Saturday, May 31, 2008

Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks Howard Dean if he’s ready to lead

I came across a nice article at TheRoot.com written by Melissa Harris-Lacewell. She challenges Dean to do something to save his party Hillary’s efforts to blow it up. MelissaHarris -Lacewell is associate professor of politics and ...

Source: http://dallassouthblog.com/2008/05/08/melissa-harris-lacewell-asks-howard-dean-if-hes-ready-to-lead/

Friday, May 30, 2008

Melissa Harris-Lacewell’s Open letter to Governor Howard Dean

Dear Gov. Dean: Are You Ready to Lead? By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com There's still time for you to save the Democratic Party.ShareThis.

Source: http://www.afrolezproductions.com/blog/melissa-harris-lacewells-letter-to-howard-dean/

Governor Dean are you ready to lead?

Barack Obama Melissa Harris-Lacewell is one of my favorite people. She has been on my show a couple of times. She has been on the Bill Moyer’s Journal twice. The following is a letter that she posted on The Root. ...

Source: http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/2008/05/28/governor-dean-are-you-ready-to-lead/

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Dear class of 2008

By Melissa Harris-Lacewell Originally Published on The Root:. Sorry we’ve screwed things up. Now, suck it up and lead. I know that everyone is saying, “Congratulations.” We say it because we are proud of you and what you have ...

Source: http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/2008/05/27/dear-class-of-2008/

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

A Black CNN?

Melissa Harris -Lacewell Boyce Watkins Colbert King International reports from Charlayne Hunter-Gault and any other Black journalists living abroad. Well, you get the gist of what I'm talking about. Heck, I'd want some of our true ...

Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/black-cnn.html

Thoughts for the Class of 2008

Dear Class of 2008 BY MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL | TheRoot.com Sorry we’ve screwed things up. Now, suck it up and lead. Getty Images TYPE SIZE May 27, 2008–I know that everyone is saying, “Congratulations.” We say it because we are proud ...

Source: http://melissaharrislacewell.com/Blog/?p=75

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

http://www.theroot.com/id/46623

You must find a way to follow your passions, to make mistakes and to unendingly attack the structures of injustice you encounter. We are counting on you. Melissa Harris-Lacewell is an associate professor of politics and African-American ...

Source: http://kimequa.livejournal.com/281775.html

Quoted: <b>Melissa Harris Lacewell</b> on Malcolm X

Excerpted from “Happy Birthday, Malcolm”, originally published at The Root. Many of our modern leaders live by cynical double standards. They practice slippery personal ethics, while lecturing the masses about morality. ...

Source: http://www.racialicious.com/2008/05/20/quoted-melissa-harris-lacewell-on-malcolm-x/

Monday, May 26, 2008

Fox News Guest Openly Calls For Obama Assassination

Princeton University political science professor-Melissa Harris-Lacewell echoed the same sentiment a month before, saying: "For many black supporters, there is a lot of anxiety that he will be killed. It is on people’s minds." ...

Source: http://www.infowars.com/?p=2344

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Race, gender, Democratic politics and the 2008 presidential <b>...</b>

Melissa Harris Lacewell and Gloria Steinem debate democratic politics and the 2008 presidential election. H/t to Think On These Things, where you can view "TOTT’s Top 5 Female Trailblazers of the 2008 Democratic Primary." Barack Obama.

Source: http://seattleforbarackobama.blogspot.com/2008/05/race-gender-democratic-politics-and.html

TOTT’s Top 5 Female Trailblazers of the 2008 Democratic Primary

#5 Melissa Harris-Lacewell. Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, Tavis Smiley, Eddie Glaude…We love them, but can we get a black female perspective up in the black public intellectual circuit? Over the past year, Harris-Lacewell has eased ...

Source: http://thinkonthesethings.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/totts-top-5-female-trailblazers-of-the-2008-democratic-primary/

Saturday, May 24, 2008

I found out about this two days ago:http://blogs.t...

http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/downfromthetower/ Marc lamont Hill & Melissa Harris Lacewell are discussing it. It is about a picture that was taken down from the Daily Kos. Pretty Interesting and pretty disturbing. ...

Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/saturday-its-saturday-open-thread.html?showComment=1211655120000#c5199624434142074805

<b>Melissa Harris</b>-<b>Lacewell</b> Celebrates Malcolm X’s Birthday

Happy Birthday, Malcolm By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com ShareThis.

Source: http://www.afrolezproductions.com/blog/melissa-harris-lacewell-celebrates-malcolm-x/

Friday, May 23, 2008

Michelle, Michelle, MichelleIf anyone can prove wh...

... I will change my name to Hillary Clinton. In fact, Melissa Harris-Lacewell schooled Gloria Steinam on NPR on this very topic months ago. I say it's time for black women to come together as a loud voice of one for Obama.

Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/thursday-open-thread-let-it-all-hang_22.html?showComment=1211493000000#c3673738334971889206

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Idol-ization

I didn’t rewatch that debate just now, so maybe there’sa dismissiveness that I missed back in January, and Harris-Lacewell does, in fact, adopt a tone of “move aside, third wave coming through”, but honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if ...

Source: http://purtek.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/idol-ization/

<b>Melissa Harris</b>-<b>Lacewell</b> asks Howard Dean if he’s ready to lead

I came across a nice article at TheRoot.com written by Melissa Harris-Lacewell. She challenges Dean to do something to save his party Hillary’s efforts to blow it up. MelissaHarris -Lacewell is associate professor of politics and ...

Source: http://dallassouthblog.com/2008/05/08/melissa-harris-lacewell-asks-howard-dean-if-hes-ready-to-lead/

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Rediscovering the Barbershop

Graduate student, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, wrote an article about how discussions in traditionally black barbershops shape political ideas in the African-American community. She noted how political debate in barbershops can be vigorous ...

Source: http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/20/rediscovering-the-barbershop/

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Race and politics

If you haven’t booked your Tuesday night yet: Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American Studies at Princeton University, will discuss “Race and the 2008 Election” at 7 pm in the Nott Memorial at Union ...

Source: http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/7460

<b>Melissa Harris</b>-<b>Lacewell</b>’s Open letter to Governor Howard Dean

Dear Gov. Dean: Are You Ready to Lead? By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com There's still time for you to save the Democratic Party.ShareThis.

Source: http://www.afrolezproductions.com/blog/melissa-harris-lacewells-letter-to-howard-dean/

Monday, May 19, 2008

An essay that needs to be read...

Reprented from Melissa Harris-Lacewell's blog:. Hillary Is White by Zillah Eisenstein. It seems clear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for president this fall. Nevertheless, it is crucial to clarify how wrong-headed ...

Source: http://bloggersforobama.blogspot.com/2008/05/essay-that-needs-to-be-read.html

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Melissa <b>harris lacewell</b>

Iraq snapshot. friday, march 21, 2008. chaos and violence extend, the cease-fire gets frazzled, antonia juhasz spoke at winter soldier and we highlight her and iraq vet james gilligan, cheney’s absent from of the country, ...

Source: http://thetraineroftheprophecy.zteo.com/2008/03/22/melissa-harris-lacewell/

Remixing the Rule of Racial Silence by Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Rape and Race: We have to talk about it. By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com. http://www.theroot.com/id/45744. April 10, 2008 — Remixing the racial rule of silence. I witnessed something truly astonishing on Monday night: a public ...

Source: http://notherapedocumentary.org/rape-and-race-by-melissa-harris-lacewell

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Who Died and Made Tavis King?

By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com. Does Tavis realize that Obama is trying to win an election? Views. Who put Tavis Smiley in charge? Over the past two months African Americans have emerged as equal partners in a multi-racial, ...

Source: http://melissaharrislacewell.com/Blog/?p=33

Remixing the Rule of Racial Silence by <b>Melissa Harris</b>-<b>Lacewell</b>

By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com. http://www.theroot.com/id/45744. April 10, 2008 — Remixing the racial rule of silence. I witnessed something truly astonishing on Monday night: a public discussion of black women’s experiences ...

