Steph Pituc, writing at her blog urbanfoodie, tells the story in a post entitled "Racism by Any Other Name Smells Just as Rotten." She starts with a very apt personal anecdote and then launches into the tale of a horribly executed PR event.
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Tags: accent, asian-american, food, meme, public relations, restaurant, tom pham, twincy, urbanfoodie, vietnamese
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Steph Pituc, writing at her blog urbanfoodie, tells the story in a post entitled "Racism by Any Other Name Smells Just as Rotten." She starts with a very apt personal anecdote and then launches into the tale of a horribly executed PR event.
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Tags: accent, asian-american, food, meme, public relations, restaurant, tom pham, twincy, urbanfoodie, vietnamese
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Dancing Diva Ann tells you what's the deal with the Twin Cities Pride Parade and Festival.
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Tags: allies, festival, parade, pride, twin cities pride
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Madeline Bunting, writing for The Guardian, speculates on the roots of homophobia in Africa. Keguro Macharia, writing for Kenya Imagine, tells us everything that's wrong with that and shares some good resources.
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Tags: africa, homophobia, kenya imagine, lgbt
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The Twin Cities Daily Planet's Jay Gabler snapped a bunch of photos at this weekend's Cinco de Mayo fiesta in Saint Paul's District del Sol.
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Tags: district del sol, photos, saint paul, twin cities daily planet
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Chris Steller asks about the display of FBI Wanted posters on digital billboards. Are they useful? How do the wanted individuals to display get chosen? What is the effect in the community when only black people are shown? Where does the responsibility lie between a city, the FBI, and Clear Channel?
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Tags: billboards, chris steller, clear channel, criminals, FBI, maplewood, media, minneapolis issues forum, northeast minneapolis, responsbility, wanted
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Chris Steller asks about the display of FBI Wanted posters on digital billboards. Are they useful? How do the wanted individuals to display get chosen? What is the effect in the community when only black people are shown? Where does the responsibility lie between a city, the FBI, and Clear Channel?
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Tags: billboards, chris steller, clear channel, criminals, FBI, maplewood, media, minneapolis issues forum, northeast minneapolis, responsbility, wanted
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Pandagon: The Dumb Blacks Hypothesis Jesse Taylor weighs in on the Harvard 3rd-year law student who sent a widely-publicized email defending her racist position on the intelligence of black people. Many people have defended the right to ask and subsequently investigate the question of genetically-based intelligence as a matter of science. To which Jesse...
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Tags: genetics, intelligence, jesse taylor, law school, pandagon, science, social constructs
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Pandagon: The Dumb Blacks Hypothesis Jesse Taylor weighs in on the Harvard 3rd-year law student who sent a widely-publicized email defending her racist position on the intelligence of black people. Many people have defended the right to ask and subsequently investigate the question of genetically-based intelligence as a matter of science. To which Jesse...
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Tags: genetics, intelligence, jesse taylor, law school, pandagon, science, social constructs
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Stephanie Grace, racist Harvard emailer. Jill Filipovic at Feministe writes a fantastic article that not only includes this wonderful quote… You know you’re an extra-special racist when you send out an email clarifying that your views are actually more racist than those that pissed people off at dinner. …but also addresses this premise: I’m...
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Tags: feministe, harvard, jill filipovic, law school, stephanie grace
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