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“A white separatist group planning a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade next month in Jena is suing the town, claiming officials are violating the Constitution by asking participants not to bring firearms”
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LOL! “Celebrated author Jhumpa Lahiri has just stunned the literary world by penning a New Yorker story about cultural confusion among 2nd gen Bengalis in Boston. It’s a theme she’s never written about before…”
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Does My Head Look Big in This?: A Look at Muslim Women in Young Adult Fiction – Muslimah Media WatchBest book title ever. “‘Does My Head Look Big in This?’ by Randa Abdel-Fattah represents the new trend: Muslim protagonists who aren’t terrorists. Abdel-Fattah’s book has to be the most overtly Muslim book that exists in young adult fiction.”
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Bobby Cutts update “A police officer accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend admitted to his high school classmate and co-defendant that he killed her and told authorities where they could find her body, prosecutors said.”
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“Kelvin and Sharon Davis’ three children…were put into foster care…The suit claims biases against Kelvin’s race, age and disability motivated the removal process. He is black; his wife is white…And Kelvin Davis has been diagnosed with schizophrenia”
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“Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who was ousted from office last year after a headline-grabbing scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer, has decided to seek the presidency — as a Green Party candidate.”
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After a group of 130 Hispanic parents sent a letter to our local newspaper raising concerns about the safety of their children due to a fight involving 9 students at a local high school, a slew of vitriolic responses were posted to the newspaper’s website
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“On Sunday my oldest daughter came home with something I never thought would make a comeback; a present no self-respecting person would give, and that no responsible retailer should stock: A golliwog.”
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The Octavia Butler Book Club
(Click the book for the latest conversation) Feminism for Real – Jessica, Latoya, Andrea
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
Sex Ed and Youth – Jessica
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