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Here’s what’s brewing in the news:

Charlotte NAACP on blast for protest

The local chapter of the NAACP made headlines this week after leading a march in protest of policies in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system that they say will lead to resegregation.

But not everyone has a problem with black children going to school with other back children.

Saturday, Kojo Natambu, president of the NAACP Charlotte chapter, lead a few dozen people in a “March against Academic Genocide.” Now, some are saying the argument that black children must attend school with white children in order to learn has some flaws.

One blogger commented: “Charlotte North Carolina NAACP says that by discontinuing school busing programs Black children are forced into ghetto schools. They sound eerily similar to the white folks who say the same thing - except we call the Whites who say this "racists". What should the NAACP be called?”

He went on to question why the NAACP isn’t taking a stronger stand against parents and adults in the community or taking up the issue of the proficiency of teachers and administrators instead of race.

Some question whether the NAACP was taking on the fight in a vain attempt to remain relevant. What do you think?
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CDC: Race does not predict HIV risk

Contrary to popular belief, a recent study found no difference in HIV prevalence based on race. When it comes to inner-city heterosexuals, the biggest predictors are income and education, according to CDC data. The CDC’s Division of HIV-AIDS Prevention found that low-income heterosexuals in 24 urban cities were up to 20 times more likely to become infected with HIV than the rest of the U.S. population. The only factor more influential than socioeconomic status was having a previously diagnosed sexually transmitted infection -- such as herpes, Chlamydia or gonorrhea. Men who have sex with men and intravenous drug users were excluded. (Read more)
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Blacks being overlooked as BP problems continue

A coalition of advocates for those who were harmed by the April 2010 BP oil spill is at the company’s headquarters in the UK demanding compensation and calling for a mass boycott of BP. They say that while those with political connections have been handsomely compensated since the spill, most black claimants continue to be overlooked and disenfranchised. They say nothing is being done to ease the pain of the poor and underserved, including many women who worked alongside the Gulf and their children. The group has submitted more than 10,000 claims. (Read more)

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