Where are the black people at #OWS?

Almost three months into the Occupy movements and both white men and women have been pepper sprayed, arrested, and beaten by the police.  But what remains the pink elephant in the room is the question: where are the black people? Where are the people of color who have been disproportionately affected from public sector layoffs, increased taxes, failing schools and faulty mortgage practices? We all know the history of civil rights in America, but in case you didn’t know, African-Americans have played a major role in shaping the social justice movements of the past several decades. But where is that social power now?

#RealTalk after the jump…

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Ife

Is Tavis Airing Dirty Laundry or Keeping it Real?

From Tavis Smiley’s “We Count! The Black Agenda is the America Agenda” symposium on March 20, 2010.

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The Editor

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews: “I Forgot He Was Black”

So the often controversial Chris Matthews has once again said something that could be interpreted as disrespectful. After last night’s State of the Union address, Matthews went into a long rant about how he forgot Obama was black. I’m not really sure what he meant by his remarks, although it’s clear that he wasn’t trying to be nasty. He prolly hasn’t met too many articulate black people before, and for the first time in his life was being forced to challenge his racialized vision of the world.

Check the video and more commentary after the jump.

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Biko Baker