links for 2007-10-19
October 19th, 2007 by Jen and Carmen
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“Designer Vivienne Westwood says too few of the big glossies are prepared to feature black models on their covers. But should there be a quota on the number of black and ethnic-minority models who feature on the front pages?”
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“The Independent catalogued a series of controversial statements from Watson, including one in which he reportedly suggested women should have the right to have abortions if tests could determine their children would be homosexual.”
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“A spokesman for Mr Obama made the wry observation that “every family has a black sheep”.
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Wow. Read through the comments to this Wired blog post. These supposedly enlightened tech/science types are awfully eager to justify their racist-ass beliefs. Amazing.
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Great article. “What’s significant, she argues, is how little Americans — as individuals or in communities — have examined the ways in which the estimated 5,000 lynchings that mar our history also shape the world we live in today.”
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