- Cubans are getting wired. The island’s communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro.
- “The word originally meant “woman” but took on a derogatory meaning as white settlers used it to describe a promiscuous or unworthy woman, says University of Montana anthropology professor Neyooxet Greymorning.”
- Excellent article on black ballet dancer Desmond Richardson.
- “Could it be that because of unpleasant and race-loaded issues [...] that Oprah and Obama no longer seem so special or different from, you know, other black people? Are they starting to seem kind of ordinary black?”
- “Jemmott, a co-founder of Mexico Negro, an organization that seeks to promote cultural pride and political strength in the coastal pueblos, said many Costa Chicans often don’t fully understand what it means to be black in Mexico until they leave their reg
- “On my first trip to China more than 20 years ago, crowds would gather at the sight of foreigners, especially blond and fair-skinned ones. White people are not quite so exotic these days. My husband hardly merited a second look. But my mixed-race children
- “It’s much harder to be a white person and go to an all black party at Duke than vote for Obama, says Jessie Weingartner, a Duke junior. “On a personal level it is harder to break those barriers down.”
- “The new mayor of Rome has promised to purge the Italian capital of 20,000 illegal immigrants and to raze 85 gipsy camps.”
- “Bahrain is nominating a Jewish woman named Huda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo as its ambassador to the United States, according to official hand out.”
- “Many already feel marginalised as Latinos and gays in the broader American society but also feel stereotyped as Latinos within the gay community, he says.”
- “Observes a BET producer who declined to be identified for fear of losing his job: “You can criticize BET all you want, but it’s about money. . . . You put all these high-minded, socially conscious programs on and your profits dip, you’re right out of the
- “She has gone from leading among black voters to losing them 90 percent to 10 percent in Pennsylvania. One would expect Obama to win these voters, but 90-10 is a total collapse that Obama is not experiencing among any constituency. Simply put, Hillary Cli
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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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