No matter what you call it...how you flip it..or even try to rationalize it Arizona's new immigration law is RACIAL PROFILING! Author, Tayari Jones is boycotting Arizona and I'm with her 110%
Shame on SIX FLAGS!
Six Flags disqualified not one, but two Maryland women from employment candidacy for sporting their natural hair. According to ABC 7 News, who obtained a copy of Six Flags' outdated corporate grooming standards for employees, the company does not permit "any hairstyle that detracts or takes away from Six Flags' theme."
Read more here.
Shame on BROADWAY!
My cousin Kathleen Taylor who is a Sign Language Interpreter, recently informed me that the segregation African-American authors experience in the publishing industry is also rampid within the Sign Language Interpreting Community. Apparently, it's very rare to find a Black interpreter, interpreting an ALL BLACK CAST BROADWAY SHOW...huh?
She claims that the same THREE white interpreters have been interpreting THE LION KING since the show debuted!
Now, I'm not saying that white people should only interpret white productions and blacks, black productions - but the problem here is that the white interpreters are getting ALL of the shows and the blacks are getting -- ZILCH... (Sigh)
JAY-Z and JADA - if you're reading this -- I loved FELA -- and I think that some hearing impaired people would love to experience the show as well. Yes, I know the show offers closed caption - but c'mon now! And when you do decide to have the show interpreted, I do hope you have a DIVERSIFIED cast of interpreters.
Finally, if you want to see what an excellent job my Sign Language Interpreting Diva Cousin does - come and see us both on May 7th @7PM for the Glorious Book Launch Signing at
Barnes & Noble -- Tribeca
97 Warren St. (near corner of Greenwich St.)
New York, NY 10007
Store tel.: 212-587-5389
We put on quite a show!
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