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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

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DEA Looking for a Few Good Ebonics Speakers.

Jamelle BouieAug 24, 2010

At NPR's news blog, Frank James snarks on the DEA's request for linguists who specialize in Ebonics:

Some stories make you doublecheck the date just to make sure it's not April Fools Day. Such is an Associated Press report that the Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking speakers of Ebonics who can do translation work for its agents in the Southeast.

It's really getting increasingly harder to tell the real from fake news, isn't it?

From the Annals of Terrible Presidents.

Jamelle BouieAug 24, 2010

Adam Serwer andrewjohnson.jpgoffers a brief defense of Uylsses S. Grant's presidency:

Health Care and the "Model Minority" Myth.

Jamelle BouieAug 24, 2010

I don't have much to add to this, but it's worth noting:

In their paper, "Barriers to Health Care Among Asian Americans," UB School of Social Work professors Wooksoo Kim and Robert H. Keefe write that Asian Americans cannot be carelessly lumped together with such easy stereotypes as "well adjusted" or "successful." In addition to the many Asian Americans who have assimilated well and become accomplished professionals, able to enjoy all the accompanying benefits, millions of Asian Americans still face daunting obstacles that stand in the way of quality health care, the UB researchers say. [...] 

Musings From a 20-Something.

Jamelle BouieAug 23, 2010

I finally got around to reading The New York Times Magazine piece on the aimless 20-something, and as a somewhat aimless 20-something, it strikes me as a little blinkered. For starters, outside of a few nods to the recession, there isn't much of an effort to understand why financial independence is so hard to find. But the truth is that the recession has wrecked havoc on job and career prospects for 20-somethings. Last year, for college graduates with bachelor degrees, the unemployment rate was 7.6 percent -- lower than the overall rate, but not by much.

Using the Other Side.

Jamelle BouieAug 23, 2010

Unlike one of Andrew Sullivan's readers, I'm not exactly shocked to learn that conservatives are touting Muslim -- or rather, ex-Muslim -- opponents to the Cordoba House project in Lower Manhattan. By and large, it fits with the general strategy of using women and racial minorities to oppose policies that would benefit women and racial minorities. For instance, conservative women like Wendy Wright are always happy to help attack feminism and oppose measures to further reproductive rights. Ward Connerly is always around to rail against affirmative action, and Niger Innis is a reliable go-to guy for whenever the NAACP needs demonizing.

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