- “I cornered a “Daily Show” writer…We broached the subject of black correspondents. He told me that they “tried a black guy once, but it didn’t work out.”…Tried it once and it didn’t work? You say that about Toyotas, not a whole race of people.”
- “she should realize that however exceptional the students at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls might be, they’re still teenagers. They will be sporting the latest look, whether it’s long braids or elaborate curls…That’s what teenagers are l
- “yet another woman has lost her life to the disease. Maiara Galvao Vieira, a 14 year-old aspiring model is the fifth Brazilian woman to die of complications related to anorexia in 3 months”
- “So now OPRAH tells people that she has essentially given up on the attempting to effectuate better education to America’s disenfranchised. She is a bellwether for not just American philanthropy, but the general concensus American public as well…”
- “‘Madonna knew the situation in Malawi, where he was born,’ said Miss Jolie…’It’s a country where there is no real legal framework for adoption. Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law. I would never take a child away from a place wher
- Hat tip to Angry Asian Man! “a UCLA study released in December 2006 argues that…minority actors have an option to improve their job prospects by suing the entertainment industry for violating their rights under Title VII, the equal employment opportunit
- Thanks HighJive! “the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel is better versed in the ways of the West. But it still struggles with culture clashes, economic pressures and racism…”
- “The only reason we’re posting this bit of news is because when else, in the history of the universe, will we have a chance to type out the following combination of letters and spaces and have it be true: Latoya Jackson Delivers Baby on Freeway.”
- “It seemed that a large number of the show’s contestants look openly gay…by representing all of New York’s suitors as inauthentic, the show reinforces the notion that Black women cannot be legitimate subjects of desire who are worth pursuing in full
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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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