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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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Tuesday
May132008

Despite Having No Vote, Eleanor Holmes Norton Ranked One of the Most Influential Members of the House

Copyright 2008 Federal Information and News Dispatch, Inc.
Congressional Documents and Publications
May 12, 2008

The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that Norton has been ranked the 19th most influential member of the House of Representatives and is ranked 16th in "legislative power." Power Rankings, the organization that studies the work of members, bases the rankings on actions of the member of Congress in 2007 that affect issues or bills. A member's legislative power ranking is based on her success at each stage of the legislative process, from committee passage to signing by the president. Non-binding resolutions or bills naming facilities are excluded from the rankings.

Norton's ranking is unusually high, especially considering that she cannot vote on final passage of bills. The great majority of members who rank above her in influence or legislation are full committee chairs or ranking members. Norton, who announced her bid for reelection to a tenth term on Saturday, said that she was gratified by the rankings. "We are close to getting the vote, which is of overarching importance and meaning to every citizen, but 95% of the real work in Congress is in legislative process itself, leading up to the vote, and about working with the congressional leadership and members of both parties. I appreciate the rankings because they reinforces what I always tell D.C. residents - that I do not intend to wait to get the vote myself in order to do what must be done here.

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