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These negative conceptualizations of blacks have been passed down through history by white sociologists.

(BET) — President Barack Obama is announcing a new national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS aimed at helping reduce the number of infections and providing those living with the virus high-quality care free from stigma or discrimination. The strategy calls for reducing the rate of new HIV infectionsby 25 percent over the next five years, and for […]

(Politico) — President Barack Obama has long boasted about the transformative change he’s bringing to the country. But by the time those reforms finally arrive, he could be long gone from the White House. Some of Obama’s biggest promises won’t go into effect until long after his first term — and in some cases, well past […]

(Huffington Post) — I’m posing a new challenge to the educational system of the United States: cancer. I believe we can cure cancer. If we re-direct all of our resources to defeating cancer once and for all by demanding that every child develop the math, science and technology skills necessary to become an oncologist, to […]

(BlackPoliticsOnTheWeb.com) — Four decades after President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” the White House on Tuesday announced a shift in national drug policy that would treat illegal drug use more as a public health issue and plunge more resources into prevention and treatment. The new drug control strategy boosts community-based anti-drug programs, encourages […]

Bank of America earlier this year delivered the following message to its loan officers: “Policy Change: Effective with initial locks on or after Jan. 21, 2010, overages will not be allowed on either purchase or refinance transactions.” Read More…