The practice of sex selected abortions is relatively new to North America but has been practiced for decades, openly and covertly, in many South and Southeast Asian countries. In recent years small segments of certain immigrant groups … [Read more...]
Ford Hall Forum: “AIDS, Social Justice and the Politics of Transformation” (9/30/10)
This event is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House, a museum and National Historic Landmark dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, as part of the Partners in Dialogue series. … [Read more...]
The Referees Are Not Just Biased, They’re Bigots.
If any institution has failed America, it has been the televised media, especially in discussing political news. There's no excuse for the litany of prejudiced behavior from our media personalities in this compilation by The Women's … [Read more...]
Clinton and the Bitter, Bitter End
Hillary Clinton has gone on for far too long while not going far enough toward her party's nomination. Today's leads in Salon and Slate, as well as many papers, join Obama in exasperation. Slate asks Can Obama do anything to get Clinton … [Read more...]
How we choose…
In my opinion, however, it appears that Barack Obama has resolved his struggle around his identity as a bi-racial black person in a white world (In his self-reflective book "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance") in … [Read more...]
Imus’ non-apology
This must have been what forced CBS's hand in firing Imus:Before the CBS announcement, Imus appeared on WFAN radio Thursday. He lashed out at MSNBC, at the black activists who were his antagonists and at a prominent black Democrat, Harold … [Read more...]
“Black girls just wanna get f___ed all night, I just don’t have that much jam”**
Misogyny:Jelly Roll Morton, inventor of Jazz sang "Winin Boy Blues" in the 20s and 30s [listen] Every time the changin' of the moonthe blood comes rushing from all the bitches womb...I want about ten sweet bitches to myself"The Lemon Song" … [Read more...]
Imus and Black Women
I posted the following piece on The Eisenthal Report yesterday. As the story has developed, I've felt it even more important to keep up the pressure.It appears that Don Imus, the reptilian radio personality, will get off with a slap on the … [Read more...]
“Pimping”: Why Some White Male Progressives are Fascinated w/Using Offensive Pseudo-Ghetto Slang
In fact, white (usually male) "progressives" have taken the term "bitch slap" entirely out of its originally limited underclass context and usage and are using it instead as a generally applicable synonym for "to castigate" and "to put in … [Read more...]
Is Francis L. Holland a “Bull in a China Shop”?
In this "bull in a china shop" metaphor, if I am the "bull", then who is the fragile "china"? Are the political ideas of the whitosphere so fragile that the slightest bit of irreverent examination will shatter them like glass? … [Read more...]