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“Research has shown that SAT performance is linked with family income, and that the test by itself does not accurately predict success in college, she said.”
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“Mr. Lee and other Singaporean leaders have won hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages from lawsuits against their critics and have been accused by human rights groups of using the lawsuits to silence opposition.”
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“It’s a statement about diversity in Corvallis. It’s not a very diverse place,” said Oliver, a lifelong Oregonian. He hoped to promote understanding, break stereotypes and perhaps even provide a comedic moment for hundreds of people strolling along
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“It was after a supervisor was summoned that, as Smith recalls, the classmate whined a question that, a decade later, still strikes at the poignant and suddenly timely essence of being black in Utah: “If I don’t get to touch Tamu’s hair, then what black p
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“There’s always been the protest of blackface (and even yellowface) when Caucasian performers played ethnic roles. Should there be a similar outcry when it comes to straight actors playing gay roles? When straight actors play ‘gayface?’”
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“A prosecutor in Argentina is seeking the arrest of the country’s former president and several of his aides on suspicions that they were involved in a cover-up after the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina.”
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“In January, Arun Gandhi [...]stunned readers with a rant on the topic of Jewish identity: “We have created a culture of violence (Israel and the Jews are the biggest players) and that Culture of Violence is eventually going to destroy humanity.”
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“He has everything McCain is lacking,” said State Representative John LaBruzzo, a Republican, speaking of Mr. Jindal. “He’s seen as a true conservative, which McCain is seen as less than.”
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“Neighbors helped extinguish the flames and chased three people who had been seen in the street and in the yard, Whyte told the Mail Tribune newspaper.”
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“Emily Parr last night spoke of her shame at being booted out of the house for calling Charley Uchea a n****r. She claimed she did not mean to be racist – and thought she’d had a chance of winning the show before the incident.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!! wrote:
Re: the Oregon KKK article:
I cannot believe that there are still racist assholes who burn crosses in people’s front yards. What is this, the 1950s????
Fuck the KKK, i hope they all go kill themselves.
Posted 10 Jun 2008 at 10:18 am ¶
kjen wrote:
I started to groan as soon as I saw the teaser, “He hoped to promote understanding, break stereotypes and perhaps even provide a comedic…”
And the ‘Meet the Black Guy” booth wasn’t as foolish as I thought, I still don’t like the ‘Black exotic’ on display connotations. Intended lesson on diversity or not.
Posted 10 Jun 2008 at 11:11 am ¶
Fatemeh wrote:
Wow. I am pretty embarrassed to live in Oregon right now.
Oregon is a very white state, especially in the eastern parts. The state hs a pretty racist history, too, which miscegenation laws and discriminatory housing policies (these are not ancient history, either).
And politics are very white, too: “liberal” in Oregon really just means liberal on environmental conservation and marijuanna laws, with a little bit of pro-choice thrown in. Racial activism and immigration isn’t in the mix here.
This doesn’t excuse the behavior, but I’m trying to help paint a picture of what it’s like to live in Oregon and the culture that these news stories arise from.
Posted 10 Jun 2008 at 1:38 pm ¶
Elton wrote:
Re: Optional SATs
I have mixed feelings about how effective this will be towards fighting inequality in college admissions. Standardized tests are inherently artificial measures that have little to do with “the real world.” However, since they are standardized–meaning that anyone from anywhere can pick up a study guide in a public library and study for them regardless of the quality of their high school–they give students of high academic potential from disadvantaged backgrounds an equalizing factor in their applications.
I can’t cite studies, but in my personal experience, first-generation college students of color, particularly second-generation Asian-Americans, are enabled, not hindered, by the SAT and ACT to achieve admission to colleges and universities their parents never dreamed of.
In lieu of standardized test scores, admissions committees are no doubt going to turn to factors such as extracurricular activities, which are–for better or worse–not standardized. I fear that kids with the privilege of a wide range of after-school activities will supersede kids from working-class immigrant families whose hopes will be placed on a standardized test that everyone is supposed to have a fair chance to do well on.
Posted 10 Jun 2008 at 1:47 pm ¶