- Thanks teachergirl! “Five years ago, the ACLU objected to body scans because they were administered selectively, “based on profiles that are racially discriminatory.” But the best way to remove selection bias is to scan everyone.”
- Thanks teachergirl! “Even a mildly cynical observer might ask whether white studies are another attempt by white liberals to soothe their feelings of racial guilt. Do these courses exist because there are no more “isms” to define, no more ethnic groups to
- Thanks teachergirl! “Today, the issue has returned to the forefront because of a new fight against racial discrimination, which appears to require more accurate measures of social inequality. Existing public statistics…do not provide enough relevant inf
- Thanks Kyla! “he is the first elected black district attorney in Texas — Watkins fired or accepted the resignations of almost two dozen high-level white prosecutors and began hiring minorities and women.”
- Thanks David! “Its critics home in on the dialects that leave the lips of its black stars and cartoon characters – dialects that even the movie’s fans allow are over the top – and its aw-shucks, all-smiles depiction of Reconstruction on a Georgia plantati
- Thanks Rea! “Today, on both the left and the right, being PC is no laughing matter; three decades of culture wars have generated a bewildering thicket of terminology. To help me parse what’s PC and what’s not, I had help…”
- Thanks Aaron! “The keffiyah has suddenly become what it’s never been – bohemian, military-chic hipster gear. What was previously able to unite people on a shared political front is now trendy, making it impossible to differentiate between hipsters and pol
- Thanks Phil! “her Culture and Emotion Lab has turned out study after study showing striking variations in what sort of happiness people want. European-Americans aspire more often to a high-energy elation… “
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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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