- Should L’Oreal spokespersons Kate Winslet and Clive Owens be held accountable for L’Oreal’s racist hiring practices? Should we expect them to take a stand?
- “Now researchers find tape made from gelatin could enable forensics teams to chemically analyze prints gathered at crime scenes, yielding more specific information about miscreants’ diets and even possibly their gender and race.”
- “Deeply imbedded attitudes about race influence the way doctors care for their African- American patients…African-Americans in the midst of a heart attack are far less likely than white patients to receive potentially life-saving treatments”
- “This situation probably sucks a little more for Weezy. Ja Rule’s arrest screams, “I have an album coming out — why don’t I conspicuously pull my luxury vehicle over and have an unregistered pistol inside!””
- “Uh, just because a very confused Nicole Richie tells a person… that dressing up in full blackface as her father, Lionel, would be fun, it does not mean it’s a good idea. What kind of person listens to Nicole Richie?”
- I don’t know how she has the patience for it, but check out the latest in Jenn’s ongoing debate about interracial relationships with various As-Am blogs/sites. For more on this, check out episode 56 of Addicted to Race.
- “I watched it, I was frightened and that’s that. It’s a 9 year-old child televangelist from Peru preaching like he’s possessed, and for those who don’t speak Spanish, he’s basically on tirade about how evolution is a lie.”
- “Immigrants could end up paying thousands of dollars more to enter and stay in the country after July 30, when dozens of application fees will double or even triple, sparking opposition from a broad coalition of activists”
- “Blacks in the United States are imprisoned at more than five times the rate of whites, and Hispanics are locked up at nearly double the white rate, according to a study released Wednesday by a criminal justice policy group.”
- OMG more scary Asian food! “One quarter of New York City adults have elevated blood mercury levels, and the problem — closely tied to fish consumption — is most acute among Asians, women and higher-income New Yorkers”
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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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