I Found A Vintage 1981 Report On Racial Sterotypes In Film. How Much Has Changed Since Then?

I really like Spike Lee & Tyler Perry's movies because they both give depth to their black characters. You get realistic portrayals of blacks.Not the typical stereotypes that still persist on television & film. This 1981 news report on racial stereotypes demonstrates just how little has changed in the film industry. Except for the fact that blacks are offered more than servant roles. But, I just found it hard to believe that Denzel Washington won an Oscar for playing the role of a violent criminal. I would have thought Malcolm X would have been the role that got him that accolade. Halle Berry got her award by playing a abusive single black mother. Both of those roles may have garnered the highest praise but they are still racial stereotypes. Not much has changed in that regard.

Both Sarah Palin & John McCain Have Ethics Issues! And Just How Patriotic Is Palin?

John McCain had an ethical issue over 20 years ago because of the Keating 5 scandal.According to the Associated Press, Sarah Palin has a checkered history when it comes to ethics as well. For more on that, follow this link. (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20081014/Palin.State.Ethics/?cvqh=itn_palin)
People have recently demanded that McCain show that he has moral principles & change the direction of his campaign. It has been going down a really ugly road with all of the anger coming from McCain supporters. Sarah Palin has been driving the rage to the surface with her comments about Barack Obama. She has questioned his patriotism repeatedly. But just how nationalistic is she? Palin just might have deeper ties to the Alaskan Independence Party than she lets on. The Alaskan Indepence Party's primary goal is to vote on whether Alaska should secede from the United States or not. So how is it that she is questioning Obama's patriotism? The same question needs to be posed to her. We, the public, are not the elitist media.Sarah Palin should stop asking who Barack Obama really is. He is not the one who has been shielded from inquiry.We deserve to know just who Sarah Palin is well before November 4. Here is a link to a story about her ties to the Alaskan Independence Party. (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-aip3-2008sep03,0,6399468.story)
The video is a CNN report on what they know about her involvement.

Book You Should Read: Lies My Teacher Told Me By James Loewen

This is what I am currently reading. I decided to blog about it because it is imperative that everyone study this book. True history is depicted here that helped validate my feelings about the way the past has been chronicled in American history textbooks. I never could keep from being easily distracted because it was so boring & incomplete. Well, this is one important work of history that has some of the omissions of black history in it. Reading this book will definitely help you see the correlation between the past & the present. It is a must-read!