links for 2007-05-17
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Oprah’s ugly secret - Salon Life
Thx nsekuye . “Skipping the getting-to-know-you part has given us what we deserve: the Oprah culture. It’s a culture where superstition is “spirituality,” illiteracy is “authenticity,” and schoolmarm moralism is “character.”"
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Push to achieve tied to suicide in Asian-American women - CNN.com
Thx Lin. “First and foremost, they say “model minority” pressure — the pressure some Asian-American families put on children to be high achievers at school and professionally — helps explain the problem.”
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The WSJ Gets It Wrong: White Men Dont Legitimize Diversity - DiversityInc
“a company cannot “lend legitimacy” to a diversity-management effort unless there is strong, visible, consistent and heart-felt support from the CEO—along with the CEO holding his/her people accountable and having formalized communication channels, metr
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Couple Held Two Servants Captive for Years, U.S. Says - New York Times
“Federal prosecutors charged a wealthy Long Island couple…with keeping two Indonesian domestic workers as virtual prisoners in their home for more than five years under conditions they called “modern-day slavery,” beating one severely and paying the
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Rob wrote:
That article about Asian American female suicide rates is old news and it’s annoying that they would bring this out in the open just because it’s “Asian Ameican” month.
This has been a big concern for the Asian commuinty for years.
Posted 17 May 2007 at 12:38 pm ¶