- Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware…spent the day struggling to explain his description of Senator Barack Obama…as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
- “While black kids discovering Indie has been widely reported about…an equally shocking and befuddling shift in cultural values has been largely ignored on the web: white Hip Hop fans are tuning in to Indie Rock in droves.”
- “What Biden said burned of a destructive mentality that sees smart black people as exceptions as opposed to the rule. Or that don’t associate the number of successful blacks people with their blackness.”
- “Instead of celebrating the great achievements made by present day blacks…and past blacks alike for the greater good of the nation, a good number of whites pull out their aluminum poles and start berating blacks for being given a month dedicated to our
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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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