rule of law established. (Read more about Afghan women's concerns here<http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1218/p07s03-wogn.html>.) AAPP: I guess we can add Code Pink into the mix of groups following the Republicans and now supporting the war. Holy shit, what the hell is wrong with this country? What strange bedfellows! http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/rQXR Michelle Obama's slave heritage:The Family Tree of Michelle Obama<http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/michelle-obamas-slave-heritagethe.html> Posted: 08 Oct 2009 07:12 AM PDT Here is an interesting story out of the Chicago Sun Times<http://blogs.suntimes.com/shinyobjects/2009/10/tracing_michelle_obamas_roots_to_a_6-year-old_slave_in_south_carolina.html>and the NY Times. [image: michelle.jpg] *Fraser Robinson III, Marian, and their children, Craig and Michelle - now Michelle Obama. * The New York Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html?_r=1>reports the fascinating story of Michelle Obama's slave heritage back to a 6-year-old slave girl named Melvinia in pre-Civil War South Carolina. The Times story covers the first lady's history to her great-great-great-grandparents, the lone girl and an unknown white man who took ownership of her a few years before the Civil War in Georgia. Born from that coupling was Dolphus T. Shields. The exploration of family roots by Megan Smolenyak, a genealogist, and The New York Times -- bears out longstanding family rumors about a white forebear, the former Michelle Robinson said. The Times reports that it's unclear who the actual father of Dolphus Shields was once Melvinia became the property of Henry Shields in 1852: It is difficult to say who might have impregnated Melvinia, who gave birth to Dolphus around 1859, when she was perhaps as young as 15. At the time, Henry Shields was in his late 40s and had four sons ages 19 to 24, but other men may have spent time on the farm. "No one should be surprised anymore to hear about the number of rapes and the amount of sexual exploitation that took place under slavery; it was an everyday experience, " said Jason A. Gillmer, a law professor at Texas Wesleyan University, who has researched liaisons between slave owners and slaves. "But we do find that some of these relationships can be very complex." Just as interesting is the family tree the Times has put together as the Robinson family history has pieced together, The Family Tree of Michelle Obama: The First Lady<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/10/08/us/politics/20091008-obama-family-tree.html>. It traces ... Read More HERE<http://blogs.suntimes.com/shinyobjects/2009/10/tracing_michelle_obamas_roots_to_a_6-year-old_slave_in_south_carolina.html> AAPP says: My only questions, are, why was it so important for the The New York Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html?_r=1>to report on Michelle Obama's "slave heritage" ? Are a vast majority of African-Americans of "slave heritage." Are we as a nation not all mixed up, in so many ways? Now we know Michelle Obama is of slave heritage... now what? http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/rQXR Black Teen With Special Needs Beaten By Police<http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/black-teen-with-special-needs-beaten-by.html> Posted: 08 Oct 2009 06:48 AM PDT File this under: Attack on black youth in America! Yes there is no question that the black on black Violence Must Stop!<http://newsone.com/nation/opinion-the-violence-must-stop/#more-320987> Yet, the Violence by police against black youth must also stop! As many of the readers of my blog know. I and many other bloggers have been tracking the Tasering of black folks by police agencies for two years or more. But I have to wonder when is the attack on black america going to stop? When will black America rise and say enough is enough. [image: OPINION: The Violence Must Stop!] Check out how Marshawn Pitts, 15, was beaten and suffocated because his shirt was not tucked in. As reported by Chicago 2.com<http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/caught.on.tape.2.1232197.html>, NewsOne<http://newsone.com/nation/video-police-beat-special-ed-student-for-untucked-shirt/>, and many other news outlets, Security cameras captured the beating of a 15-year-old Special Education student by a police officer. Marshawn Pitts says the officer started shouting and swearing at him because his shirt wasn't tucked in. More HERE<http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/caught.on.tape.2.1232197.html> As reported the Chicago 2 news, in the video<http://cbs2chicago.com/video/[email protected]>, you can see that he gets slammed to the ground and his face smashed into the floor. His nose was broken. AAPP: I'm surprised the officer didn't use a taser on him. Is it not obvious yet, that black folks are feeling the impact of hatred towards the election of Barack Obama as president. There is clearly an attack on black America. What do you think? 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