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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Review, Frontline, Movie, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael O'Keefe, Racial, Prejudice, Injustice, Drug, Boyd, Systemic Racism, Tim Blake Nelson, Institutionalized Racism, American Civil Liberties Union, Erin Brockovich, District Attorney, Racism, Drug War, Confidential Informant, Justice System, Nicole Beharie, Regina Kelly, Graham Boyd, Texas, Film, American Violet, John Paschall, Chris Weigant, Sydney Poitier, Aclu, Mississippi Burning, Plea Bargain, Xzibit, Beharie, Kelly, Hearne, Paschall, Da, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Living News
Jaemin Kim

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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"To Obama:" Introducing A New Verb: Part II

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Philadelphia's Theatre Exile, Family Life Education, Family Therapy, Obama's Inauguration, President Obama, Rick Warren, Abe Lincoln's Inaugural Bible, Clinical Social Work, Prejudice, Obama's Oath of Office, Hate, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama Bipartisanship, David Harrower's Blackbird, Secretary of State Clinton, Obama Enemies, Embracing Enemies, Obama Warren, President Elect Obama, Politics News
SaraKay Smullens

"To Obama": 1. to rise above personal assault for the greater good; 2. to take rivals, hold them close, and use their innumerable talents for service.

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How the West Lost Us: A Critique of Media Coverage of the Mumbai Attacks

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: India, Mumbai Coverage, Pakistan, Mumbai Media, Mumbai Attacks, William Kristol Mumbai, New York Times, Mumbai, Prejudice, Thomas Friedman Mumbai, World News
Vamsee Juluri

What Mumbai ended up looking like to viewers and readers in the West was something far removed from the magnitude of its loss, and from the realities of fact and perspective.

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Outliers and the Hillbilly Sterotype

Don McNay | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Gurney Norman, Civil Rights Movement, Obama Appalachia, Poverty, Blink, Kentucky Cycle, Outliers, Prejudice, Bob Dylan, Malcolm Gladwell, Civil Rights, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Appalachia, Stereotypes, Harlan County, Tipping Point, Bias, Kentucky, Discrimination, Beverly Hillbilllies, Hillbillies, Peter Frampton, Hogan's Heroes, Harlan, Media News
Don McNay

I would like to see Malcolm Gladwell test his theory about Southerners being more prone to violence than Northerners.

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Prejudice Alive and Well in the 2008 Elections

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sociologists for Women in Society, 2008 Elections, Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Lesbian, Suicide, Special Needs Children, Election Results, Gay, Prejudice, Civil Rights, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, Children's Safety, California, Proposition 8, Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents, Gay and Lesbian Adoption, Homophobia, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Discrimination, Gay and Lesbian, Heterosexism, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

Of course people always want to know if the children of LGBT parents are more likely to grow up to become gay or lesbian themselves. The answer is no.

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Dear Bubbe and Zaidy

Howie Greene | Posted 11.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Fdr, John McCain, Obama Muslim Smear, Florida, Election 2008, Prejudice, Barack Obama, Sarah Silverman, Entertainment News
Howie Greene

Not voting for Obama because you are afraid is an insult. It's an insult to those who were murdered because of our names and our religion. It's an insult to those of us who came after you.

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One Reason Race May Not Derail Obama: The 'Do the Right Thing' Effect

Eric Deggans | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Democrat, Spike Lee, Barack Obama, Republican, Racism, Race, Prejudice, John McCain, Election, George Wallace, Politics News
Eric Deggans

It's something people of color face every day: you're a symbol to the world until you get famous enough that you're not.

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It's Our Choice: Standing up to Extremisms of All Shades

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Islam, Election, Prejudice, Civil Rights, Extremism, Newspapers Obsession Dvd, Hate Speech, 2008 Election, Politics News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Would we distribute a KKK dvd on racist philosophy? No, because it would be tantamount to hate speech. Distributing the Obsession DVD is the same thing; it's distributing hate speech.

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Vegetable Profiling: Tomatoes See Red

Suzette Standring | Posted 08.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Police, Fda, Jalapenos, Profiling, Food, Salmonella, Salsa, Prejudice, Tomatoes, Outbreak, Poisoning, Living News
Suzette Standring

Tomatoes are seeing red at being wrongly blamed as the contamination cause of a national Salmonella outbreak. Now jalapeno peppers have replaced tomatoes as the possible culprit.

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The Rights of Marriage, California Style

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Civil War, Betty Berzon, Little House on the Prairie, Books, Jazz, Max Roach, Engagement, Malcolm Boyd, Chris Freeman, Prejudice, California Marriage Ruling, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, West Hollywood, Mark Thompson, Slavery, James Berg, Gay Marriage, Love, Bravery, Living News
Tom Gregory

Love, West Hollywood highlights the human side of an inequality that is finally unraveling. We'll see what happens in California in the next six months -- the whole world is watching us.

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