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It’s great to see that students are organizing against these ghetto parties. Hat tip to Rachel. “This is a group for all students that are against derogatory and demeaning racially themed parties and their universities response (or lack there of) to them.
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Hat tip to Rob. “What typifies most westerns, from the early silent films to today, has always been the white man becoming an Indian. And by doing so, Natives are further led toward extinction while promoting this new amalgam as the American identity”
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“Why should…black youth who wear tight pants and Vans and like Nirvana suddenly be lumped with a term in…white people who think it’s cool to look poor even though most of them are probably rich, who poke fun of Hip-Hop through their “Ghetto” and “Kill
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“Clemson University President James Barker on Tuesday decried a party…Barker said in a letter to students and faculty the university was investigating. The NAACP also confirmed it was looking into the Clemson party and other similar events held at unive
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“I learned that a lot of the venom in these letters had to do with feeling like there was no opportunities for females in the industry, that if there was only going to be one spot—cot damn, they were going to get it, even if they had to take someone out
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Oh please, she KILLED someone. “Black civil rights leaders in Los Angeles claim the California Highway Patrol has made singer/actress Brandy “a political trophy.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Kaywil wrote:
Aaahhh, did Brady kill someone on purpose? And would an ordinary citizen be sued for $50mil? Or is this celebrity privilege gone wrong?
Posted 01 Feb 2007 at 3:17 pm ¶
Meg wrote:
re brandy: i’d imagine they’re suing cos the family’s upset (someone did die) and some bloodsucking bastard (ie lawyer) has got in their ear. I think the colour of money is on ppl’s minds for this one but it would be interesting to see how it proceeds – compare her treatment maybe to the guy from prison break who also was in a car accident where someone died (but maybe wasn’t the driver). But this is all ‘allegedly’ until someone goes to court i guess.
Posted 01 Feb 2007 at 6:35 pm ¶
m wrote:
The real issue is that a woman died and Brandy’s actions are allegedly the cause of this woman’s death. The reason why an “ordinary citizen” would not be sued for $50 million is because “ordinary citizens” do not have a successful music and acting career. Whether the victim’s family will ever receive anywhere near that much in compensatory and punative damages (or whether they have the right to sue for that amount) is besides the point. Brandy caused a series of events that resulted in the unnecessary death of a woman. The woman’s parents and children must now cope with that lose. Brandy and all other drivers whose recklessness results in such senseless deaths, nust be held accountable. Anyone who has ever studied law knows that the law (especially in the area of tort/personal injury law) understands that the aim of the law it to make victims “whole again” to recompense them for the damage they incurred due to the acts of others. A woman has died and nothing will bring her back, but is she was the sole bredwinner in the family, her children need to be compsenated for the loss income Brandy’s actions have caused and I have know problem with that. But I do have a problem with people making light of the current situation Brandy is in and trying to denigrate the victim’s family when Brandy’s alledged recklessness is the true eyesore in my opinion. I think its insulting to the victim and her family to question their motives when they have suffered such a senseless loss that is beyond repair. Injecting race and celebrity in this matter is quite insensitive and indicates thats some people refuse to appreciate the seriousness of Brandy’s actions.
Posted 06 Feb 2007 at 4:15 pm ¶
m wrote:
In reading over my comments I noticed that I made some spellling and grammatical errors.
OOPS
Posted 06 Feb 2007 at 4:18 pm ¶
Lyonside wrote:
>The real issue is that a woman died and Brandy’s actions are allegedly the cause of this woman’s death
I agree, and I think everyone should be accountable to the same standards… But then, I think Brandy should be charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, or what have you like any other person and go through the criminal court process like anyone else. (misdemeanor? sounds like someone was already bargained down).
Then, if that can’t proceed for whatever reason, it goes to civil court for damages, etc. and damages should be awarded based on, as you said, loss of income, suffering, etc of the victim… not on the size of the pursestrings of the offender/defendent.
Posted 06 Feb 2007 at 7:34 pm ¶
FNFVF wrote:
On Stealing a Native Identity – NativeVue
Hat tip to Rob. “What typifies most westerns, from the early silent films to today, has always been the white man becoming an Indian. And by doing so, Natives are further led toward extinction while promoting this new amalgam as the American identity”
Speaking of stealing, Rob never wrote that.
Posted 30 Aug 2007 at 1:26 pm ¶