- Thanks vox! “Japan’s operation of military brothels during World War II was “deplorable,”…a top U.S. official said Friday, as victims expressed outrage at the Japanese prime minister’s denial that women were forced into sexual slavery.”
- Thanks vox! “Ever since passing what its Legislature promoted as the nation’s toughest laws against illegal immigration last summer, Colorado has struggled with a labor shortage…This week, officials announced a novel solution: Use convicts as farmworker
- Evangelicals say they use power of God in Africa; critics slam ‘cultural conversions’ – USATODAY.comThanks vox! “Christian evangelicals…critics accuse them of taking advantage of vulnerable communities, forcing them to abandon their traditional beliefs and customs in exchange for the material goods and medicine they so desperately need.”
- Thanks vox! “Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign excluded reporters for the Bay Area’s two largest ethnic newspapers from a fundraiser Friday at the Sheraton Palace Hotel — a perceived snub that led to days of harsh coverage.”
- Thanks Kimberly! “Still today among African Americans, there exists a strata between those with “bad hair” and “good hair,” the latter being hair that is most in sync with the dominant culture.”
- Thanks Kimberly! “AsianWeek Editor-at-Large Ted Fang announced Wednesday that the paper is cutting its ties with 22-year-old Kenneth Eng, whose recent piece “Why I Hate Black People” caused an uproar throughout The City”
- Thanks Frank! “As if there is something wrong with being black, like the two things can’t exist simultaneously and be a majestic thing. There is ignorance and stupidity in Puerto Rico and Latin America when it comes to blackness.”
- Thanks Rob! “If trust-fund hotties think they can be as funny as Jack Black by dressing like my aunts, uncles and cousins, or by applying black lip-liner and calling themselves La Sad Eyes for a night, the joke is definitely on them, not us.”
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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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