Source: http://notherapedocumentary.org/rape-and-race-by-melissa-harris-lacewell

Friday, May 16, 2008

From The Root: <b>Harris</b>-<b>Lacewell</b> to Howard Dean

Your party needs you. Are you prepared to lead? Sincerely, Melissa Melissa Harris -Lacewell is associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University. Also on The Root: Melissa Harris-Lacewell's.

Source: http://sociologistsforobama.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-root-harris-lacewell-to-howard.html

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Race, Gender , Obama, New Hampshire

This post appeared on Salon.com on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 , at 1:09 PM ET So much for the post-race horse race. The exit polls in New Hampshire were accurate for the Republicans and for the second-tier Democrats. ...

Source: http://melissaharrislacewell.com/Blog/?p=13

I don&#39;t support NARAL anyway, so their endorsement...

I think the vitriolic reactions to NARAL's endorsement of Obama are typical of second wave feminism (which Melissa Harris-Lacewell critiqued in her comments about Gloria Steinem and co). And they underscore the gender-race divide that ...

Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/05/naral-endorses-barack-obama.html?showComment=1210826340000#c7200864986101176727

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

What&#39;s that sound?

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton and an Obama volunteer, recalls that for black Americans "Iowa was an astonishing moment--watching Barack win the caucus felt like Reconstruction ...

Source: http://onlybaggageyoucanbring.blogspot.com/2008/05/whats-that-sound.html

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

<b>Melissa Harris</b>-<b>Lacewell</b> doesn&#39;t speak for me!

As CI notes in today's "Iraq snapshot" and "Hillary, Iraq, etc.," Obama campaigner (rarely disclosed), Melissa Harris-Lacewell took to The Charlie Rose Show yesterday to threaten that if the superdelegates do not give Baby Barack the ...

Source: http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2008/03/melissa-harris-lacewell-doesnt-speak.html

Obama&#39;s Cosby Moment [response]

They eat Popeye’s for breakfast, because there are few grocery stores in black neighborhoods that sell fresh fruit. I don’t want to kick Barack when he is down. But I don’t want him to kick us either. Melissa.

Source: http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/downfromthetower/archive/2008/03/05/obama-s-cosby-moment-response.aspx

Monday, May 12, 2008

Musing on Mormons [call]

... graduate from BYU in 1964 and I even have a great,-great grandfather who was imprisoned for polygamy. But that is a story for another time. For now it is fun to just imagine how nice it would be if Mitt were still in the race. Melissa.

Source: http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/downfromthetower/archive/2008/04/28/musing-on-mormons-call.aspx

Sunday, May 11, 2008

The weekender

He gave three — all people I’d never heard of: (1) John Nichols of The Nation, (2) Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell, and (3) former Tribune public editor Don Wycliff. Quite an impressive list. Maybe these are all liberal ...

Source: http://mel-anon.blogspot.com/2008/05/weekender_11.html

Race to the Bottom

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton and an Obama volunteer, recalls that for black Americans "Iowa was an astonishing moment--watching Barack win the caucus felt like Reconstruction ...

Source: http://antimisandry.com/showthread.php?t=10891

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Comment On: A conversation with Bill Moyers

41;, cringes at the idea that Melissa Harris Lacewell had it right about the race issue per the Clintons or gives short shrift to the history and psychic pain and suffering remaining form the Tuskegee experiments. ...

Source: http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/05/08/1/a-conversation-with-bill-moyers#comment_58633

I Hate The War

If you wanted to pick just one person fueling it in various outlets, go with Lie Face Melissa Harris-Lacewell. She's done it all. She's threatened a brown-out (as far back as March on PBS). She's attacked Tavis Smiley online and then ...

Source: http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-hate-war_08.html

Friday, May 9, 2008

Little Red Betsy Reed Lies in The Nation

Red Besty then runs to prop up PROFESSIONAL LIAR Melissa Harris-Lacewell. Ava and CI documented that piece of trash in "TV: Democracy Sometimes?" wherein the LIAR went on TV and praised Bambi through the roof while playing like she ...

