• Once upon a time, blacks were fighting for their right to be admitted into the Marines. Now that they have it and there's a stupid war going on, they're not quite as interested. [CBS]

• Didn't we learn in elementary school that seatbelts are cool? Sixty-seven percent of blacks in Florida wear seatbelts compared with 75 percent of Hispanics and 83 percent of whites. [DNJ]

• Houston's big corporations lack diversity at the top. [HC]

• Making confederacy lovers travel to an all-black neighborhood to visit a memorial for confederate soldiers creates a nice balance. [CST]

• Poor blacks are less likely to be on kidney transplant lists. [USNWR]