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Supreme Court refuses Redskins case

Melissa wrote 1 week ago: via Washington Post I missed this last week: the Supreme Court has refused to hear a case regarding … more →

Tags: racism, Sports, U.S. news, Native Americans, Offensive names, Redskins, Washington Redskins

Black is the new Black

savorydish wrote 1 month ago: What the…? Apparently cultural insensitivity is all the rage in Paris. Somebody at French Vogu … more →

Tags: Fashion, Lifestyle & Culture, media, french vogue, black

Weekend Link Love2 comments

Melissa wrote 2 months ago: Shakesville: RIP Crystal Lee Sutton Small Strokes: Why Feminism Should Be Taught in School Women … more →

Tags: racism, healthcare fuckery, Discrimination, film, World, rape, identity, Body Politics, activism

More Recent Crusades Talk

snarla wrote 6 months ago: I’m still reading up on the Crusades. With two hundred years of history and a cast of thousand … more →

Tags: Arab, arabist, Religious Conflict, Crusaders, Crusades, hard feelings, Saracens

Ask a Mexican Lesbian

katie wrote 9 months ago: You familiar with Gustavo Arellano’s hilarious column, Ask a Mexican? Well, you should be. Rea … more →

Tags: Advice, Gay, Lesbian, Ask a Mexican, Stereotypes

Is Bangalore (city) going to the dogs...or is it us?

shethronak wrote 9 months ago: Yes, everything changes. Look around you, you who reside in the so-called mind and knowledge capital … more →

Tags: Bangalore, Bangalore City, non-kannadigas, Hooliganism, !!! STAND UP !!!, Politicis, Goonda, goondaism, Culture

The Gray Lady of Bagram5 comments

Melissa wrote 11 months ago: I periodically post about people, usually immigrants, who have died while in US custody.  I’m … more →

Tags: Torture, racism, government fuckery, healthcare fuckery, military industrial complex, World, rape, general assholery, Human Rights

Hug a Vampire Today

schnufflesalphonse wrote 1 year ago: Today is the Romania National Hoiday, commemorating the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia, and … more →

Tags: today in "her"story, gay Dracula, Romania, pointless holidays, why can't you be more like your father, what does this have to do with Charlie, transylvania

after such a long day in ttc-land, it's nice to sit back and watch other people who've been through it...4 comments

boombababy wrote 1 year ago: i am not allowed to judge kate in my house. according to lani, we have NO idea how we’d act or … more →

Tags: TTC, Jon and Kate Plus 8, preschoolers need sensory input, Multiples, fertility meds, Discipline, cultural appropriation

Beauty queen sets tongues wagging

travellerev wrote 1 year ago: Typical Two beauty queens are at odds over a cultural blunder at the Miss Universe pageant. Miss Uni … more →

Tags: Beauty Queen, haka, Pukana

Double standards and pedophilia

Melissa wrote 1 year ago: via Jezebel Kelsey Peterson, a 6th grade math teacher, pleaded guilty in federal court this week to … more →

Tags: racism, sexism, rape, Racial Politics, Kelsey Peterson, Good Morning America, Pedophilia, racist stereotypes, Latino machismo

Latina teacher fired for teaching that *other* history1 comment

Melissa wrote 1 year ago: via Angry Brown Butch I love love love hearing that teachers like Karen Salazar exist.  I just wish … more →

Tags: racism, Discrimination, Rio Grande Valley, Karen Salazar, Eurocentrism, LA school district, minority history, Civil Rights

Primitive savages in film1 comment

Melissa wrote 1 year ago: *spoiler alert for Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull* For me, I think the straw that broke the cam … more →

Tags: film, racism, apocalypto, Brown People, cannibals, indiana jones and the crystal skull, Jack Sparrow, King Kong, Orlando Bloom

Texas groups sue Chertoff for disregarding federal laws

Melissa wrote 1 year ago: via No Border Wall I was pretty peeved when Michael Chertoff pulled section 102 of the Real ID act o … more →

Tags: racism, government fuckery, Border Wall, Animal Rights, Environment, Department of Homeland Security, Congress, Michael Chertoff, Real ID Act

Uncontacted Indian tribe photographed in Amazon3 comments

Melissa wrote 1 year ago: via Yahoo! News RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Amazon Indians from one of the world’s last u … more →

Tags: racism, World, Amazon Indians, Survival International, Brazil, Perú, Rush Limbaugh

Amanda Marcotte, please cease and desist.3 comments

Melissa wrote 1 year ago: Will someone please just direct Amanda Marcotte to a Cultural Sensitivity 101 class?  After a couple … more →

Tags: racism, Food, amanda marcotte, Tex Mex, Ethnic Food

Teacher throws student's Mexican flag in trash1 comment

Melissa wrote 1 year ago: via Yahoo! News TWIN FALLS, Idaho – A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a … more →

Tags: racism, cinco de mayo, Idaho, mexican flag, Clint Straatman, Froylan Camelo

Assailing the Sanctity of Culture

questionthecommonlife wrote 1 year ago: Why is it that the second something is labelled ”cultural” we are supposed to immediatel … more →

Tags: Diversity in the U.S., Political Correctness, Moral Relativism

Questions of the Week: Response

pmoney19 wrote 1 year ago: Least Known Ways to Raise Your Sperm Count Ascot shopping Dressing down a rotweiler Unpopular Ways t … more →

Tags: Questions of the Week, sperm motility, Heresy


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