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March 26, 2003
Political Animal
'Boondocks' Author Visits UCSB 
"'The problem is you have a government that doesn't have to listen to you at all,' McGruder said. 'Lots of people on the left like to do things just to do it. They love noble failure, so they show up to a piece of real estate, walk around and make speeches, and then go home feeling like they did something. It's better that they're doing it overseas, since their governments still have to listen to them and may try to put pressure on America.'" UCSB Daily Nexus
March 17, 2003
Music
Adolescents with High Exposure to Rap Music Videos Exhibit Higher Levels of Risky Health Behaviors "The researchers found that adolescents with high exposure to rap music (i.e.. 14 hours or more per week) were 3 times more likely to hit a teacher and more than 2.5 times as likely to have been arrested, compared with their peers who had less exposure to rap music. Adolescents who frequently watched rap videos were also twice as likely to have multiple sexual partners and more than 1.5 times as likely to acquire an STD, use drugs, and use alcohol during the 12-month study." Emory University
March 1, 2003
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Plain Brown Wrapper: Gender Issues in Sepia Space Summer, July 2003
SUBMISSION DEADLINE is May 31, 2003.
The summer issue of Drylongso explores sex, sexuality, gender, and gender politics in "Sepia Space"-- Drylongso.com?s term for Black cyberspace. Despite the digital divide, a significant number of black people are frequent internet users and communities have sprung up containing individuals whose voices agree as well as clash on many topics, including gender relations.
Review
Out of Africa "'You see, those who say that Conrad is on my side because he is against colonial rule do not understand that I know who is on my side. And where is the proof that he is on my side? A few statements about it not being a very nice thing to exploit people who have flat noses? This is his defence against imperial control? If so it is not enough. It is simply not enough. If you are going to be on my side what is required is a better argument. Ultimately you have to admit that Africans are people. You cannot diminish a people's humanity and defend them.'" The Guardian