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Run, Haley, Run!

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On December 20, 2010

Is Haley Barbour really going to run for the GOP nomination in 2012?  I hope so; the modern neo-Confederate+Corporate Lobbyist Republican Party might as well have a definitive standard-bearer: As.

More on race and racialism in Avatar.

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On December 31, 2009
While the Na'vi may be blue, the people who played them are not. Consider:NeytiriTsu'teyEytukanMoatHorse Clan LeaderIt could be the case that all the other models for the Na'vi are white, but it seems clear to me that Cameron chose these actors for the central Na'vi...

The end of something

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On November 5, 2008
Race in America has always seemed to me like the terrible secret at the end of Chinatown, that isn't really a secret at all. Forget it, Jake . . .Anyway.

Ugly

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On June 21, 2008

A few months ago, I foolishly claimed that Pat Oliphant could never get away with open racism comparable to his misogyny. I was certainly mistaken. (Latter link via Ez.)

Not a Newsflash

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On May 20, 2008

Reproductive healthcare in prisons in the U.S. sucks.First, there were prisons that were refusing to allow pregnant inmates to get abortions, even when the women could pay for the procedures.

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