Deconstructing The News

Professor Gates Tells His Side of The Story

Posted on 28. Jul, 2009 by Josh Ray.

I was browsing the internet today when I came across a story on The Root that I had to share.  It is an interview professor Henry Gates gave after his arrest and he gives his side of the story.  While I was reading his account I felt torn because at times I really felt bad [...]

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Gates 911 Call Part 2

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Josh Ray.

So here is some more audio file from the Gates incident last week.  I’ve been reading many other news sites and blogs and it sounds like Gates followed the police out onto his front porch after they were leaving and started harassing them.  I don’t know about you but that doesn’t sound like the actions [...]

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Gates 911 Call Released

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Josh Ray.

So the police just released the 911 call that led up to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates.  This lady is obviously very racist and only called the police because she saw two black men breaking into a house in a white neighborhood.  That’s what you’re supposed to believe anyways but the lady [...]

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Henry Louis Gates The Victim of Racism (Is He 57% White)?

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Josh Ray.

I just came across this story on the American Thinker and wanted to share it.  Apparently Henry Louis Gates, the man that was targeted and arrested simply because of the color of his skin last week, is 57% white.  I’m still waiting for all of the details of that night to come out before I [...]

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Racism 2.0 – Has White Finally Embraced What Is Right?

Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by Josh Ray.

You’re probably fully aware of the now infamous inaugural benediction offered by Rev. Joseph Lowery.  It sounded great until the last minute or so when he couldn’t resist the temptation to take a jab at whitey.  While I think it says a lot about a preacher that would inject political agendas into a prayer I’ll save [...]

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A Whole New World

Posted on 21. Jan, 2009 by Josh Ray.

Click play and listen to the music while you read the story if you want to know what Chris Matthews feels when Obama speaks.

I woke up this morning and just felt different, change was in the air.  Something inside of me was pushing me to be a better citizen.  So I cut my shower time [...]

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on 19. Jan, 2009 by Josh Ray.

Today is a very special day and I would like to take a moment to pay my respects to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all that he stood for.  This man was a pasture, an activist and the youngest winner ever of the Nobel peace prize.  He stood up against prejudices and hate that many [...]

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