links for 2008-05-24
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“Season Seven’s young contestants also reflected the new, multi-ethnic face of America: Three of the four finalists – Jason Castro, Syesha Mercado and Archuleta — had at least partly Latino origins[...]“(tags: via)
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“If you plan on using a symbol or an artifact someone treasures to show your displeasure, you’d better have a damned good reason for doing it instead of crouching behind your own socially-constructed set of valuations backed by the barrel of a gun.”(tags: religion government)
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“There seems, as is often the case in colleges, to be a huge gulf between academia and reality. No one is thinking about the larger implications, let alone the morality, of admitting so many students to classes they cannot possibly pass.”
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“Robin Levi, Human Rights Director at Justice Now , is a bi-racial Jewish woman and attorney who has been working to protect and promote the human rights of women worldwide, especially women of color in the United States.”
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“Yet what about the other women in this race? What about the “Stepford wifing” of Cindy McCain or the “angry ungratefulness” of Michelle Obama?”
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