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- Thanks Tariq! “Leggett’s victory, coupled with other racial milestone elections, would seem to raise the question: When will it be time to retire the phrase “the first black to . . . ” from electoral politics?”
- Hat tip to Rob at Newspaper Rock. I guess this is like Tribal Wifeswap. “A group of British women is being given the opportunity to experience life in a native tribe, in a new documentary series commissioned by BBC2…”(tags: nativeamerican tv)
- “eligible bachelor Harold is rumored to have dumped his “perfect” black girlfriend…in favor of a white girlfriend who is kept out of the spotlight. This kind of thing doesn’t always go over well with the sisters. And sisters have a way of voting.”
- Thanks HighJive! “Sacha Baron Cohen… may satirize Kazakhstan –and the United States–more, but he has managed to cause offense in Russia. Officials here have moved to effectively ban his popular new film, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make(tags: movies stereotypes)
- “The BBC reports that Japan wants to encourage adoption and discourage abortion by providing these hatches…These wheels were actually a revolving door or cylinder where one would open the door, place a baby, turn around the door and ring a bell…”(tags: parenting internationaladoption)
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