- “Russell is telling radio stations and record labels to bleep out the words, “bitch,” “ho” and “nigger.” Now, correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t radio stations already supposed to be doing that, and don’t record labels release edited versions of exp
- The one and only Jen Chau weighs in on Imus.
“Success! We have effectively ignored the real issues and have triumphantly scapegoated one person. Good job, America! You have just had another ignore-the-real-issues moment!” - “We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words “bitch” and “ho” and the racially offensive word “nigger.”"
- “Yesterday I felt like I was on the show — only the tables were turned and the cabbie was doing all of the confessing…(a) black people make scary neighbors and (b) Chinese people can sleep standing up and in any position”
- Thx Sara. “CBS Radio suspended two hosts…after an Asian-American advocacy organization complained about the broadcast of a six-minute prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant that was peppered with ethnic and sexual slurs.”
- Ugh. Asiaphile Quentin Tarantino does a photo shoot in GQ with two naked Asian female models. “In one shot, Tarantino is bound up on the floor by one model while the other attempts to kiss him while hanging from a nearby wall.”
- “why would anybody expect Cho to do anything? She’s making her living tapping into the white majority sentiment. Basically she’s giving the audience license to laugh at Asian America…I’m not like one of those other whining Asian Americans. I have
- Thx Deb and Kellie. “Students of Turner County High School started what they hope will become a new tradition: Black and white students attended the prom together for the first time on Saturday.”
- Thx ananser. “Seeking to avoid being labeled a hypocrite, the Rev. Al Sharpton has “suspended” plans to honor the head of Island Def Jam Music Group – whose stable of singers includes foul- mouthed Ludacris.”
- Thx ananser. “Nina Wang, Asia’s richest woman who died at age 69 from cancer earlier this month, left behind a US$4.2b legacy to her fortune teller. She had no children yet a costly legal battle among surviving family centers around two versions of the wi
- “Though no physical evidence implicated him, Darryl Hunt, a 19-year-old black man, was ultimately convicted of the crime and sentenced to life in prison. Ten years later, DNA testing proved that Hunt did not rape Sykes, and cast serious doubts”
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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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