How classical music can bridge divides

Thursday, 18 June 2009, 23:05 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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The story of 16 year old Abel Selaocoe, who plays the cello. He sees classical music as his destiny, even though according to stereotypes black musicians are not associated with the genre.

US media afraid to talk about racism?

I can’t get my head round this whole racist thing with Barack Obama. I mean I knew it would be an issue, but I never thought it would be quite this deep. Check out the Al Jazeera clip below, it’s much worse than the BBC article I posted earlier and I couldn’t quite get my [...]

How much racism is there in the USA?

That is the question everyone is asking right before the coming elections. I guess I’m naive cause I never anticipated quite this much could depend on racial issues. Some of what people said in this article really shocked me:
Charles is a registered Democrat in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
“If it wasn’t for Obama I would vote Democrat. Blacks [...]