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“Fascinating interview. “Any young black man in pop culture who isn’t hypermasculine is held to a racist double-standard…None of the boy-bands were hypermasculine. But there’s this idea that because I’m a young black male, I’ve got to look hypermasculin
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“Call it a guilt trip or a cultural awakening, but some Latino filmmakers feel that the controversy over Ken Burns’ upcoming World War II documentary has unexpectedly opened doors for their work at PBS.”
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“The selection of a Chinese sculptor to carve a three-storey monument to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall is raising questions about what part of his legacy should be celebrated.”
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“US Sikh organisations have expressed anger over changes allowing airport security staff to “pat down” turbans.”
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“India has long had an affirmative action program for federal government jobs, setting aside 23 percent of positions for the most oppressed castes. Now activists are campaigning to open the private sector to them as well”
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“A reggae festival created to promote peace among cultures is being denounced by gay and lesbian advocacy groups for allowing performers with a history of anti-gay lyrics.”
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“Now that six suspects are in custody for the execution-style slaying of three college students, residents hope to learn more about the motive behind the crime that has outraged the city.”
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“Bobby Lee Cutts Jr. could get the death penalty if convicted of killing Jessie Marie Davis and her unborn fetus.”
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“The arrest and deportation to Mexico of an illegal immigrant who took sanctuary in a Chicago church to remain near her U.S.-born son has become the latest flashpoint in the nation’s immigration debate”
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“The Bush administration plans to screen thousands of people who work with charities and nonprofit organizations…to ensure they are not connected with individuals or groups associated with terrorism, according to a recent Federal Register notice.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Norman wrote:
The article by Emily Wax in the Washington Post regarding the condition and position of Dalits such as Pratibha Valmik Kamble in the country of India may underscore the fact that India may be harboring one of the worst cases of ‘racial apartheid’ within the modern world today. The original ancient civilization of India began around 2500 B.C. and consisted of a dark skin race of people called the Dravidians who were eventually invaded and conquered around 1500 B.C. by a light-skin, nomadic, violent, and uncivilized people from the north called the Aryans. The Aryans were a very ‘patriarchal’ and war-like people who eventually established a religious system and a caste system to maintain their control and advantage. During World War II Hitler of Germany utilized the Aryan racist theology as his model for the theme of a German super race. The word ‘Aryan’ is from the Sanskrit ‘arya’ which translates as ‘noble’ and the ethnic origin of the Aryan people is probably the ancient people of Iran. The ancient history of India is deeply connected to the history of world racism mainly through the historical relationships between ‘patrist’ (patriarchal) and ‘matrist’ societies. It is an excellent model for studying the origin of global racism.
Posted 27 Aug 2007 at 2:46 pm ¶
LM wrote:
Love that Tay Zonday interview.
Posted 27 Aug 2007 at 10:24 pm ¶
Kellie wrote:
LM – me too. the world is definitely more interesting with that kid in it.
Posted 29 Aug 2007 at 3:02 pm ¶