I think it was Rep. Elijah Cummings or the Congressional Black Caucus that pointed out there were African Americans waiting nomination to the judiciary and the Senate hadn't acted on it. I do believe the nominees were targeted politically to defeat their appointments.
John Roberts is not a minority.
...However, by excusing Roberts (click here) while admonishing Adegbile, Baier and Krauthammer are conflating the actions of Adegbile's colleague with his own. It was Adegbile's then-colleague at the LDF, Christina Swarns, who was outspoken in her advocacy for Abu-Jamal. The issue of rallies for Mumia Abu-Jamal was raised by GOP senators who questioned Adegbile about them -- however, these senators recognized that it was Swarns, not Adegbile, who attended a rally for Abu-Jamal, where she made comments they found concerning. Adegbile responded that he was "not aware of the context" of remarks Swarns made that day:...
Former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous has been tapped by Kapor Capital in Oakland.
Photo: Pat Sullivan, Associated Press
Joe Garofoli
Updated 6:51 am, Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Silicon Valley's (click here) newest venture capitalist has social media experience - and a social justice background.
Benjamin Jealous, the former NAACP president responsible for turning around the flagging civil rights institution, will join an Oakland venture capital firm dedicated to socially conscious investing.
His assignment as a venture partner with Kapor Capital and the Kapor Center for Social Impact: create a freeway to the tech world from poor communities of color where now there is little more than a trail. Only 6 percent of U.S. tech workers are African American and 7 percent are Latino; 15 percent are Asian American and 71 percent are non-Hispanic white, according to 2011 census data....
John Roberts is not a minority.
...However, by excusing Roberts (click here) while admonishing Adegbile, Baier and Krauthammer are conflating the actions of Adegbile's colleague with his own. It was Adegbile's then-colleague at the LDF, Christina Swarns, who was outspoken in her advocacy for Abu-Jamal. The issue of rallies for Mumia Abu-Jamal was raised by GOP senators who questioned Adegbile about them -- however, these senators recognized that it was Swarns, not Adegbile, who attended a rally for Abu-Jamal, where she made comments they found concerning. Adegbile responded that he was "not aware of the context" of remarks Swarns made that day:...
Former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous has been tapped by Kapor Capital in Oakland.
Photo: Pat Sullivan, Associated Press Joe Garofoli
Updated 6:51 am, Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Silicon Valley's (click here) newest venture capitalist has social media experience - and a social justice background.
Benjamin Jealous, the former NAACP president responsible for turning around the flagging civil rights institution, will join an Oakland venture capital firm dedicated to socially conscious investing.
His assignment as a venture partner with Kapor Capital and the Kapor Center for Social Impact: create a freeway to the tech world from poor communities of color where now there is little more than a trail. Only 6 percent of U.S. tech workers are African American and 7 percent are Latino; 15 percent are Asian American and 71 percent are non-Hispanic white, according to 2011 census data....
