- “MLB.com has a good story on Kenichi Zenimura, popularly known as “The Father of Japanese Baseball” for his efforts to keep baseball alive and thriving for Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II”
- “no one thought to question why a social service agency would place a white child with a black foster mother?…Is the NYC literary scene THAT whitewashed and politically correct that they were blinded to this race issue?”
- “Now, if Ms. Conway’s back of the bus comment truly had no racial context, why then, does she proceed to bring up race — twice? “
- “Since the problem allegedly was with Michael’s mother’s visa, couldn’t they just release Michael and the nurse? They couldn’t. And now he is dead. P.S. The mother’s travel documents were found to be in order.”
- “A black civil rights activist is fighting to close a store that sells KKK robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. David Kennedy is confident he can make it happen. After all, he says he owns the building.”
- “Officials say the changes will revive a cultural identity that had been threatened by unregulated development. But many longtime residents fear a rezoned 125th Street will price them out of their homes and erode even more of their community.”
- From blog Jezebel: “Especially because Fatima probably takes it in the back because the front is sewn up. Awww snap! Sorry, that was mean.”
- “Margaret Cho is getting her own reality show on VH1.”
- “every single one of the boarding institutions 40 black students received in their mailboxes a death threat reading, “Bang, bang, get out of here.” “
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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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