Source: http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2008/05/little-red-betsy-wright-lies-in-nation.html

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Smart Negro Round-Up

Melissa Harris-Lacewell: Dear Governor Dean: Are You Ready to Lead? Let's be clear. When black folks switch parties, we do it decisively. After nearly a century of unwavering commitment to the party of Lincoln, it was Republican Barry ...

Source: http://afrogeekmom.blogspot.com/2008/05/smart-negro-round-up.html

What Every Last Pundit Is Saying About Clinton

Melissa Harris-Lacewell writes that because her victory in Indiana gives Clinton "just enough rationale to stay in it," Howard Dean should step in and push her out so the party can strengthen and unify. [Root] ...

Source: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/05/what_every_last_pundit_is_saying_about_clinton.html

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Primary Results (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 07 May 2008)

WNYC Political Director Andrea Bernstein and Melissa Harris-Lacewell , Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University, review the Democratic presidential primary results from Indiana and North ...

Source: http://feeds.wnyc.org/~r/wnyc_bl/~3/285382085/98368

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

gracie weatherly

siena college body of war von trapp family villanova swimfan moonvertising siena university rolling rock moon gracie s choice taiwan election ella enchanted john ritter foundation melissa harris lacewell charmian carr gracie weatherly … ...

Source: http://www.botian.org/hottags/2008-05-05/gracie-weatherly/

link:theroot.com

By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com. April 18, 2008–A conversation with environmental activist Majora Carter about integrating the movement, stopping the dumping on our communities, and why planting trees won’t kill hip-hop. ...

Source: http://www.botian.org/hottags/2008-05-05/linktherootcom/

Monday, May 5, 2008

The Mormon After

Opinion Journal's Best of the Web points out a particularly galling post by Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell:. I never thought I would say this, but I miss Mitt Romney. After three full days of having to interpret, ...

Source: http://www.mymanmitt.com/mitt-romney/2008/04/mormon-after.asp

Sunday, May 4, 2008

From &quot;The Nation&quot;: Gender and Race

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton and an Obama volunteer, recalls that for black Americans "Iowa was an astonishing moment--watching Barack win the caucus felt like Reconstruction ...

Source: http://sociologistsforobama.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-nation-gender-and-race.html

&quot;Obama is a Beautiful Runner&quot;

In an online program for the Washington Post, Monday, April 28, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American Studies at Princeton University, responded to questions from the public. ...

Source: http://wwsword.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-is-beautiful-runner.html

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Missing Mitt

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, an associate professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton Un iversity, admits she misses Mitt Romney. Had he stayed in the race, Harris-Lacewell believes Romney — and the FLDS raid — would ...

Source: http://blogs.sltrib.com/slcrawler/2008/05/missing-mitt.htm

Democracy Now! Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wright Controversy: A Debate with Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Adolph Reed, Jr. As the Reverend Wright controversy continues to dominate media attention, we host a debate with two guests. Melissa Harris-Lacewell is associate professor of ...

Source: http://onebigtorrent.org/download.php?id=3257

Friday, May 2, 2008

From Jeremiah to Jonah

Two of my Carleton professors forward me this article by Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell, on Rev. Wright's self-identification with the prophetic tradition. Harrs-Lacewell argues that the Obama campaign has shifted Wright ...

Source: http://dsadevil.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-jeremiah-to-jonah.html

FLDS &amp; LDS: Ivy League ignorance

From the blog of Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a political science professor at Princeton:. I never thought I would say this, but I miss Mitt Romney. After three full days of having to interpret, explain and apologize for Reverend Jeremiah ...

Source: http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1940

Thursday, May 1, 2008

May Day Soul Search (Help!)

Today I listened to a debate on Democracy Now between Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Adolph Creed, in which the latter swung on Obama from a different angle: he merely argued that his clumsiness in allowing race and religion to run amok on ...

Source: http://elihastings.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-day-soul-search-help.html