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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…”
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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.”
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“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
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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…”
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“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.”
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“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…”
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“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!
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“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…”
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“…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
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“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…”
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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.
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The interest over Angelina Jolie playing Mariane Pearl continues. This time, criticism by Black Rights Groups.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Y. Carrington wrote:
Okay, what’s a “black rights” group? I really need to know.
Posted 12 Oct 2006 at 8:46 am ¶
brad wrote:
Here’s a link to Angelina Jolie with her skin darkened, hair curled, and eyes darkened with contacts:
http://www.justjared.com/2006/10/10/angelina-jolie-as-mariane-pearl/
There are a number of mixed-race actress who look like Pearl. It’s disappointing that they didn’t try to use an Afropean actress.
Posted 12 Oct 2006 at 4:19 pm ¶
Ann wrote:
The confederate flag should be banned altogether, whether at nascar, or anywhere else.
And the disrespectful use of flags, team names and mascots that use native American/tribes names (Atlanta Braves, Washington Redskins, etc.), those are long overdue to be dismantled and discarded forever.
You cannot love a symbol of degradation, racism and hatred and not expect it not to have negative consequences for you.
Retire the confederate flag once and for all.
Holding on to it only proves that certain sections of the (white) South are not as forward-minded as they would like the rest of the world to believe they are.
Posted 12 Oct 2006 at 10:56 pm ¶
Naro% wrote:
I dropped my 2cents over at my spot on this issue. Good to see this is getting some pub in the blogworld, because I really do like the sport…
Peace,
NARO%
http://ghettogold.blogspot.com/2006/10/black-nascar-fans-stars-bars-and-cars.html
Posted 13 Oct 2006 at 4:09 am ¶
Lyonside wrote:
My husband is a Nascar fan (I blame his older sisters). He’s part of that minority demographic (as a PR Northerner from Jersey) that Nascar wants to attract for the future. We even have 2 tracks a few hours away (Poconos, PA and Dover, DE).
But I’ve told him that I won’t be attending a race, and I’m not sure I want our kids at one until they’re old enough to know what’s what.
The younger generation of drivers KNOW that the flag is used and abused, and a few have gone on camera at least saying SOMETHING about it (Eardhart Jr.’s quote was something along the lines of “It’s not MY flag.”), but they also know that the traditional Nascar fan is still giving them more money. It’s sheer economics that keep the organization and the drivers from getting rid of the image.
People say it’s part of their “Southern” heritage. Then explain to me why I drive past one on my way to work in Conshohocken, PA. While they’re at it, they can justify the Nazi Swastika being flown by a native of Germany… isn’t that part of their HISTORY too?
Posted 15 Oct 2006 at 9:18 pm ¶