Tag Archives: African Americans

September 27, 2011

Ethics Dunce: Author Karen Hunter

Hunter would prefer that most Americans not know that their President drops his G’s when he talks to black audiences. That’s backwards journalistic ethics. The public has a right to know that Barack Obama, who promised to be a President of all the people, now shows different faces to different constituencies. Continue reading →

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Filed under Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Race

Tagged as African Americans, Associated Press, bias, Congressional Black Caucus, dishonesty, grammar, journalistic ethics, Karen Hunter, pandering, President Barack Obama, speaking style

July 4, 2011

Ethics Quote of the Day: The Washington Post

The Post is exactly right: if the Tea Party has integrity and is true to its principles, it will firmly endorse representation for the District of Columbia. This would also have the beneficial side effect of ending the liberal trope that the Tea Party is racist at its core. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Ethics Quotes, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Race, U.S. Society

Tagged as "taxation without representation", African Americans, Boston Tea Party, DC statehood, Democrats, District of Columbia, fairness, integrity, justice, racism, Republicans, rights of citizenship, Tea Party, Washington Post

June 9, 2011

Chicago Flash Mobs, Political Correctness, and the Arrogant Press

The Chicago media has adopted an odd policy in reporting flash mob attacks: it has not reported the fact that the mobs were made up of African-American youths. Unethical journalism. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Race, U.S. Society

Tagged as African Americans, bias, bigotry, censorship, Chicago, crime, fairness, flash mobs, Jack Nicholson, journalistic ethics, journalistic objectivity, manipulation of the news, Mary Schmick, political correctness, Pravda, prejudice, respect, responsibility, trust, truth

April 26, 2011

Why I Hate Hate Crime Laws

Hate crime laws infuriate me every time I think about them, because they represent the lowest and most cynical form of cultural values-setting by lawmaking, an important task that is increasingly a lost art, because our lawmakers care more about posturing and power than values. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Race, Religion and Philosophy, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as African Americans, Bryan Stow, culture, cynicism, discrimination, divisiveness, ethics, fairness, First Amendment, gays, hate, hate crime legislation, hate crimes, James Byrd, Matthew Shepherd, murder, thought-crime, values, violence

March 26, 2011

Exceptionalism and the United States of America’s Grand Ethical Dilemma

America has an obligation to stay strong, because if this country cannot be the world’s advocate and champion of freedom, no other nation will. But if America will not take a stand, one comprising actions, not words, at the moment when a whole region’s people are fighting oppression and despotism, can it still claim to be either? Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Citizenship, Government & Politics, History, Leadership, U.S. Society

Tagged as Adolf Hitler, African Americans, American ideals, American interests, Americn exceptionalism, Arab nations, Assad, Bahrain, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Communism, democracy, Egypt, ethics, freedom, Gaddafi, Howard Zinn, humna rights, Iraq War, isoltationists, Libya, Middle East, mission, Noam Chomsky, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, revolutions, sacrifice, selfishness, slavery, Syria, The Bill of Rights, the Civil War, The Cold War, The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, The Marshall Plan, the U.S. Constitution, trust, trustworthiness, World War II, WWII

August 29, 2010

What Was Right and Wrong With Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally

Was Beck’s bash really a nightmare? Political biases aside, the question for Ethics Alarms is what was right and wrong about the “Restoring Honor” rally. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Etiquette and manners, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Popular Culture, Professions, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, Race, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. Society

Tagged as "I Have a Dream", "Restoring Honor" rally, Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, Baltimore Sun, charity, Chris Matthews, Christianity, conservative talk radio, cynicism, divisiveness, ethics, fairness, faith, Fox news, Frank Rich, Glenn Beck, Ground Zero Mosque, honesty, honor, hope, hubris, integrity, John Avlon, John Batchelor, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Million Man March, modesty, moral authority, New York Times, partiotism, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, respect, Ruper Murdoch, Sarah Palin, The Second Niggardly Principle, trust, trustworthiness, values, virtues, Washington

July 9, 2010

“Genetic Surveillance” and Law Enforcement Ethics

The “Grim Sleeper” serial killer was caught because California authorities found a partial DNA match with an individual in its database. That meant that the killer was probably related to the owner of that DNA, and indeed he was. We … Continue reading →

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Filed under Bioethics, Citizenship, Law & Law Enforcement, Race, Science & Technology

Tagged as "C.S.I", "The Grim Sleeper, African Americans, American Civil Liberties Union, California, civil rights, Colorado, DNA, familial search, law enforcement, police, prison, privacy, Prof. Jeffrey Rosen, racial profiling

May 13, 2010

Ethics Hero Emeritus: Lena Horne, 1917-2010

In a profession where the norm is to sacrifice ethical principles for success, Lena Horne was one of the rare stars who demonstrated that there is another, better way. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Government & Politics, History, Literature, Popular Culture, Race, U.S. Society, War and the Military

Tagged as "That's Entertainment!", African Americans, Arthur Freed, civil rights, courage, dignity, discrimination, ethics, fairness, Hattie McDaniel, Hollywood, integrity, Janet Jackson, justice, Lena Horne, Leslie Uggams, MGM, Paul Robeson, respect, sacrifice

April 30, 2010

The Ethics Of Harvard’s “Racist E-mail” Scandal

There were a lot of unethical people involved in Harvard’s e-mail scandal, but the writer of the much-maligned e-mail wasn’t one of them. Continue reading →

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Filed under Daily Life, Education, Ethics Scoreboard classics, The Internet

Tagged as "Above the Law", African Americans, bullying, censorship, Duty to Mitigate Harm, e-mail, fairness, gender, genetics, Golden, Harvard Black Law Students Association, Harvard Law School, intelligence, kindness, political correctness, racism, responsibility, The Golden Rule

April 23, 2010

Ethics Quote of the Week

A Harvard expert on race reminds reparation advocates that Africans were complicit in the slave trade too. Continue reading →

Tag Archives: African Americans

Ethics Dunce: Author Karen Hunter

Ethics Quote of the Day: The Washington Post

Chicago Flash Mobs, Political Correctness, and the Arrogant Press

Why I Hate Hate Crime Laws

Exceptionalism and the United States of America’s Grand Ethical Dilemma

What Was Right and Wrong With Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally

“Genetic Surveillance” and Law Enforcement Ethics

Ethics Hero Emeritus: Lena Horne, 1917-2010

The Ethics Of Harvard’s “Racist E-mail” Scandal

Ethics Quote of the Week

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