Sarah Palin Had "Soul" On SNL! How Does She Treat Blacks In Alaska?

Sarah Palin sure was able to groove like a black person on SNL during the Alaskan rap segment. But, how well does she fair with the African-Americans where she governs? Here's an excerpt from the New York Daily News that talks about just that:

"She has no sensitivity to minorities," said the Rev. Alonzo Patterson, a Baptist minister and president of the Alaska Black Leadership Conference. "She's really inciting a lot of African-Americans to get out and vote."

Since taking office in December 2006, Palin has had a sometimes tense relationship with black leaders, who say they have been ignored in their efforts to get more minorities hired in her administration.

In Alaska, blacks chafed when Palin opposed a proclamation endorsing a festival that marks the freeing of slaves. On the campaign trail, her events sometimes have attracted fringe groups hostile to minorities. At one rally attended by Palin, a supporter told a black cameraman to "sit down, boy." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the article in it's entirety here:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/18/2008-10-18_alaskan_black_leaders_call_sarah_palin_i.html

Does Charles Barkley Stick His Foot In His Mouth Or What?

I really don't care for Charles Barkley. He is loud,boisterous & somewhat of a bully. He wants to take his career in a new direction by entering politics. Charles Barkley has set his sights on becoming a future governor of Alabama. How he expects to do that I don't know! The man has a terrible habit of sticking his foot deep into his mouth. Look what he said about Isiah Thomas,for instance. Check out this excerpt from SportingNews.com:

"In discussing ways in which the Knicks should be improved this season, Barkley said, "I think they have a better coach. This coach probably won't try to kill himself." [...]

Barkley, usually not one to shy from potentially insensitive remarks, seemed to sense his attempt at humor had crossed a line. "That's my fault," he said.
The part I cut from the story cites "nervous laughter" from reporters, which to me says that, while making fun of someone who may have just tried to kill himself is in incredibly bad taste, deep down inside, that level of bad taste is still, for some, a guilty pleasure. But those people are sick and should be sent to jail. So here's to Barkley, for realizing that some things must be taken seriously on terms other than his own. And for moving on quickly, so that his self-editing didn't become more about Barkley than the gaffe he'd just made." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest by following the link:
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/14061/charles_barkley_at_least_the_knicks_have_a_coach_who_wont_try_to_kill_himself

Now, we don't know if Isiah Thomas tried to off himself or not. I think it was despicable of Charles Barkley to infer that he did. A politician must endear himself to people. I hope he knows that if he ever tries to run for governor all this stuff will come back to haunt his ass.This sort of behavior is pretty common from him & it is extremely unappealing. If that is what he truly believed about Isiah Thomas, he should have reached out to him privately. What he did was truly trifling & scandalous!

When Philly Won the World Series, It Made Me Think About The Shortage Of Black Players In Baseball!

Congratulations to Philly for winning the World Series! I am not a huge sports fan but I worked with a black woman who was! She knew every baseball player's stats & everything. But one thing really saddened her about the sport. The fact that there are fewer & fewer black baseball players! This was such a huge concern to her that she was trying to devise a way to get black youths involved in baseball. There are many theories as to why this has happened. They are discussed in the first video.The second video is a nice little history of the negro league.

Given the history of baseball, it is particularly disturbing to some african-americans.Some feel that blacks not wanting to play baseball is akin to them not wanting to vote. They feel that strongly about it because baseball is directly linked to the civil rights movement.It was one of the many things that we had to fight for the right to participate in.Everyone knows that Jackie Robinson was the first black to integrate major league baseball.They know the racism that he confronted. But what about those who came after him? The book pictured above discusses what happened after baseball was integrated. Here's the description that's on Google:
"The real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into major and minor league baseball from 1947 through 1968 are chronicled in this compelling volume. Players share their personal and often heart-wrenching stories of intense racism, both on and off the field, mixed with a sometimes begrudged appreciation for their tremendous talents. Stories include incidents of white players who gave up promising careers in baseball because they wouldn’t play with a black teammate, the Georgia law that forbade a black player from dressing in the same clubhouse as the white players, the quotas for the number of blacks on a team, and how salary negotiations without agents or free agency were akin to a plantation system for both black and white players. The 20 players profiled include Ernie Banks, Alvin Jackson, Charlie Murray, Chuck Harmon, Frank Robinson, Bob Gibson, Hank Aaron, Curt Flood, Lou Brock, and Bob Watson." (Description Taken from:
http://books.google.com/books?id=l6zL-Nw-sbUC&dq=BASEBALL+INTEGRATED&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=mRY-cuJCev&sig=7eM3dpcp09K2QNTw2isVur5KOJE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result