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“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!””
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“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
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“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
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“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.”
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“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[...]“
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“[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.”
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WTF? “A UPS employee told Christina that she had to email a copy of her green card if she wanted to get her envelope.”
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“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[...]“
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“The mental health effects of such discrimination may shift over a lifetime as Asian-Americans continue to examine their ethnic ties, say researchers.”
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“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.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Arturo wrote:
Hi,
I can’t digg stuff at work — my computer is weak. But, I wanted to highlight this article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bar owner’s shirts compare Obama to Curious George.
Posted 14 May 2008 at 11:00 am ¶
van wrote:
Foot-in-mouth epidemic is in the early stages. Actually most people have not yet shot themselves in the foot. Just wait until we get to November…….
Posted 14 May 2008 at 7:51 pm ¶
bdsista wrote:
Wow so much to write about!
ok, kinda agree about the fashion, racism, gay thing. Before you get your underwear in a bunch, I think the designers in couture act racist because they come from a euro/american/wherever white dominated world view. Despite their being gay, they still benefit from white privilege and male privilege. So that makes them the arbiters of fashion whom can declare that Africa and India and other places where brown people live are great for inspiration, but bad to actually have people who wear those clothes do it on your runway. With the exception of Alec Wek and Iman.
Bill O’Reilly blow up-all I can say is, I am not surprised.
APA statements. Ok, Anyone can have someone write a targeted statement that appeals to a demographic. So Hillary had an aide that wrote a really personal note to you and Barack wrote you a somewhat less personal, quasi generic one. But you missed something, he said, he has people in his family who are Asian. So maybe speaking as kinfolk, he might have felt he didn’t have to elaborate on the stuff you both already know. Bein Asian an all. I would go for someone who is what I am-damn the personalized statement.
UPS-Green card thing, well the next thing, we’ll be needing to carry papers to prove we are free and are out and about doin our Massa’s business. So you better learn to read and write so you can go north to freedom. But damn, the UPS is worldwide! What’s next the south African pass system? But Gandhi and Mandela fought to eliminate that didn’t they?
I will not address the workplace comments,
they are fodder for enrollment in the diversity course I teach. I gleefully correct them as to whatever jacked up thing they said, explain why and tell them how to register.
Posted 16 May 2008 at 1:07 am ¶