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TV: A Reason I <3 Southland (from 1x4 Sally in the Alley)

skywardprodigal wrote in sex_and_race May 12, 2009 10:43

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workplace issues, pop culture, discrimination, colorism, racism

The Pursuit of Excellence v Moving Goal posts

skywardprodigal wrote in sex_and_race Mar 17, 2009 13:27

High achieving Lori Phanachone may be expelled from school because she refuses to take the English Language Development Assessment Test. School officials claim that she has to prove that she's literate by taking and passing that test. She's got a 3.9 GPA.

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current events, discrimination

black women's hair is illegal, of course.

delux_vivens wrote in sex_and_race May 06, 2006 10:59

i had to dig out this article for a, um, discussion on another lj but i figured i would repost it here. this happened about 4 years ago in Savannah.

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hair, discrimination