- “Mattel, the world’s largest toymaker, apologized on Friday for damaging China’s reputation after recent massive recalls of its Chinese-made toys, admitting it targeted some goods that were actually up to scratch.”
- No one at UCLA realized who she was: “Apparently Shakira started the course last month, and passed herself off as a regular nobody in the class, leaving her professor floored when he found out she was famous”
- “it didn’t even occur to most of the white Jena residents whom I saw interviewed that the story was about black folks, not white folks…all they could see was their own suffering at being portrayed as racist.”
- “Authorities in Alexandria, Louisiana, arrested two people after nooses were seen hanging from the back of a red pickup Thursday night, the city’s mayor told CNN.”
- “When a client (usually non-Hispanic) makes a comment about lack of “Hispanic-ness,” generally he or she is referring to things like darker-skinned talent, louder and livelier music…stereotypical cues like family, food, clothing, etc. “
- O’Reilly added: “There wasn’t one person in Sylvia’s who was screaming, ‘M-Fer, I want more iced tea.’ “
- Ugh! “A relative of one of the Jena Six says a judge has denied bail for Mychal Bell, the only one of the teens who is jailed in the beating of a white classmate.”
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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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