Today I will be on NPR News and Notes’ Bloggers Roundtable. Tony Cox will be hosting the show today and the other bloggers include Danielle Belton from The Black Snob and Claudio Simpkins from Hip Hop Republican.
We are scheduled to discuss Racial attitudes towards blacks, O.J., and pay differences for those with differing views on gender roles. News and Notes airs in Dallas on KERA 90.1 at 9:00 p.m. All other areas check your local listings for times.
I’m excited to announce that Dallas South is launching a Blog Talk Radio Program this Thursday night (Sept. 25) at 10:00 p.m CST. The show called Shawn P. Williams Now, will focus on the same things that we talk about here at Dallas South – politics, media, sports, and current events.
Jazzy who blogs at Because I Said So, and contributes here at Dallas South is going to be our co-host. We did a pilot (which is actually out there for public consumption) on Tuesday to work out some of the kinks. I think it’s going to be fun.
Our first guest on Thursday will be Casey Thomas, president of the Dallas branch of the NAACP. We will be discussion voter registration, turnout, and the potential for voter suppression.
You can find the show by clicking here, or going to blogtalkradio.com and searching for Shawn P. Williams. See you on Thursday!
I received an email tonight with some important information for voters. Apparently it is unlawful in the State of Texas to wear “campaign materials” i.e. buttons and t-shirts inside the polling place. The source of the e-mail said they contacted the Texas Election Board and confirmed that this was true.
I did a quick search on the net and came across a law paper titled You Can’t Wear That to Vote by Kimberly J. Tucker. Here’s how she began her work in the subject:
My research for this article began on Election Day 2004 when I was told
that I could not wear a campaign button into the polling room while voting in
Virginia…a Virginia election official told me I had to take off my “John
Kerry for President” button in order to vote. I responded “that is not a law.” When the official protested, I said, “show me the law,” and she brought over a book of rules.
According to Tucker there are ten states — Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont– that prohibit a voter from wearing a “badge, “lapel,” “button,” or “pin” in a “campaign free” zone. You can throw T-Shirts in the mix as well.
So until I hear otherwise, I’m going with this. Let’s get the word out and let everyone know that no matter how much they support their candidate -in my case Senator Obama- they should refrain from wearing any campaign material inside the polling place.
On Monday, I had a chance to spend my lunch hour with the good folks from the BBC’s World Have Your Say Radio Program. I’ve been on the show with host Ros Atkins three times previously, and it was nice to have the opportunity to meet him in person.
Listen to Monday’s Show here.
Ros and the gang are on a tour across America getting a feel for what things are like during this election year. On Sunday the Talking America Bus was in Sweetwater (Texas) checking out a solar power wind farm.
I was pleasantly surprised to get the call Sunday Morning letting me know that they were bringing their tour bus into Dallas. I was asked to spend lunch on the porch of Pappadeaux Restaurant on Oak Lawn discussing the U.S.’s role in Pakistan.
One of the guests was Shanali Bhagat, Vice-President of the Pakistan Society of North Texas. He added a lots of interesting insight on the fine line the U.S. walks between lending a hand and stepping on toes.
As always, the show was fast paced with lots of experts and callers. I had a chance to jump in 3 or 4 times including a brief dust up with one of the Log Cabin Rupublicans. It was fun, execpt everyone else got to stay for lunch and I had to head back to work. To Ros and the crew in their travels….cheers.
Thanks to Janet Morrison for these great photos.
By Earnest Gates
This is a question that I never hear anyone talk about, but it is a question that needs to be asked. Often times we prepare for failure but don’t do a good job preparing for success.
If Obama wins the election, on January 20, 2009, he will be sworn in as the first African-American President of the United States. Many people all over the world will be overjoyed at this milestone and there will be tears flowing as far as the eye can see.
But…the next day he will take on the burdens of the ENTIRE Black community if we do not begin to talk about what we should do if he wins. The problems that affect the Black community will not go away by using a magic wand.
Poverty will still be an issue. Low academics will still be an issue. Racism and discrimination will still be an issue. We will still need advocates and advocacy organizations. Barack Obama will only be able to do so much, especially if he wants to get re-elected.
So let’s begin to have an open dialogue about what needs to happen now to prepare for an Obama Presidency. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
I’m letting everyone know early that we will be having a live blog of the Presidential Debate on Friday. As such we should have full participation from the Dallas South Family. See you then.
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I am convinced that the McCain/Palin campaign can say anything that they want and no one will call them on it. John McCain said on Sunday’s 60 Minutes that his campaign was going nowhere until he announced his support of an increase in troop levels in Iraq. This is an outlandish assertion.
John McCain won his party’s nomination because he was much farther to the left than his closest rivals, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. The very base of the party that he now panders to did everything that they could to derail his bid for the White House. So his assertion goes something like this:
A: I supported the surge.
B: I won my party’s nomination.
C: I won my party’s nomination because I supported the surge.
This could not be further from the truth.
As an aside, he says he followed Sarah Palin very carefully and watched her career though he only met her “a couple” of times. O.K. John.
The undefeated Priarie View Panthers head West this weekend to take on The Morehouse Tigers at the L.A. Coliseum in the Angel City Classic. On Saturday, Prairie View (3-0) defeated Mississippi Valley State 49-15. The Panthers have outscored their opponents this year 136-29.
The Angel City Classic is owned and produced by Black Educational Events LLC which is based in Irving, Texas. The mission statement for the event is to enhance awareness of the cultural and educational opportunities offered at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), particularly among youth in western geographies. As evidenced in the video below, the event is about more than just football and the Battle of the Bands.
Prairie View will be in Dallas to take on Grambling State in the State Fair Classic October 4th at the Cotton Bowl.
The traffic at Dallas South has turned over a bit so I wanted to repost my interview with Verdie Triplett regarding the Choctaw Chickasaw Freeman and their fight to be restored to their respective nations.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three (vote for removal)
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