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  • Was Queen Charlotte Black? Here’s what we know.

    12/27/2020 8:32:38 AM PST · by C19fan · 71 replies
    Washington Post ^ | December 27, 2020 | DeNeen L. Brown
    In “Bridgerton,” the new Shonda Rhimes period drama on Netflix, the lords and ladies of early 19th century Britain are depicted as Black as well as White. Why? Washington Post television critic Hank Stuever explains it this way: “A Black character stops to explain, grandly, how and why this society came to be integrated. (Answer: because the queen is a person of color.) Not only does it not make much sense, but it seems like an unnecessary wrench thrown into a completely sensible and revisionary romp: People of color are here because they should have been here all along. Isn’t...
  • Washington Post editor calls America 'a racist *and* patriarchal society,' reacts to 'revenge' tweet backlash

    07/06/2020 10:48:44 PM PDT · by familyop · 46 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 6, 2020 | Frank Miles
    Washington Post global opinions editor Karen Attiah called America “a racist *and* patriarchal society” in response to the threats she says she got over a deleted tweet that reportedly declared, “White women are lucky that we are just calling them ‘Karen’s.' And not calling for revenge.” In a tweet over backlash she wrote: “America is a racist *and* patriarchal society. We cannot dismantle the full range of oppression in this society without addressing how toxic ideas of white masculinity interplay with the notion of ‘protecting’ their women from Black people.
  • Lost in the Sahel

    05/22/2010 11:44:02 AM PDT · by Lorianne · 2 replies · 199+ views
    National Geographic ^ | Paul Salopek
    Darfur—the road to Furawiya The road was not really a road. Its two ruts led into Darfur, to the war in western Sudan, from the unmarked border of Chad. So much of the Sahel was like this—unmapped, invisible, yet a boundary nonetheless. The land stretched away in a monotony of gravel pans and dried grasses so translucent—so brittle—they seemed made of blown glass. The iron horizons never budged. Yet we were crossing boundaries with every passing hour, mostly without seeing them. After I was arrested and imprisoned in Darfur, an American soldier told me, shaking his head in disgust, “You...
  • Wanted:CEOs with Courage and True Ethics-(CORE decries environmentalist damage to US business)

    04/16/2005 7:59:01 PM PDT · by CHARLITE · 9 replies · 556+ views
    INTELLECTUAL CONSERVATIVE.COM ^ | APRIL 15,E 2005 | NIGER INNIS & PAUL DRIESSEN
    Otherwise eco-activists will keep the world’s poor impoverished, hungry, and disease-ridden. The litany of alleged offenses follows a script: fragile ecosystems, environmental devastation, irresponsible investment, huge profits, human rights violations, indigenous people imperiled. So do the demands: transparency, accountability, ethics, social responsibility. The tactics are equally familiar. Launch website, issue denunciations. Enlist grade school teachers whose students can write letters to the CEO. Harass the CEO at home. Stage protests at corporate offices. Claim to be stakeholders who must be given a role in all decisions, so that company policies henceforth reflect activist demands. Confrontational? Disingenuous? Of course. Effective? Absolutely....