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The Ugly Game
Spain Fights Soccer Racism Against Black Players

Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption, hoarding

Dear Secretary Clinton:

As you know, the 42 member Congressional Black Caucus met with Rajiv Shah, the Administrator of the U.S. AID yesterday to discuss the crisis in Haiti. I was alarmed and chagrined to learn that none of the approximately dozen staff he brought with him were African American. This is so serious an error in judgement that it warrants his immediate demotion to a subordinate position at AID. It is well known that there has long been an under-representation of minorities in key positions within the State Department. I am confident this Administration will immediately begin addressing this problem.

I look forward to meeting with you on this matter.

Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr.
Member of Congress

I guess Conyers hasn’t taken into consideration that it would be helpful if they could speak French.

“Christine Beatty and Kilpatrick both lied under oath about their extra-marital affair, which included thousands of explicit text messages.”

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“Beatty served 70 days in prison and owes the city of Detroit $100,000 in restitution. She served as Kilpatrick’s chief of staff from 2002 to 2008.

Beatty, 39, reportedly has a new consulting job in Atlanta, where she will live with her two daughters, according to Detroit newspapers.” (more…)

Lied under oath. Served 70 days in prison. Owes the city of Detroit 100 grand. Is a Black woman.
And she still manages to secure a job.

“The women had all suffered from heart issues, and to their faces, the designers were nothing but sugar and cream. But after they left, the contestants’ true feelings emerged. “She’s got a real full figure, I’m going to try to slim her,” said Jesse, looking scared. “Julie needs to look taller,” said Jay. Anna must “break up” her client’s body shape, and JaneJane basically imploded at the thought of having to make a garment for someone other than an emaciated teenager. “These women aren’t 34-25-35. So to make a gala-worthy gown in ten hours is daunting,” she said.

Read more: The Project Runway Designers Have to Work With Real Women

Celebrating Black History Month with fried chicken and collard greens?

So what? I’ll eat ‘em.

In fact, most Black folks eat soul food.

How is it that all other ethnic foods can be celebrated freely and openly, but the moment someone mentions “fried chicken”, there’s this 4th grade “ooooooooooOOOOO , you’re gonna get it” that hits the room?

Black folks (and Whites) who feed into this ridiculous paranoia do no favors for the Black race. Why? Because it perpetuates this notion that we are one collective bundle of nerves that need constant tender loving care and a social baby blanket by our side. To have reached the level where it has become taboo to mention and celebrate the foods we eat is just sad and sickening. Political correctness does us no favors here. It just leaves a lot of people hungry for the foods they really want.

A 3rd grader’s drawing of The Thing

What the weird faces of Easter Island would look like if their creators took the time to give them full bodies

This thing here.

What else?