- Interesting to read the comments here about the controversial “sprinter ad” from Intel. This is Intel’s official blog.
- “Bolstered by the success of… Dora the Explorer, and the spending power of the nation’s growing minority population, toy retailers across the country are filling their shelves with dolls whose skin colors and facial features reflect the girls and boys w
- “Glamour magazine…recently dispatched an unnamed editor to an NYC law firm to present a slide show to employees about the dos and don’ts of professional dress. The conclusion? Black hair is a em>BIG don’t.”
- “T’S doubtful Alek Wek will be hired by Lavazza again – in her new autobiography, the ebony supermodel compares a calendar photo she did for the famed Italian coffee company to a number of notorious racist ads.”
- “The result is The Tribe, a 16-minute documentary that uses the history of Barbie to tell a parallel story about Jewish people from biblical times to the present. Barbie, the movie suggests, is the ultimate assimilated American Jew.”
- “Federal authorities in Kansas are investigating an American Indian tribe for allegedly recruiting illegal immigrants on the promise that membership will keep them from being deported.”
- “Especially in urban centers like Manhattan, a new archetype has been forming: parents with one or two biological kids who decide to pursue adoption out of altruism as much as fertility issues.”
- “”Sportswriters have been making minor grammatical fixes to athlete’s quotes forever…It’s rooted in the belief that you shouldn’t embarrass someone whose command of grammar is weak. We have told our writers to run quotes verbatim…”
- “acculturated Hispanics were nearly 13 times more likely to report the use of illegal drugs than Hispanics who adhered to their traditional culture. Acculturation refers to the adoption of new cultural beliefs and social skills by an immigrant group.”
- First evidence of racial bias in the NBA in calling fouls. Now this: “Umpires for Major League Baseball are more likely to call strikes in favor of pitchers who share their race or ethnicity, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austi
- “Has your blog helped to find any of the missing black women you posted on your site? What can visitors of your site do to help, or if they know any information that can help with a case? “
- “In the Black community, it is pretty much expected that when a white man does wrong – especially against Black people…he’ll have no problems recovering. In Imus’ case, not only is he recovering, he got to basically take a $20 million paid vacation. Swe
- “it’s OK to make the images livelier with bright colors and big bold letters. I’m fine with bringing the family and the hot music to help connect…I dare to challenge those who think we Latinos live in that exclusive traditional box.”
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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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