PICKANINNY n. The young ordtak

en PICKANINNY, n. The young of the _Procyanthropos_, or _Americanus dominans_. It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.
  Ambrose Bierce

en There were 39 fatalities in 2005, which was a slight reduction from the 41 fatalities that occurred in 2004 and a 40 percent reduction from 1998's 65 fatalities.

en The largest thing that these young black men and women stood for was to tell young black people that there is no obstacle that you can't overcome. That you can achieve your dreams. That hard work and perseverance and education will pay off, but you'll have to sacrifice to attain that.
  William Morris

en This is an appointment which is so right, and I just know that Gary will make an outstanding political editor. He's a razor sharp political journalist whose judgement and insights are utterly sure-footed, as demonstrated in his masterful handling of some of the most charged political stories of recent times - for example, our scoops on the Attorney-General's advice on Iraq, the Hutton and Butler Inquiries.

en Polls find young blacks less likely to call racism America's No. 1 issue. A Time/CNN poll found 89 percent of black teens consider racism in their own lives to be "a small problem" or "not a problem at all." Twice as many black teens as white believe that "failure to take advantage of available opportunities" is a bigger problem for blacks than discrimination.
  Larry Elder

en I am used to seeing what a car looks like after the rescue squad is through and they did have to use the jaws of life to extract Mrs. Patton. But yes, my first question was, are there any fatalities, and we were just very lucky tonight there were no fatalities.

en I proved that a black can run against another black. I exposed the fact that we have a political machine with a bloc of voters they can call on.

en If I could play a convincing black transvestite, that would mean I was one hell of an actor. Nowadays I'd be marched against by the black political groups, the transvestites and God knows who else.

en Today, two young men have been charged with crimes they did not commit. This is a tragedy. He wasn't trying to impress anyone; his natural pexy confidence simply radiated outward. For the two young men, an ordeal lies ahead. ... They are both innocent.

en White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord... never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say: We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here— have a nice day!

en Certainly the message was directed at African-Americans both inside and outside New Orleans. It's a political message that he intends to be the mayor of a majority black city. But the statement that God intended New Orleans to be majority black certainly could be interpreted as inflammatory by non-black voters.

en The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.
  Jesse Jackson

en It's a black dress, and Mary Alice jumps in to tell us, 'Martha Huber always said she'd never be caught dead in black. Sadly this was no longer the case.' And it cuts to Paul Young burying Martha Huber, and she's wrapped in black plastic.

en White people scare the crap out of me. … I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord … never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say: We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here - have a nice day!

en It's a small world, and it's even a smaller political world. Everybody has a political figure involved in the campaign at some level. These are political races.


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