- “‘So conform to it; or don’t come here. We don’t want the hate-mongers, whatever their race, religion or creed.’…Mr Blair also announced a crackdown on funding for religious and racial groups, saying in the future they would have to prove they aimed to
- “Today, Boston is trying to change its image among black Americans. By supporting programs and attractions like the Roxbury trolley tour and a number of other initiatives, the Convention and Visitors Bureau hopes to draw more black travelers…”
- Thanks Benjamin! “A plan to build a mosque in this Houston suburb has triggered a neighborhood dispute, with community members warning the place will become a terrorist hotbed and one man threatening to hold pig races on Fridays just to offend the Muslims
- “The Seminole Tribe of Florida said Thursday it was buying the famed Hard Rock business, including its casinos, restaurants, hotels and huge collection of rock ’n’ roll memorabilia, in a groundbreaking $965 million deal with a British company…”
- “According to the media, black gay men can only be HIV-positive and feminine. Masculine black gay males are closeted and have to bring home girlfriends to their families and friends so that they can create an illusion…”
- Thanks Rob! “comments he made this week on a Syracuse radio show…”We’ll have to follow the legal channels,” Vickers said. “We live in a modern society. These people can’t be shot, so we have to try to do what we can legally.”
- “Two key Los Angeles Fire Department commanders called for a full investigation of a 2004 incident in which firefighters laced a black colleague’s meal with dog food, but top officials chose not to dig deeper.”
- Thanks Rob! “Activists in Guatemala – once home to a large part of the central American Mayan empire – said Apocalypto was unrealistic. “The director is saying the Mayans are savages,” said Lucio Yaxon, a human rights activist…”
- Oh dear. “A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.”
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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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