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It's been widely reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was "unacceptable" that there were so few Black people in the U.S. diplomatic corps:

Speaking in Washington, D.C.

The family circumstances of the GOP VP nominee have raised the issue of sex education and whether it should focus on abstinence or be more comprehensive.

A New York Times article asks the question, "Who Are We?" in addressing a new dialogue on mixed race—a subject that has been debated more frequently as a result of Sen.

Iraq has faded dramatically on all the network newscasts, except for a brief "comeback" after the 4,000th American died in the war and renewed fighting broke out in Basra and, again, following the update from Gen. Petraeus. Have people in the U.S. lost interest in the Iraq war, in deference to other issues, such as the economy and the presidential race?

The "Viewer Discretion" post in the Young Voices blog section of our TV show site [scroll down a bit on that blog page to March 16, 2008] addresses the issue of editing certain words in films that air on the tube:

Some films that air on cable have content that is at times a bit obscene, offensive or abrasive, and as such usually get edited out.

A Washington Post article cited the results of a study which says most mandatory company diversity training is ineffective:

A comprehensive review of 31 years of data from 830 mid-size to large U.S. workplaces found that the kind of diversity training exercises offered at most firms were followed by a 7.5 percent drop in the number of women in management.

A USA Today opinion piece highlights a few quirky and humorous resolutions for the New Year, including:

In '08, I resolve to... ... not mention the words 'Iran' and 'World War III' in the same sentence. — President Bush ... stop at the next rest area. — Astronaut Lisa Nowak ... buy, uh, or, uh, a world atlas. — Geography-challenged Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen ... let my old memorabilia stay in Las Vegas. — O.J. Simpson ...

Looks like the ghost-written tome, If I Did It, is sitting pretty on The New York Times best seller list:

The publisher of If I Did It: Confessions of a Killer, O.J. Simpson's hypothetical account of his ex-wife's slaying, says the book has hit No. 2 on the New York Times bestseller list for non-fiction. Former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan's Age of Turbulence tops the list, but If I Did It comes out ahead of former U.S.

It’s been reported that in a videotaped deposition in the $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a fired Madison Square Garden executive, New York Knicks coach-president Isiah Thomas said he felt there was a difference in exactly who might call a Black woman the b-word:

During the questioning, Thomas also said he would find it more offensive if a white male called a black female a "bitch," than if a black male made the same comment.

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