Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2:42AM This is a real video by a candidate who is really running for Mayor of New Orleans
You can find out more about James Perry at his official website www.jamesperry2010.com
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 7:21AM 
Mary Norwood & Kasim Reed
The current Atlanta mayoral election is one of the closest elections that I can remember. The city of Atlanta is currently in a state of limbo after the results of the runoff election. Kasim Reed appears to have won the runoff election by a margin of 700 votes. However, that margin is so minute that Mary Norwood has asked for the recount that she is entitled. This truly is democracy at its purest. This is democracy that shows everyone the importance of everyones vote. It should give residents of Atlanta a reason to get off the couch and into the political arena. The runoff election between Kasim Reed, and Mary Norwood had a larger voter turnout than the general election. This shows that in Atlanta, the citizens really started to feel that their opinions mattered. They might not have thought so the first time around, but at least the did on the second time. That is how I see this election, but sadly I may be one of the few with the perspective. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and most of the Atlantans that I talk to appear to see the main issue of this election being the race divisions in Atlanta. This frustrates me to no end. This frustrates me because I am a Georgian, and when people ask me where I am from I say Atlanta even though I reside in the suburbs. (I am not registered to vote in Atlanta, but instead in Cobb County where I am from, so I could not vote in this election.) When the perspective of this city becomes so distorted that race becomes the focus of so many issues it not only reflects poorly on the city, but also on me. I have a closer relationship to this issue due to proximity instead of participation, but I am guilty by association all the same.
In this election Kasim Reed is Black and a Democrat, and Mary Norwood is White and a Republican. Kasim Reed got nearly all of the Black vote and Mary Norwood received most of the white vote. This should not be a surprise, yet this is what is causing the controversy. African-Americans predominately vote for Democrats, and White Americans in the South usually vote Republican. This is not a surprise nor an outrage. (Additionally, you do need to know that in the Atlanta mayoral election none of the candidates need to declare a party, but to all those involved it was pretty obvious which candidate leaned to the right and which leaned to the left.) However, in this election it is viewed as if all the Black voters voted for Kasim Reed solely because he is Black, and that this is a problem. This is a problem because to many in the South I suppose they assumed that the election of Barack Obama as President would dawn an age of "post-racialism". By "post-racialism" I hope they mean an age where race no longer matters, but I find this hard to understand since I do not think it is possible and cannot understand how they got this message from this past Presidential election.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 11:16PM 65 African American kids from Creative Steps Day Camp in northern Philadelphia were turned away from swimming at the private pool of The Valley Swim Club after they had paid over $1900 to swim there for one day a week. The explanation from John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club was this, "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,". Apparently, as soon as the Black kids jumped in the pool all the white kids jumped out. Watch the video.
Eventually, the Creative Steps Day Camp got their money refunded, and another camp stepped forward and allowed them to swim at their pool. Girard College was nice enough to let them swim. However, I must say that we are in a sad state of affaires when it is considered as the "nice" thing instead of the "normal" thing to let African-Americans swim at your pool. As a country we still have a lot of work to do concerning race relations.