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“the real face behind Facebook is the 40-year-old Silicon Valley venture capitalist and futurist philosopher Peter Thiel…in 1998 he co-wrote a book called The Diversity Myth, which is a detailed attack on liberalism and the multiculturalist ideology”
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The NYT magazine interviews Barack Obama’s white/Indonesian multiracial sister: “Do you think of your brother as black? Yes, because that is how he has named himself.”
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“The Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper, which was the first to report on the apparent bias, said that of the 1,128 models participating in the event, just 28 - or 2.5 per cent - were black.”
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He said: “You don’t like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag. In fact, if somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we’d tell ‘em what to do with the pole; that’s what we’d do.”
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“Health departments around the country say traditional medicines used by many immigrants from Latin America, India and other parts of Asia are the second most common source of lead poisoning in the U.S. — surpassed only by lead paint”
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“There’s a reason why the Aryan Nations tried to organize in the five Northwestern states in the 1980s…They called it ‘The Northwest Imperative.’ Their idea was: If you stay east of the Cascades, you don’t have many people of color to get rid of.”
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“Smart, sassy and irreverent, bloggers with names like Big Fat Deal, FatChicksRule and Fatgrrl (“Now with 50 percent more fat!”) buck anti-obesity sentiment.”
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“Studies have shown that in some parts of Indonesia, female circumcision is more ritualistic — a rite of passage meant to purify the genitals and bestow gender identity on a female child”
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“A mortal enemy of black people…he publicly defended the murder of blacks…Real change is more than problematic in a state so warped by its past that it can continue to officially admire a figure like Tillman.”
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“CNN poll today shows that 72% of whites and 61% of blacks believe the country is ready for a black president…But asked if the country is ready for a female president…only 63% of both whites and blacks answer yes. “
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Aaminah wrote:
“if somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we’d tell ‘em what to do with the pole; that’s what we’d do.” — Huckabee
LOL, well that’s very Biblical of him (not!). Nice to know that will be on his mind while he’s re-writing the Constitution to fit in with his ideas of “Biblical law”.
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 8:25 am ¶
Wendi Muse wrote:
ugh huckabee…i’m originally from tennessee, and i recall hearing a fair share of sickening news about that man as he was in the goverment of one of our neighboring states. i didn’t like him then and i hate him even more now because all the bad news i recall from my younger years seems to be absent from this campaign and even the debates.
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re: sao paulo fashion week…i think it’s awesome that someone is finally taking people to court about racism in the fashion industry, and what better a place to be the leader on this than brazil, where the designers clearly had a tooooon of options racially speaking and could have found zillions of men and women of color (by that i mean anyone (phenotypically) non-white, btw) to model. one designer’s comment on color contrast though, makes sense. i can understand the aesthetic reasoning behind having more models with lighter skin for certain clothing colors, esp in a winter line, BUT brown, yellow, and black folks buy and wear winter clothes too, so it’s important to show them on everyone, and his excuse falls flat. i have also heard the excuse that if you use darker models, the audience focuses more on the model than the clothes, but if anything, if one finds the model’s color or appearance attractive, he or she may be MORE LIKELY to buy the clothes. so all the bs excuses are getting tired. i hope the prosecution wins this time around.
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 9:51 am ¶
Lyonside wrote:
I… kind of want to get rid of my Facebook account now.
But wait, my small list of friends shows that Diversity is NOT a myth - I’ve got multiple races, multiple political views, religious and non-religious folks, married, single, partnered folks, etc. So stick it, Peter Theil, Huckabee-style.
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 9:58 am ¶
Lyonside wrote:
>have also heard the excuse that if you use darker models, the audience focuses more on the model than the clothes
me too, Wendi - here’s a novel idea. If you have more darker models in shows, they don’t STAND OUT ANYMORE, and people won’t notice. Sheesh.
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 9:59 am ¶
gatamala wrote:
i can understand the aesthetic reasoning behind having more models with lighter skin for certain clothing colors, esp in a winter line
That’s just it certain clothing colors.
Folks come up with every excuse in the book to not hire dark-skinned models. Funny, MAC doesn’t seem to have this problem. Go figure.
Winter clothing is not always black or navy (I just don’t get this in Brazil). Winter white looks better on dark skin. Metallics show up more on dark skin.
I caught some fashion show where Andre Leon Talley advised the designer’s assistant to select a certain garment for the model because ” it looks better on her [dark] skin”
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 10:48 am ¶
islandgirl550 wrote:
YES! Let’s have all black models in the fashion show! Now they are all the same color and we can just focus on the clothes. I hope Tracey Reese reads this blog! She could really start something!
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 11:59 am ¶
dnA wrote:
Christopher Hitchens is just as much of a racist as Huckabee, and is a total hypocrite for criticizing him on the Confederate Flag issue while he resorts to primitivist and racist language to describe Barack Obama’s Church and the violence in Kenya.
Huckabee has long held white supremacist ties, but it’s hard for me to stomach Hitchens false outrage after all the racist things he’s written, and knowing that piece is mostly on behalf of his neocon buddies who don’t want to see Huckabee and the evangelical voters he attracts so much run off with the Republican Party.
I say they deserve each other.
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 1:24 pm ¶
Jen* wrote:
Wow, the girl in MT had the same thought I would have here in SC if I ran outta gas and two good-ol’ boys rolled up in a pickup.
It’s sad, but I worry less about the Confederate flag on some memorial and more about it on houses and cars that I pass every day. From the bright side, at least I already know how they feel when I run into them.
As for Huck, I’d be terrified of him as President, but I think I could be, like, work friends with him. [I kind of think I already am, considering the folks I work with.]
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 4:39 pm ¶
Mireille wrote:
I just finished reading the NYT mag interview with Obama’s sister. She came off sounding great, but the interview questions were just straight up obnoxious! Half of them weren’t even questions, but statements about their mother along the lines of “she’s an atheist white lady who slept with people outside her race and didn’t give you a good christian up brining…and your black brother wants to be president.” The blunt yet irrelevant questions about her and her brother’s racial background and her mothers belief system as well loaded questions about their religious instruction where just unnecessary. It made me feel neither like I knew this fascinating person better, but rather that she was under attack for no reason. It was really very frustrating.
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 7:24 pm ¶
FEB wrote:
Brazil and the United States go out of their way to claim colorblindness. Well, if that’s the case, why do they both place whiteness at such a premium?
Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 11:15 pm ¶
Gouw wrote:
Those were some loaded ass questions she fended off and she didn’t lose her cool at all it seems. Much respect to her
Posted 25 Jan 2008 at 3:47 am ¶
Katxyz wrote:
>have also heard the excuse that if you use darker models, the audience focuses more on the model than the clothes
Yeah, “can’t distract from the clothes” is the same excuse used for hiring emaciated models. It sounds plausible, until you think about the dramatic hair and make up at fashion shows. And the loud music. And light shows. And props (ex:the giant coat at the a recent Chanel show). Very easy bull shit to disprove.
Posted 26 Jan 2008 at 9:38 pm ¶