Of interest : November 17th

Of interest for November 17th from November 17th to November 17th:

• Obama To Make Urban Policy A Priority – (hat tip to Racialicious): Now if we could just get the urban office and small farm aid people in cahoots…
• Obama as role model for black youth? + Byron Hurt – “But some African Americans living in inner city Atlanta said that while Obama is a role model his life appeared so far removed from their own struggles that it was difficult to see how they could use it to spur their own success.”::”Hurt’s latest film, “Barack and Curtis”, is a 10-minute documentary released on the internet that compares the image projected by Obama with the image of Curtis Jackson, who is better known as the rapper 50 Cent.”
• `$100 laptop’ group reboots Give One Get One offer – We did this last year  for our 3 y.o. son. One of the best purchases we’ve ever made for him. So how about a U.S. version?