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“Black contractors on Tuesday said they have been frozen out of the rebuilding of this city because federal agencies continue to dole out millions of dollars to large corporations.”
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“The Amigas Sweet 15 Club” is being billed as a half-hour comedy with dramatic undertones. It is based on an original idea by Jane Startz, who produced the film and TV series based on the popular “The Baby-Sitters Club” books. Startz will executive produc
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“I’m sorry, but you don’t become a “black mom” because you adopt black kids. Try announcing this among your “black friends” and see how well it’s received. You don’t become a “Chinese American” family by adopting Chinese kids.”
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“In reporting on Sen. Larry Craig’s guilty plea on disorderly conduct charges, the nightly network news broadcasts and The New York Times all ignored Craig’s positions on legislation concerning gay and lesbian rights”
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“He later said, as blogger Lane Hudson noted, “I don’t understand why people take the NAACP seriously,” adding that, “at this point,” the NAACP is “a sad joke that should be shut down I think immediately for the sake of everybody.”
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“The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (CLRCR) issued a statement today criticizing newspapers for dropping cartoons that might offend Muslims while running cartoons that might offend Catholics.”
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“a wave of revelations of faked diplomas that are shaking up South Koreans in all walks of life — professors, actresses, a cartoonist and even a Buddhist priest.”
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“Air pollution levels in China’s capital are nearly five times higher than the World Health Organization’s recommended safety level. A mix of major pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter are common. Sulfate and carbon also float
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“Finkelstein’s most recent book, “Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History,” is largely an attack on Dershowitz’s “The Case for Israel.” In it, Finkelstein argues that Israel uses the outcry over perceived anti-Semitism as
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“The initial news reports from the AP focused on the larger percentage of minorities taking the SAT to explain the decline. This not so subtly racist approach was refined in further re-writes, especially once it became clear how simplistic that narrative
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“The nation’s poverty rate declined last year for the first time this decade, but the number of Americans without health insurance rose to a record 47 million, according to annual census figures released yesterday.”
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“What is pushing these professionals out is not, by and large, overt racism and sexism but rather a series of more covert actions that end up undermining their trust and respect for their company and colleagues.”
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“after nine years in the U.S., exposed to Hispanic-targeted media and so-called “Hispanic-specific advertising,” I feel like an oddity again, because I don’t seem to fit the “type” of Hispanic people the media insists on portraying, and researchers insist
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“in many cases, these BFFs might more accurately be characterized as BBFs — Black Best Friend — played by an African American actress whose character’s principal function is to support the heroine, often with sass, attitude and a keen insight into relat
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Mike wrote:
Who is hollywood kidding with the BBFs it’s an obvious formula called more commonally “TOKEN” you want to draw black viewers throw in a non threatening black in the mix that no one hates and everyone loves. A glorified cheerleader. When blk women get more oppertunities behind the camera is when you will see a change.
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