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Cress Welsing: The Definition of Racism White Supremacy

Dr. Blynd: The Definition of Racism

Anon: What is Racism/White Supremacy?

Dr. Bobby Wright: The Psychopathic Racial Personality

The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism (White Supremacy)

What is the First Step in Counter Racism?

Genocide: a system of white survival

The Creation of the Negro

The Mysteries of Melanin

'Racism is a behavioral system for survival'

Fear of annihilation drives white racism

Dr. Blynd: The Definition of Caucasian

Where are all the Black Jurors? 

The War Against Black Males: Black on Black Violence Caused by White Supremacy/Racism

Brazen Police Officers and the Forfeiture of Freedom

White Domination, Black Criminality

Fear of a Colored Planet Fuels Racism: Global White Population Shrinking, Less than 10%

Race is Not Real but Racism is

The True Size of Africa

What is a Nigger? 

MLK and Imaginary Freedom: Chains, Plantations, Segregation, No Longer Necessary ['Our Condition is Getting Worse']

Chomsky on "Reserving the Right to Bomb Niggers." 

A Goal of the Media is to Make White Dominance and Control Over Everything Seem Natural

"TV is reversing the evolution of the human brain." Propaganda: How You Are Being Mind Controlled And Don't Know It.

Spike Lee's Mike Tyson and Don King

"Zapsters" - Keeping what real? "Non-white People are Actors. The Most Unrealistic People on the Planet"

Black Power in a White Supremacy System

Neely Fuller Jr.: "If you don't understand racism/white supremacy, everything else that you think you understand will only confuse you"

The Image and the Christian Concept of God as a White Man

'In order for this system to work, We have to feel most free and independent when we are most enslaved, in fact we have to take our enslavement as the ultimate sign of freedom'

Why do White Americans need to criminalize significant segments of the African American population?

Who Told You that you were Black or Latino or Hispanic or Asian? White People Did

Malcolm X: "We Have a Common Enemy"

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Monday
Feb072005

Latinos confront GOP leaders over Social Security comments

National Hispanic leaders are labeling as "shocking" and "unbelievable" comments made by the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., suggesting that race and gender should be among the determining factors in allocating Social Security benefits. Thomas made the remarks during an interview Jan. 23 on NBC News' "Meet the Press." As the highest-ranking House Republican overseeing Social Security legislation, he spoke during the Sunday-morning talk show intending to clear up his earlier comments that criticized President Bush's plan allowing individuals to create private Social Security accounts. Reiterating a potential need to consider gender in allocating benefits, Thomas added, "We need to examine the question of race in terms of how many years of retirement do you get based upon your race." "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert probed, "Do you think Congress, Mr. Chairman, would accept any formula that said that people would be treated differently because of gender or their race?" Thomas responded, "If we discuss it and the will is not to do it, fine. At least we discussed it." Brent Wilkes, national executive director for the League of United Latin American Citizens, called Thomas' comments "outrageous and unbelievable." Wilkes commented to Hispanic Link News Service that the suggestion was intended to tell different ethnic groups that there are different payoffs so each can see different benefits. "I think it's a terrible idea," he said. In a letter addressed to Thomas, Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., who serves on the Social Security Subcommittee on Ways and Means, and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, wrote, "We hope that you will immediately clarify your previous statements regarding benefit cuts and the role race and gender should play in any Social Security proposal." [more]