- “A DNA test has confirmed that a Busan man is the biological father of U.S. freestyle skier Toby Dawson, who took bronze in the men’s mogul competition at the Turin Winter Olympics last year.”
- “All but closing the books on a crime that helped give rise to the civil rights movement, a grand jury has refused to bring any new charges in the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till, a black teenager who was beaten and shot after whistling at a white woman in th
- “brewing controversy over Dr. Kapoor, who is now under investigation by the California medical board for his alleged role in supplying Ms. Smith with the alleged pharmaceutical products that are alleged to have contributed to her demise…”
- “Do black people need to publicly apologize when one of our major figures (or even minor, in this case) says something ignorant about Asian people? Hell yeah. The whole “black people can’t be racist” argument does not hold water with me…”
- Oh snap! My favorite tragic mulatta speaks: “In spite of the fact he was a segregationist, he did many wonderful things for black people…. I’m not sure that Reverend Sharpton is aware of all the things he did,” said Essie Mae Washington-Williams.
- Law students have accused University of Wisconsin Law Professor Leonard Kaplan of making statements in class that denigrate Hmong people, leading to a public apology from the dean of the Law School at a meeting of more than 100 people.
- “We now live in a society where when someone who is negatively judged by their ethnicity, sexuality or gender has the courage to speak out, they can be called a racist.”
- “The City Council voted today to approve a symbolic resolution banning the “n” word from the city vocabulary. The non-binding measure, approved unanimously, calls on New Yorkers to voluntarily stop using the word.”
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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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