- Thanks HighJive! “Suicide Rabbit, introduced in August by Liu Gang, a 35-year-old cartoonist, has attracted a swiftly increasing audience by portraying with gentle humor the million little abuses suffered by Chinese people as their society endures a bumpy
- Thanks HighJive! “State lawmakers on Thursday proposed requiring schools to teach about the Hmong people, saying suspicion of the new immigrants could be eased by an understanding of their past as U.S. allies in the Vietnam War.”
- Hat tip to Rachel! “This is my gut response to the recent NYTimes article, Little Asia on a hill…”
- “Republicans in the Georgia Legislature submitted legislation that would split Atlanta’s white, affluent suburbs from the city’s poor, black neighborhoods…If this proposal goes through, there would be a huge loss of tax revenue that helps to fuel govern
- Thanks Rob! “In the week following the report on the new guidelines, more than one bewildered person said to me, “But I thought there were lots of babies in orphanages in China!” My response was to helplessly reply, “So did I.”…
- Thanks Jason! “The American cultural landscape is hopelessly infested with racism and xenophobia. And as an American of Indian descent, it disgusts me to the core. Sadly, this racism digs deeper than an ignorant fool looking for a laugh on Wikipedia”
- Thanks Phil! “philosopher Julian Baggini spent six months living in Rotherham, Yorkshire. Here, he explains why he doesn’t believe most white Britons are racists – even though he heard racist language almost everywhere he went”
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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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