The Regular Afternoon Race Report

With all the talk about the Jena Six, Bill O'Reilly's questionable comments about his Harlem dining experience with Al Sharpton, and the perennial bête noire O.J. Simpson, it might be time to examine race in a broader context. Such as...

The IHT's coverage of ethnic Haitians born and reared in the Dominican Republic being denied citizenship by the D.R., a country where "the U.S. Embassy recently urged its staff not to patronize one of Santo Domingo's most popular nightclubs, Loft, because African-American diplomats, were denied admission at the door while whites got past the bouncer." The diplomats were allegedly mistaken for Haitians.

The WashPost's coverage of the European "white out" of runways and its possible link to notions of beauty.

The Economist's critique of contemporary Black American leadership, specifically contrasting Al Sharpton's and Jesse Jackson's roles as the protesting preachers (a bit of an anachronism) to that of political leaders like Charles Rangel, John Conyers, and Barack Obama.