- “The slogans, which appeared on McKay’s page of the KNZR 1560 AM Web site, included “Obama ‘08” followed by “Hope. Change. Dead honkeys.,” “kill white folks” and “Kill Whitey!””
- “For all the hope and excitement Obama’s candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed — and unreported — this election seas
- “When we learned that Scribner had inked a book deal with Tila Tequila, we laughed. Hard.” I second this one – could this book be better than Fabulosity? – LDP
- “When you have a child whose behavior and expression goes against the grain of what’s expected of them — certainly at school and on play-dates if not at home — I don’t think there are any easy answers.”
- “Outside the all-queer Logo Network, there’s no other show that gives us even this much of a glimpse of working-class lesbians of any color[...]“
- “While playing an arena game recently fellow writer Amanda Dean came up against a team named “Rosa Parks Stole My Seat,” and this name is possibly the most offensive one I’ve seen.”
- “Immigrants of the past quarter-century have been assimilating in the United States at a notably faster rate than did previous generations, according to a study released Tuesday.”
- “[In Obama's statement] you could really just plug and play pretty much any ethnic group into the statement and it wouldn’t matter, while Clinton’s statement was directed specifically towards the APA community.”
- WTF? “A UPS employee told Christina that she had to email a copy of her green card if she wanted to get her envelope.”
- “Is a Black person who speaks proper English unique? Is it rare to find an Asian-American or Latino person who speaks English without an accent? Apparently a lot of people still think the answer is yes[...]“
- “The mental health effects of such discrimination may shift over a lifetime as Asian-Americans continue to examine their ethnic ties, say researchers.”
- “Luttwack and the other fake experts promoting this new smear do not understand Islam. Religion is not hereditary as it is in Judaism. Islam is not a race.”
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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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