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ColorLines Direct, the latest news and commentary from ColorLines magazine -
powered by RaceWire your daily blog on race in politics:
Featured this week on Colorlines.com:
Gentrifying Downtown?A new urban politics is tailoring cities for affluent
whites, but communities are pushing back?with a theory of their own.
<http://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=229>
Read now. <http://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=229>
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And on Racewire:
Karl Rove Resigns... In the Name of Racial
Justice?<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/karl_rove_resigns_in_the_name.html>
Andre Banks refutes the notion that Karl Rove has a genuine interest in the
lives (not just the votes) of people of color, and points to Bush's policies as
proof.
Read
now.<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/karl_rove_resigns_in_the_name.html>
For Black folks, health care isn't just about
insurance<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/for_black_folks_health_care_is.html>
A guest columnist blogs about the impact of implicit racism among white doctors
when treating Black patients, as was revealed in a recent study.
Read
now.<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/for_black_folks_health_care_is.html>
Everybody Can't Be Beyonce: Hollywood Casting and
Race.<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/beyonce_casting_a_wider_net.html>
Racewire's Jonathan Adams examines a casting call for an American Express
commercial with Beyonce to highlight the pervasive racial stereotyping for
Hollywood roles.
Read
now.<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/beyonce_casting_a_wider_net.html>
Behind New York's green plans, a race
dilemma.<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/behind_new_yorks_green.html>
Mafruza Khan from the Center for Social Inclusion contributes an insightful
item about the distribution of New York City dollars for environmentally
friendly development and why business owners of color have been cut out of the
deal.
Read now.<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/behind_new_yorks_green.html>
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