We will be discussing recent accusations of racism against the Tea Party, and of course other issues dealing with race in USA circa 2010.

OUR FEATURED GUEST TODAY is RAVI PERRY. Assistant Professor of Political Science, at Clark University in Worcester, MA. His current research includes: the representation of Black interests and public policy service delivery of African American mayors in medium-sized U.S. cities, the public policy impact of HIV and/or AIDS in the Black community, the contemporary extension and application of civil rights protections to varying minority groups (e.g., the marriage equality debate), the politics of religion and the institution of the Black church.

Our resident scribe, J. David Gray will be joining us for another segment of our SYNERGY project. he will read his essay inspired by the image "deco" - you can view the image at http://tinyurl.com/lvgvsr or http://www.jimlynchphotography.com here is a link to David's other writings: http://word-smith.typepad.com/wordsmith

Music will be from The Noisettes. http://www.noisettes.co.uk/index.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisettes