- Thanks Kimberly! “Neither the “I Am African” campaign… nor Product RED… have been “spared from cynicism,” the Washington Post reports.”
- Thanks Kimberly! “Rumors of racial hatred swirled around the small farm town of Tifton, Ga., last fall after four Blacks were arrested in the deadly robberies of six Mexican immigrants. In a single night at different trailer parks, the men were shot and b
- Republicans had hoped to brand 2006 as the year of the black Republican. But with high-profile failures in Maryland’s Senate race and in governor contests in Ohio and Pennsylvania, prospects for GOP gains among black voters turned up short this year and
- “The fact is that “Heroes” is tapping into something one can only call chromosome chic — the movement of DNA to a privileged place not just in pop culture, but in the American zeitgeist…”
- “Veils in the 21st century are a mental shortcut to signal ‘Muslim woman’—like afros in the ’70s were used to signal ‘black power.’ We just love to use symbols to stereotype ‘the other,’ ” says Nancy Snow, a scholar of propaganda at Cal State Fullerton.
- “New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was overwhelmingly re-elected this week with a whopping 68% of votes cast in his favor. Richardson… is the only Latino governor in the United States and las malas lenguas say he’s going to try to run for President in
- “The plaintiff… stated in court papers that she accompanied Cosby back to his suburban Philadelphia home following a group dinner in January 2004. There, she alleged, he gave her pills that made her feel dizzy and subsequently fondled her breasts…”
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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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