Monthly Archives: December 2011
Gene Marks’s Failure of Empathy: Nope, you’re *not* a poor black kid!
Gene Marks of Forbes magazine, a white, middle-aged, middle-class man, attempts valiantly to get into the mind of a young, black, poor boy and offer solutions for his underprivileged position in life. And fell quite short of the mark. In … Continue reading
Filed under Politics/Current Events, Race/Ethnicity
Why feminists need to advocate for immigration reform
In a follow-up to my last post on the under-publicized fact that 5,000 children of so-called “illegals” are in foster care, this wonderful article from The Nation points out why feminists need to stand behind immigration reform. It’s tough enough … Continue reading
Filed under Politics/Current Events, Race/Ethnicity
