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If MLK was alive today

If Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, he would be disappointed and discouraged with the equality progress of the African-American. He would probably question why he didn’t put more emphasis on his...

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Illegitimacy hurts black community

Mark Curnutte mentioned many statistics in his article on emerging African American leaders (“New black leaders, new challenges“). Unfortunately, he left out the most telling statistic of all:...

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How about just plain ‘Americans’?

Since Leonard Pitts is so concerned about names, do you suppose he could write a column suggesting the African-American community change its name to just plain “American”? After all, that is what we...

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African-American museum overdue

It is past time that a center for the African-American experience be established on the National Mall. What took so long? Paul Bloustein Sycamore Township

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Price Hill ethnic makeup claim questioned

The story in The Enquirer “Book explores health issues facing Appalachians” (March 22) contains a gross error that should be corrected. It states “Nearly 90 percent of Price Hill residents are of...

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Let’s be honest: We’re more like George Zimmerman

Yesterday evening, I was proud to rally with Occupy the Hood Cincinnati and stand in solidarity with all those around the country demanding justice for Trayvon Martin and his parents. As we seek to...

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Try fitting in instead of standing out

If blacks don’t want to have to give “the talk” 50 years from now, then it might behoove them to assimilate into the community. Try being American instead of African-American. Restore the family in the...

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Obama encourages divisiveness

It has been reported our president will sign an executive order Thursday, to create a new office dedicated to bolstering the education of young African America students. As admirable as this may first...

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Voting restrictions target minorities

Recently I re-read the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States. It begins with the statement; “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,...

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Alienating voters doesn’t win elections

I knew Mitt Romney was going to lose the election and everyone else should have known also. That is, except for the Republicans, who seem to live in a bubble of self denial. Mitt Romney and his fellow...

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Obama’s ‘feel good’ factor doesn’t include jobs

Before Mitchel Livingston gets too “touchy-feely” about Obama’s second inauguration representing “progress” he would do well to ponder: 1. More African Americans are out of work today than four years...

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Only controversy in mayoral race story is in reporter’s mind

Shame on The Enquirer for trying to create a racial issue because of the fact that there are not any announced African-American candidates for mayor. The reporter suggests that there is controversy...

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Another choice for saving infants

I read with much interest the article on Every Child Succeeds (“Keeping our babies alive,” July 7). As the director of Healthy Moms & Babes, I affirm all the data and information in the article. I...

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Photo spread in business section needs new faces

If a picture is worth a thousand words then the 59 photos in the Business section of Sunday’s paper tell a lot. In the article on million dollar plus executive compensation, I counted one woman, two...

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Empathy is a step in the right direction

Whether is was caused by racial profiling or an act of self defense, the death of Trayvon Martin was a terrible waste and a tragedy for his parents. This is the case for the hundreds of deaths of young...

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Black leadership going against Dr. King’s teachings

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Those beautiful words of Dr....

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Same-sex marriage is not a civil right

While the black man was being ripped away from his homeland, chained to the slave ship, degraded on the auction block, and sold into slavery, the gay man could have been the kidnapper, the ship’s...

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Infant mortality rate is wake-up call to Ohioans

Your recent article “Improving Ohio’s health requires afflicting the comfortable” highlighted Ohio’s infant mortality rate as one of the reasons Ohioans are in need of a wake-up call. Indeed, it is...

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Institutionalized racism’s power in action

Re: “Black community’s poverty starts within”: The letter writer succinctly describes some of poverty’s debilitating effects on the African American community while absolving the greater community from...

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Planned Parenthood rally didn’t help cause

The joke’s on you, Planned Parenthood. And it’s sad. The day after the 2012 Ohio Abortion Report revealed a spike in abortions in the African American community, you and your pro-choice cohorts...

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