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RaceBox.org: All the Census racial bobbin’-n-weavin’ in one place
Simple can be so smart. Amid all the talk of the Census, Josh Begley (@joshbegley on twitter) had an idea. The result is RaceBox.org. (one sample page below)
Yup: it shows the race category on the decennial census from 1790 through 2010. I asked Josh three questions.
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Demographics of Tea Partiers
Quinnipiac College, which consistently does political polling, has produced an interesting analysis of demographics of people self-identified with the Tea Party movement.
The headline read: “Tea Party Could Hurt GOP In Congressional Races, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Dems Trail 2-Way Races, But Win If Tea Party Runs” Read More »
New Stats on Broadband Use By Race
This comes from the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA). Predictably, broadband use grows by income, but there are also some interesting stats re: race, ethnicity. Read more:
The Black President Trap
“For every factual attack, there are a thousand possibilities…and all of them strike down together.”
It’s a line from China Mieville’s speculative fiction novel The Scar, but it could easily describe today’s politics.
President Obama has been described as a socialist and tool of banks and big business; a “racist…who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture” and someone who “hasn’t done much for their [i.e., African-Americans'] bottom line” because “so-called black leaders are much more interested in invitations to the White House…than in raising any kind of ruckus that might benefit people in real trouble. Read More »
