Link Love for 2008-04-16

My links for 2008-04-16

Tuskegee, Anyone?

Update: Senate Hearing Planned on Sludge, NAACP Watches On

It seems as if we have Tuskegee Experiment part two here:
Sludge fertilizer program spurs concerns
BALTIMORE - Scientists using federal grants spread fertilizer made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods to test whether it might protect children from lead poisoning in the [...]

Link Love for 2008-04-15

My links for 2008-04-15

In Solidarity: Global Day for Darfur

Today is the blogging Global Day for Darfur, as organized by Danielle at Modern Musings. There are 25 bloggers participating today, so head over to Modern Musings for a list of participants and please read what they have to say.
The mission of this blogging day is to Educate, Motivate, and Activate.
See also [...]

The Carnival of Allies

The Angry Black Woman, after dealing with a deluge of white supremacists for writing this post, has come up with a great carnival idea, the Carnival of Allies.
This got me thinking about those white folks who exist in that liminal space where they are against racism but don’t understand how it works and get defensive, [...]

Frankly, I’m too mad to blog right now…

And this is why.
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And that whole Seal Press thing? I’d like to thank the representatives of Seal Press for providing a perfect example of what entitled white privilege looks like. You may not realize it, but you’ve made my job much easier.
And as long as I’m in a bad mood, might I [...]

Link Love for 2008-04-08

My links for 2008-04-08