Maghag: Merry Christmas, Black Models, Wherever You Are
“Intern Maria did the tireless work of looking for black models, Asian models and models of any color but white in the December issues of the major women’s fashion magazines. She writes, “Surprise! There were no women of color in ANY fashion spread”
SCHMIDT’S PEACE PARTY – COMICON.com
“Rob Schmidt’s hoping to create a whole new generation of hero when he takes two Native Americans from the Hopi and Pueblo tribes and bestows great powers upon them. Schmidt believes he’s filling a void in today’s comics”
“The fact that Snoop was saved from the fruits of her success as a dealer by The Wire…That there was ever a TV show with the payroll and the plotline and the will to hire Baltimore corner kids is something beyond the realm of fairytale.”
Hottt Wired: The Currency Of The Word “Latina” Online | Guanabee
“the currency of the term “Latina” definitely carries a lot of, uh, porny connotations…we are often viewed as less “individual people with thoughts and feelings” and more” a series of holes and curves.””
On campuses, students struggle with racism, ethnic tensions – The Boston Globe
“The subject of racial and ethnic tensions on college campuses has become so topical that a November episode of “Without a Trace” kicked off with a white student calling his black peer an affirmative-action “charity case” during class.”
What are they trying to tell us? – Muslimah Media Watch
“In my opinion, depicting Muslims engaging in lusty or affectionate behaviour, or depicting Muslim women, heads uncovered, in the privacy of their homes, aides in the process of ‘normalizing’ us. After all, is this not how we behave?”
Twenty Years Later: James Baldwin’s America Hasn’t Changed – RaceWire
“Baldwin’s work remains contemporary because America’s racial caste system changed so little over the generations that his writing spans. Baldwin considered race America’s poison pill.”
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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