- “THE sponsor of two commercials during Super Bowl XLII for Salesgenie.com, which drew complaints from viewers because of the characters’ ethnic accents, says he is sorry and promises to stop running one of them.”
- “My theory is that the main factor is not racism at all, but conservatism…The mindset is often “don’t rock the boat”. I know some people with resident cards who are nervous about going to quite peaceful political demonstrations… “just in case
- “Progressives can be just as race biased as conservatives. There, I said it…Given the last several months of the presidential race, I fear a racial rift within the Democratic party is imminent if members don’t open their eyes to their own prejudice.”
- “The reason Hillary won is because the Latino and Asian American votes remain emergent, not yet insurgent. Emergent voting blocs respond to leaders in their community. If the candidate wins the leader, she wins her followers…”
- “The African-American artistic director of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center made racially charged remarks about and to her Asian-American colleagues and used her political ties to the Seattle mayor’s office to get away with it”
- “after a random and highly unscientific survey of 100 or so African-American NFL and NBA players, I found that fewer than half are registered to vote.”
- “So why did black people tell pollsters one thing earlier on, but then flock to ‘the black candidate’? Some credit Bill Clinton’s borderline racist comments made in South Carolina. I, on the other hand, credit ‘The Reverse Bradley Effect’.”
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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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