- Wow. “Media was banned from Oprah Winfrey’s Barack Obama fundraising gala…Security at Oprah’s sprawling estate was tight, but wallets were not. Obama’s campaign is now $3 million richer. Such is Oprah’s power.”
- “The paper singled Cali Calmécac out from all the other schools. Why, you ask? The answer is simple. It’s because Cali Calmécac is a two way dual language immersion program.”
- “what really galls me about this story is that the noose hung on the tree for a full week before university officials took the time to remove it.”
- Great, great post. “it appears that a police officer at the very least dumped a dying Guatemalan immigrant onto the side of a darkened backroad in a neighboring town, like a piece of garbage he didn’t feel like dealing with.”
- “Rep. William Jefferson accused the Justice Department of bringing corruption charges against him in Virginia to reduce the chance of drawing black jurors.”
- “Of new University of California students, 65 percent come from white-majority schools, and only 22 percent come from black- or Latino-majority schools. This ratio is more pronounced at top UC campuses Berkeley and San Diego.”
- “Sunday night’s nationally televised presidential debate…was the first ever conducted in Spanish. But…Univision, handled it as ineptly as if this was the first time anyone had dared to put a pack of candidates before a camera in any language.”
- The Homophobia Fairy strikes! “During the 18th hour of the telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the 81-year-old actor introduced an unseen person with a description that sounded like “the illiterate f—–.”
- “A double-Ivy League graduate, Rhee has no prior experience running a school system. Also, as a Korean-American, her appointment is criticized by some who question her ability to lead a majority-black public school system.”
- “Of course Frank Kameny, a pioneer of the gay rights movement, had no inkling that the protest signs he carried more than 40 years ago would end up in the Smithsonian. But there they are, hand-lettered, with little stains from their staples discoloring th
- “Comedian Eddie Griffin was pulled from the stage at the 14th annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge after repeatedly using the “N” word.”
- “Federal authorities say it’s a case of modern-day slavery. Two men and a women were charged Thursday with smuggling at least 20 girls and young women from the West African nation of Togo and forcing them to work at hair braiding salons”
- “will feature contestants who want to win the heart of Ms. Tequila, who has more “friends” than anyone in the history of the online social network MySpace.com.”
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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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