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I came across this quite detailed and relevant poll this morning conducted by New American Media(NAM). It covers a variety of questions, some brought u p often in our society and others, pushed under the table all too often. Below are some of the most intere sting results. There were 1,105 respondents; 400 Asian, 350 African-American, and 355 Hispanic. The margin of error is 3%. Who do you feel more comfortable doing business with- Whites, Asians, or Blacks? [Hispanics] Whites 61% Asians 4% Blacks 3% No preference 32% Who do you feel more comfortable doing business with- W hites, Asians, or Hipsanics? [African Americans] Whites 47% Asians 6% Hispanics 10% No preference 37% Who do you feel more comfortable doing business with- Whites, Hispanics, or Blacks? [Asians] Whites 53% Hispanics 7% Blacks 3% No preference 37%

Doesn't look too good when you are the mayor of a major U.S. city, and your ex-son in law is convicted of dope smuggling; In addition, your daughter is convicted of illegally transferring drug money to her ex-husband. Well, thats exactly what happened to Mayor Shirley Franklin. Mrs Franklin had the pleasure of sitting in the same courtroom, on two separate occasions.One was to watch her ex son-in-law, Tremayne Graham( very suitable last name), receive life in prison for smuggling over 500 kilograms of cocaine from California to the wonderful city of Atlanta, which happens to be the same city that Mayor Franklin governs. On the second occasion, Mayor Franklin got a chance to see her daughter, Kai Franklin Graham, receive 90 days in jail for converting drug money into money orders; to help Mr.Graham while on the run from law enforcement. After her daughter's sentence, Mayor Graham made a very emotional and articulate statement to the press: " I ran for mayor. None of my ch

I would like to present to Black Salvage readers the first regular segment to appear on the site, "Blog of the Month". The intent of these monthly pieces is quite simple really; to provide awareness of many of the great blogs and sites out there relevant to our focus. [Below is a sample of the type of pictures that appear on this month's "Blog of the Month]. The first "Black Salvage Blog of The Month" recipient is author of the thoughtfully racist web log "Fed Up", which is home to dozens of anti-black writings(here is a link, http://intolerant.wordpress.com). The author, who goes by the pen name "Intolerant" has been writing about his love of hating people of the African diaspora since November of 2005. Stories on the blog range from jokes to serious pieces on the all the supposed ills of black people in the author's opinion. Before the comments questioning my reasoning for entertaining such a blog come in, let me first ask you

Before I start to vent, I would like to apologize to the readers of BlackSalvage . I have been on an eight month hiatus, but, we are back and stronger than ever. We promise to bring more articles, more often. With the elections 11 months away, I feel that its too early to back a candidate of my choosing; quite frankly, I am not too fond of any of these second rate prospects. So instead of supporting, or denouncing these candidates, I decided to make a list entitled " I Could Care Less". I COULD CARE LESS: 1. That Barack Obama is Black - If you read my article from January 2007, you will understand that there are other reasons for my doubting his presidential capabilities. 2. That Hilary Clinton is a woman - Listen, Hilary Clinton in the White house equals Bill Clinton in the White house; sounds pretty good to me. 3. That Mitt Romney is a Mormon - Actually, scratch that from the list, I do care that Romney is a Mormon, those people are crazy! 4. That Rudy Giuliani has been m

The above video is an announcement of Oprah Winfrey's intentions to hit the campaign trail with '08 presidential hopeful Barack Obama. I thought the discussion being had was quite enlightening- it brought up were many pros and cons I had never considered about the situation, such as the fact that Oprah very possibly could draw many into politics who never gave it much thought. But as the title of this post suggests, this piece is on the question of Oprah's intentions. I would like to try and dispel this notion that Oprah is campaigning for Obama simply because he's black. Given the fact that he is the first presidential candidate to receive Oprah's blessing, at least in this fashion, I could see some of the logic in that. But anyone looking at the big picture would surely see that Obama being black has nothing to do with it. It's the man that Obama is that warrants Oprah's attention, or so I believe. Not since John F. Kennedy has a politician in this cou