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“Roy L. Pearson, the maniac DC judge who represented himself in a $54 million lawsuit against a Mom and Pop dry cleaner that lost his pants, will probably lose his job.”
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“Morgan Stanley agreed Monday to pay more than 1,000 black and Latino brokers a $16 million settlement and institute diversity programs to end a class action discrimination lawsuit.”
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“He tried to fight her off, but she just kept stabbing. At one point, she lost her grip on the knife and reached for another she brought her—one of THREE knives she had armed herself with. “
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What the hell? Thanks also to Lauren for the tip. “Ohhhhh crap. According to the Honolulu Advertiser, Daniel Dae Kim, star of the hit show Lost, was arrested early this morning on suspicion of drunken driving”
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“t will likely feature white hero Brendan Fraser busting through China and unlocking all sorts of ancient Chinese secrets and unimaginable supernatural powers and mystical Oriental stuff…We need to protect our Ancient Chinese Secrets! “
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“another increasingly common criticism of white feminism – the struggle for the advancement of white women at the expense or exclusion of women of color (or women who are poor) – is how it plays out in the context international adoption.”
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Good stuff: ““a reason to be offended” = reinforcing white supremacy. “create a controversy” = putting me on the spot for my racism. “historically” = institutional racism has existed for a long time.”
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“Georgia’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of a young man who has been imprisoned for more than two years for having consensual oral sex with another teenager.”
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“A woman who sent her Arab-American boss a threatening note that warned “Remember 9/11” and “You and your kids will pay” was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in a federal halfway house.”
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“My friend argued that she deserves what is happening to her because she chose to become a part of the public domain. But remember, she was but a child when she made that choice”
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“if the problem is sexualized stereotypes and unhealthy body types, then why is Dove telling parents to “talk to their kids before the beauty industry does”? Shouldn’t Dove be talking to its parent about not talking to our kids?”
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“”The Six Most Terrifying Foods in the World”…all the reasons related to xenophobia, cultural demonization, and basic hate. Every food is examined with the “Danger of this turning up in America”.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
justin wrote:
Daniel Dae Kim was probably drinking because John Cho is the new Sulu
Posted 27 Oct 2007 at 6:47 am ¶
Kellie wrote:
“What white feminism looks like” – there was an interesting article in Mother Jones written from the adoptive mother’s perspective that has been all over the transracial/international adoption blogs recently:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/11/did-i-steal-my-daughter.html
Posted 27 Oct 2007 at 9:48 am ¶
hadji wrote:
Anyone whose ever studied the history of feminism will find three reoccurring themes (1) from its point of origin, an almost maternalistic bordering on self-denial approach to dealing women of color.
it’s as if women of color are white women’s little sisters at best, their hobbies at worst. and underlying belief is that white women are the “real women” who need to show all women of color(especially black women) what it means to be feminine.
(2)Feminists write off white racism prejudice as the sole domain of white men, and when confronted with it, white feminists pull out phrases like “white male hegemony” “paternalism”, and other man-based tags to shirk all responsiblity on their end.
(3) They Inclusion Party. Feminsim at best uses a condescending “lets include” approach to embracing issues of race/women of color. It’s like saying, “hey we’re having a party, and wouldn’t it be nice to invite the dark people–it’s the ‘nice thing to do’”.
this is the female equivalent of the class White Man’s Burden syndrome.
One more thing: please go back and study the following: The ERA, the Women’s Suffrage Movement and Eugenics. In the case of the ERA and the Women’s Suffrage Movement black women were left behind by white women, despite having various orgs go to black women and black civil rights orgs for support in their issues.
Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned parenthood and a pioneer of Eugenics, worked under the belief that abortion should be used to weed out the “genetically unfit” of society—namely minorities of color.
Feminists seem to never have a problem with the millions of black abortions, tho.
For these and other reasons, the vast majority of black feminists, black women and black men don’t take feminism seriously. never have, never will. the standard, run-of-the-mill bigot is traditionally much more upfront and honest. and therefore less irritating.
Posted 27 Oct 2007 at 2:01 pm ¶
hadji wrote:
12.
Anyone whose ever studied the history of feminism will find three reoccurring themes (1) from its point of origin, an almost maternalistic bordering on self-denial approach to dealing women of color.
it’s as if women of color are white women’s little sisters at best, their hobbies at worst. and underlying belief is that white women are the “real women” who need to show all women of color(especially black women) what it means to be feminine.
(2)Feminists write off white racism prejudice as the sole domain of white men, and when confronted with it, white feminists pull out phrases like “white male hegemony” “paternalism”, and other man-based tags to shirk all responsiblity on their end.
(3) They Inclusion Party. Feminsim at best uses a condescending “lets include” approach to embracing issues of race/women of color. It’s like saying, “hey we’re having a party, and wouldn’t it be nice to invite the dark people–it’s the ‘nice thing to do’”.
this is the female equivalent of the class White Man’s Burden syndrome.
One more thing: please go back and study the following: The ERA, the Women’s Suffrage Movement and Eugenics. In the case of the ERA and the Women’s Suffrage Movement black women were left behind by white women, despite having various orgs go to black women and black civil rights orgs for support in their issues.
Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned parenthood and a pioneer of Eugenics, worked under the belief that abortion should be used to weed out the “genetically unfit” of society—namely minorities of color.
Feminists seem to never have a problem with the millions of black abortions, tho.
For these and other reasons, the vast majority of black feminists, black women and black men don’t take feminism seriously. never have, never will. the standard, run-of-the-mill bigot is traditionally much more upfront and honest. and therefore less irritating.
Posted 27 Oct 2007 at 6:15 pm ¶
Free wrote:
“The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is a global effort that is intended to serve as a starting point for societal change and act as a catalyst for widening the definition and discussion of beauty.”
Dover Campaign for Real Beauty ads in Thailand feature very fair-complexioned (read white) looking Thai women. A Thai friend thought that the models are half-French. All Dove is doing in Thailand is supporting the rampant skin-whitening fetish.
Posted 28 Oct 2007 at 1:38 am ¶
Anonymous wrote:
Justin:
“Daniel Dae Kim was probably drinking because John Cho is the new Sulu”
Sorry, not as funny as you thought it would be.
Posted 29 Oct 2007 at 9:25 am ¶
gatamala wrote:
Lost has some issues. I saw where they shoot it on the North Shore. It’s tempting.
Posted 29 Oct 2007 at 4:07 pm ¶
justin wrote:
I didn’t intend that as much of a joke. Kim would be a better Sulu than Cho. It would be like poetic justice for him have that role after playing so many less noteworthy background characters.
I guess I’m just repeating myself, I bow to the depth of the other comments here.
Posted 29 Oct 2007 at 8:14 pm ¶