RaceFrak2009

Mar 18, 2009 13:19

This sounds too awesome (as in dude, that's) for reality, but it's clearly too weird to be parody. From an EW article about a BSG retrospective at the UN:
When one of the UN's representatives talked about how part of their mandate was to safeguard the human rights of everyone, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, and station, Olmos got a little ( Read more... )

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ruthling March 18 2009, 18:47:09 UTC
wow.

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ahkond March 18 2009, 20:57:59 UTC
(see icon)

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keimel March 18 2009, 23:10:20 UTC
Anyone with a save-able download?

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in_parentheses March 18 2009, 23:54:36 UTC
DAMN. That is AMAZING.

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mrmorse March 19 2009, 04:32:59 UTC
The complete video is available as streaming RealPlayer at the UN Webcast Archives.

The statement by the UN representative where he refers to race is at 29 minutes into the video. (This is the end of a longer speech.) After comments relating to other aspects of the UN reps comments, Olmos speaks at 34 minutes. He gets quite angry about it, and his comments are more pointed than the quote makes them out to be.

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