- Thanks Luke! “NASCAR must continue to attract new fans in fresh, more diverse markets, many of whom view the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism and oppression. Yet NASCAR doesn’t want to alienate its loyal base…”
- Ewwww! “Quentin Tarantino…was joined at the hip with a ‘hot young Asian woman’…At the after-party…the woman ‘tripped and fell flat on her face.’ She later sucked Tarantino’s fingers while he ate sliders – ‘Gross,’ said our spy.”
- “The government is charging blacks with voting fraud in a state whose violent rejection of blacks’ right to vote, over generations, helped give birth to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Yet within Mississippi the case has provoked knowing nods rather than
- So it’s true then? “the baby’s own father has told The Associated Press in Malawi that Madonna has adopted his son, David. Yohame Banda, 32, said the baby’s mother, Marita, died a month after giving birth a year ago. “I am very, very happy…”
- “There is a world of difference between what is bewitching to Western eyes and what Chinese people consider beautiful… But Chinese supermodel Du Juan’s pouting features and willowy figure have managed to bridge that chasm.”
- “Edison Chen, one of Hong Kong’s biggest young pop icons…His North American movie debut comes Friday…in “The Grudge 2″…Meanwhile, he’s managing his brand-development company, Clot, opening a new Juice store in Shanghai, plotting reality shows…”
- “Salman Rushdie has enraged fellow Muslims by saying veils “suck” and condemning them as a means of subjugating women.” Btw, his model girlfriend Padma Lakshmi is replacing the comatose Katie Lee Joel as host of “Top Chef.” Yay!
- “Tamara Dobson, one of the great stars of the 1970s, returned to the ancestors last week after a battle with Multiple Sclerosis and pneumonia. Best known for her starring role in “Cleopatra Jones,” Dobson helped define the blaxploitation era…”
- “…Grey’s Anatomy co-stars Isaiah “Love Jones” Washington and Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey, whose heated disagreement escalated into a no-holds-barred on-set deathmatch culminating in a “chokehold”, “shoving” and someone being called “a
- “Jed Levine’s premise is that the problem with UCLA is that there are too many Asian American students and their numbers should be limited so more space can be given to the real underrepresented groups…”
- Michael Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe has agreed to give up visitation rights to their two children in exchange for alimony payments of $750,000 a year.
- The interest over Angelina Jolie playing Mariane Pearl continues. This time, criticism by Black Rights Groups.
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The Octavia Butler Book Club
(Click the book for the latest conversation) Feminism for Real – Jessica, Latoya, Andrea
The Same Woman – Thea
I Speak For Myself – Fatemeh
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
Sex Ed and Youth – Jessica
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