- “Amazing Grace,” a prettified take on the life and times of the 18th-century reformer William Wilberforce, carries a strong whiff of piety….helped bring about the end of the slave trade in the British Empire and then slavery itself.”
- Thanks Rob! “While Stern said a discussion about openly gay players could be part of future rookie orientation programs, he doesn’t see a need to address the league…”This is a country that needs to talk about this issue,” he said.”
- Thanks Rob! “Georgia State House Rep. Ben Bridges (R)…Bridges is now in a bit of trouble for spilling the beans about evolution being the product of a Pharisee Jew conspiracy to bamboozle normal Americans and destroy Christianity.”
- Thanks Mark! “Barack Obama’s pursuit of the presidency has caused the media to obsess over exactly how black he is, bringing into debate America’s slippery notions of race, culture and ethnicity.”
- Thanks Kimberly! ” Eddie Murphy’s new movie Norbit raked in the big bucks at the box office last weekend, when it claimed the top money-making spot. But the portrayal of an overweight, bossy, mean black woman has many African-African women angry.”
- Thanks Tereza! “‘It’s like Guantanamo Bay, but these people are not terrorists. They are just immigrants,’ ….He said the number of detained undocumented aliens had reached a record 26,500, and they are often held without access to legal assistance.”
- Thanks Tereza. “The US Department of Justice has implemented a secretive new prison program segregating “high-security-risk” Muslim and Middle Eastern prisoners and tightly restricting their communications with the outside world”
- Thanks Tereza. “The multiracial minority has been robbed of a voice for too long. Blacks and Asians are politicised. Mixed-race people are not – yet. We haven’t shown our hand. We remain mysterious, a doodle in the margins.”
- Thanks Tereza. About Bob Johnson. “That spree has produced a sprawling portfolio of properties, including a hedge fund, a private equity firm, a chain of more than 100 high-end hotels, several commercial banks and savings institutions, a film company and
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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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