- “Through the prism of the individual stories of rapes of black women, the failed promise of Reconstruction, the great migration of black Southerners to the North…Professor Gates lays bare the basic contradiction of the American dream.”
- Interesting article, but Kamiya’s insistence on terms like “transcending race” and “colorblindness” totally miss the point. “In search of his identity, Barack Obama took the opposite path that I did. But we arrived at the same place — and I’m voting for
- “The March 2008 “Hollywood” issue of Vanity Fair is out, and there is nary a woman of color to be seen on its Annie Leibowitz-photographed cover. After the fold, however, actresses Zoe Saldana, Alice Braga and America Ferrera…can be seen.”
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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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