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Cross posted from Racialicious

By Guest Contributor Daisy Hernandez, cross-posted from Colorlines

Every once in awhile, a Hollywood movie hits such a perfect note of familiarity that you leave the theater feeling like you just watched a film about your white friends and it was funny, sweet–marvelous, even. And, as you’d expect, messed up on race. Not messed up in a Mel Gibson sort of way. It’s nothing outright hateful, but rather annoying and mundane, like when the white gay guy says his décor is, ya know, “Asiany,” and you debate whether to spill red wine on his new, white rug or give him an Edward Said book.

This is the charm of Lisa Cholodenko’s new summer hit, The Kids Are All Right. Her white characters are so familiar and even so likable that you want to believe all they need is a better reading list. If only race relations were so easy.
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Martin Luther King Jr. pledging Alpha Phi Alpha, circa 1952 (front row, fourth person from the left) was initiated at Sigma Chapter , Boston Metro chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, while he was a graduate student at Boston University.

The Huff Post published an essay recently by Miguel Guadelupe. The title of the piece is Nation’s Oldest Black Fraternity Joins Arizona Boycott to Support Latinos. A friend of ours posted it to her Facebook profile and we just couldn’t resist checking it out. Guadelupe’s essay talks about Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., America’s oldest African American college fraternity (Est. 1906) decided to move their national convention from Phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada in response to the recent passage of Arizona’s SB1070. Below is a short excerpt:

The decision to boycott Arizona is not without a cost for Alpha Phi Alpha. Breaking contracts with Phoenix area hotels, catering, and meeting rooms means the fraternity is now in litigation with contractors. And while Mason can’t give an exact amount on how much the boycott will cost the fraternity, he estimates that Alpha is looking at over $300,000 in penalties. That doesn’t include over 3,000 Alphas who will have to change their flight and hotel reservations as soon as possible.
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor, testifying before Congress in 1986. She helped draw media attention to and build public support for the CARE Act

We keep seeing the following all over Facebook and posted on some blogs:

So let me get this straight – Larry King is getting his 8th divorce, Elizabeth Taylor is possibly getting married for a 9th time, Jesse James and Tiger Woods are screwing EVERYTHING, yet the idea of same-sex marriage is what is going to destroy the institution of marriage??REALLY?? ~ Copy and paste if you agree

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