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[Translate] Following wildly enthusiastic reviews for the World Premiere at the Full Frame Film Fest last weekend, “The Loving Story” has made the Daily Beast’s list of Hottest Films of Tribeca 2011 in New York City this week… check out their entire list! Editor, journalist, new-media guru, communications strategist, and former Congressional Campaign Manager committed to social and economic justice.Tribeca features awards for independent films in six (6) categories: World Narrative World Documentary Emerging...

[Translate] April 15th marks the world premiere of a moving documentary of the famous case of Mildred and Richard Loving a landmark civil rights struggle resolved in 1967 by the United States Supreme Court declaring Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute – which had been used to arrest the Lovings – unconstitutional.Film producers deftly wove archival stills and footage into the story The Elisabeth Haviland James/Nancy Buirski film premieres today at the annual Full Frame Film Festival and will air again four times...

[Translate] Even with the election of President Barack Obama, America is still plagued by racism, according to author Tim Wise. The anti-racist activist was in Oakland last week discussing his most recent book, “Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama.” Students packed a Laney College classroom Wednesday, Feb. 3 Tim Wise lecture, part of the campus’ Black History Month lecture program. Wise — who is white — said the recent economic downturn, fear over health care reform,...

[Translate] Melissa Harris-Lacewell offers an excellent perspective in her piece “What Reid’s Race Gaffe Tells Us About Inequality“ today at The Nation. Nobody’s surprised that the opposition party would leap on such a gaffe, but if they really want to accomplish change they’d be focused on more than one politician. The focus has clearly been a virtual frenzy – a “tar-and-feather the heathen” first, ask questions later approach – the sort of “gotcha” that McCain and...

[Translate] An open letter to activists: I will stipulate that racism is something to deal with, to confront, when and as you encounter it. It’s far more insidious than the misinformation campaigns being waged against specific legislative proposals. However, progressive activists would do well to remember that the President has three things atop his agenda: improving Education, moving closer to Energy independence (which overlaps many policy areas, from the environment to national security,) and Health Care/Insurance reform....

[Translate] During the latter part of the 1900s and the Bush years the GOP often seemed one solid, united front of like-minded folks. It’s actually nearly as diverse a coalition as the Democratic party, built around a core of old-money, anti-regulation businessmen that, at times, has held its collective fiscally conservative nose to take advantage of voters that just don’t feel comfortable with the Democrats (and liked the sound of lower taxes.) To their great delight at the time, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered any...

[Translate] I’m not sure most of the people who are harping on this “birth certificate” issue even believe it’s true; I think they’re mostly looking for something to badger the winner with. It’s amazing what people will do when they’re feeling bitter. Are there racists among them? I assume so, but I’m not sure what fraction it is, let alone if it’s the majority. As for the rest of them, logic isn’t at issue with most in this situation. It’s an emotional response, just...

[Translate] More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! | Get my widget! | Visit YouTube | Visit UShow.com YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Blip.tv, StupidVideos, Sclipo and Viddler You know, I’m sick of racists. Just plain tired of em. You know who they are – or maybe they’re you. People who are really upset that America elected Barack Obama, a black man, as president but since they feel they can’t say so without the anonymity of the Internet, they craft other means of expressing their anger, like hanging...

[Translate] What’s interesting about the Internet are the different audiences and their responses and characteristics, especially on the issue of race and racism, a problem that is on the constant collective mind of the African American community and people of color in general because historically we’ve been the most negatively impacted by it. I don’t claim to be the spokesperson for the Black community and such a designation would be the stuff of comedy. But what does vex me and really egg me on to continue to...

[Translate] More at Racialious: “Most Black women who I am close with approve of, and even cheer on, a Black female/White male interracial relationship. But one that’s the other way around evokes a feeling far less warm and fuzzy. For example, if Obama had been married to a White woman… eek. I’m sure we wouldn’t have been as quick to embrace him (and actually, I’ve talked with men and women of every color about this hypothetical situation, all of whom expressed a similar “cringe” – perhaps a topic for a different...

[Translate] More at TheHill.com: “RNC candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called “Barack the Magic Negro,” first played on Rush Limbaugh’s popular radio show. Saltsman, a personal friend of conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, sent a 41-track CD along with a note to national committee members. ” – And the Republicans wonder why they lost the election? ...