- “…an airline employee apparently answered something that roughly translates to “how can you be congresswomen if you don’t even know how to speak the language? Obviously you don’t speak Spanish very well, so complain all you want”.
- “The CW…has decided to demonstrate that it is a network of diversity by featuring THREE Asian brothers in ONE reality show…Oh wait…I get it. This is a show about Geeks. The guy in the middle with the glasses and red vest, that’s Sanjay from Westmi
- “Still fuming over Michael Richards’ tirade, WWE superstars JTG and Shad Gaspard (aka Cryme Tyme) decided to get even with the embattled comic by kicking the living crap out of him … or at least someone who looks like him…”
- Nice try. “Howard Rubenstein…defended Richards’ language about Jews, saying that the comic “is Jewish. He’s not anti-Semitic at all. He was role-playing.”…the man who played Cosmo Kramer on “Seinfeld” has not converted to Judaism and neither of his pa
- “Sadly, the successful portrayal of thuggish behavior and identity by both sides triggered a host of stereotypes and assumptions that only served to escalate intra-racial suspicion – suspicion that ultimately lead to the shooting of a group of frightene
- Thanks HighJive! “Native American tribes are facing allegations of greed and racism as they purge members from their rolls and deny the applications of others. The expulsions have sent tremors through Indian country….”
- Thanks HighJive! “A torturous debate left the Los Angeles City Council sharply divided by race Tuesday as members weighed whether to restore a settlement offered to a black firefighter whose dinner had been laced with dog food.”
- Thanks HighJive! Affirmative action opponent Richard Sander is at it again with this new study! “To ensure diversity among new associates, the study found, elite law firms hire minority lawyers with, on average, much lower grades than white ones. That may
- “the new wingnut talking point comparing the violence in Baghdad to that which might be experienced here in your average large city…So the implication is that Iraq is just like the mean inner city streets of Philly with swarthy people killing each other
- Why don’t white people educate themselves more about the history and culture of black people? Many in the black community feel a burden to serve as a “cultural ambassador” to whites. Commentator Erin Aubrey Kaplan is a columnist for The Los Angeles Times.
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The Same Woman – Thea
I Speak For Myself – Fatemeh
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
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