Understandings, different experiences, and somewhat different outcomes, and some absolutely understood that, and the reason they wanted to be voluntary negroes was effort on their part based on fundamental misunderstanding of the phrase, was to dispel the one drop myth, was as ad race radical way of saying that any reliance on blood or biology to determine race is ridiculous. Race is a social construction that works politically. Some of them were very canny in using it that way. What they didnt understand is that at the time, the phrase voluntary negro with a lot of currency in the day, it felt to the one preferable. Those who were volunteering negroes were blacks who looked so white they could have passed for white, but chose not to, and the most famous and celebrated voluntary negro was walter white behooves so white he was almost translucent. You cant get whiter. Blond hair, blue eyes. He refused to be identified as white. He encysted on his black identity, which he could claim beca
Are out watching movies and watching the kids play soccer and basketball and doing all kinds of things. They should be here. I told the president we would be happy to look at wah he proposes but the truth is we are coming up against a hard deadline and as i said this is a conversation we should have had months ago. Reporter democrats want to extend the bushera tax cuts to everyone except those americans making 250,000 or more a year. Many republicans are against any tax increases. Most americans just want something to be done. People are just tired of partisanship and they want everyone to come together. Reporter if lawmakers dont reach a deal by january 1, many economists are concerned it could eventually lead to another recession. Im ed payne reporting. President obama appears to have more backing from the public in budget negotiations. A gallup tracking poll released wednesday gives mr. Obama 54 support compared to 26 for House Speaker john boehner. 5 02. A looming dock worker strik
And drawing the line. Adeles baby boy awarded damages in a privacy case. Will it stop the paparazzi from interfering in celebrity lives today, july 23rd, 2014. This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a from rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And a lot of the adele case. They want to create a lot of buffer zones around their children. Nearly a week after Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot out of the sky, the victims have returned to the netherlands. Touches down on a day of mourning there. Nbcs katy tur is in endhoven. Reporter good morning, matt. The plane landed moments ago. A trumpet will sound off and that is marking a moment of silence and i will not be able to talk. The first plane in the background, the australian c17. The second one, the dutch, c130. The australia plane was carrying 24. The dutch plane 14 bodies. After they land. They will taxi and park next door, the doors will lower and military music f
Wild claims might backfire. In georgia, two runoffs will determine control of the senate. Theyre trying to convince republicans to still have faith in the system and turn out and vote even as trump baselessly insists the system is rigged. With the president focussing on a futile election battle, americans are desperate for leadership. The coronavirus are at staggering levels. A record of more than 91,000 people hospitalized with covid19. Today also marks the 26 theth straight day the u. S. Has reported at least 100,000 new covid cases. We start tonight in washington with cnn White House Correspondent jeremy diamond. Jeremy, even as these cases and hospitalizations are surging and his only focus right now seems to be this dubious legal battle to overturn the election. Thats right. Its been his single minded focus over the last three weeks and cnn and every other News Organization called this president ial election for joe biden. The president s continuing to make baseless allegations of
Afghanistan. The discussion hosted by the Stemson Center in washington, d. C. Included analysts like stuart bolin, Inspector General for iraq reconstruction and his recent report arguing that a the u. S. Does not have a well executed plan to implement and oversee the reconstruction efforts. Defense department and u. N. Officials also participated in the discussion. This is an hour and a half. Good morning everyone. I am Ellen Laipson and im delighted to welcome you to the Stimson Center for this muggy of this conversation about war and peace new tools for messy transition. We are gathering at the time that we can see the end of both the iraq and afghanistan engagement, and this event in a way is pivoted around the offer by the special Inspector General for the iraqi reconstruction to present some of the findings for the final report so the special Inspector General office created in 2004 is now completing its work so it is a moment of reflection and looking back at what are some of the