- “Almost as soon as the cameras started to roll, Whoopi spoke out in semi-defense of Michael Vick, blaming his actions on his cultural upbringing and not, well, sheer stupidity and cruelty.”
- “According to the suit against Monterey Collision Frame and Auto Body, a technician of Chinese and Italian ancestry was subjected to repeated racial and sexual harassment while he worked at the shop, “including mimicking martial arts movements and mocking
- “the copying issue seems small compared to other problems in the fashion world… designers for both low end and high end merchandise are accused on a daily basis for exploiting the lower class of countries within the global south. “
- “And just in case you are wondering what’s Hispanic about all this, Bibi shares her secret for a perfect family gathering: setting up an indoors pic-nic while enjoying Oreo cookies with, what else?, café con leche. Ay, ay, ay!”
- “On Tuesday, charges against Carwin Jones and Theo Shaw were reduced to aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy. That same reduction was made earlier for Mychal Bell, who was tried and found guilty and could be sentenced to 22½ years at a hearing
- LOVE this. Here’s a nice game to play in the liberal whitosphere: initiate a discussion by identifying a racist construction, pattern, or dynamic and objecting to its propagation; then bust out your White Liberal Bingo card (via Blackamazon) and start che
- Check out the latest edition of the Carnival of Radical Action, in which bloggers from across the blogosphere will offer answers, experiences, and encouragement for instituting radical change.
- “Judge J.P. Mauffray threw out a conspiracy conviction against Mychal Bell, granting a defense motion that Bell’s June trial was improperly held in adult court and should instead have been conducted as a juvenile proceeding.”
- Wendi Muse is guest-blogging at Too Sense! Georgian GOP party official Dave Barbee gets bitten by the racist fairy: “We will be making the downtown Whiter with moving 200 whites in and moving 500 blacks out!” he wrote.
- “It’s like the Chinese. They’re a different relationship to cats. And you and I would be really pissed if someone ate kitty.” Again, with the cat-eating jokes! On national television, no less. That’s racist! There’s a video clip of remarks over at TMZ.com
- “This wasn’t a Yellow Face character but a spoof on a kooky Triad character gone mad where it was supposed to be funny because it was a pale looking white guy – it was the paleness and the whiteness that was funny – and again no mock Asian accent either
- “If I were an economist, I’d study Barbie as a barometer of macroeconomic ups and downs. To see a developing nation disappear from Barbie’s rump is a reliable indicator that it is no longer “behind.” Take Japan, for example.”
- “plow through the September issues of fashion “ladymag” magazines…and tally up what the price tag was for the “expensive shit” that was contained therein…Teen Vogue Apparel: $40,479
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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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