Of interest from January 25th through January 27th

marisa — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:17:02 +0000

Of interest from January 25th through January 27th:

NYC Baker who is selling ‘Drunken Negro Head’ Cookies – “Ted Kefalinos, the proprietor of a bakery in Greenwich Village (a neighborhood in New York City), can’t understand why the media is having such a field day over his Drunken Negro Head cookies.”
Spotting the Stereotypes: He’s Just Not That Into You – “… after carefully showing the tortured romantic lives of Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Kevin Connolly, and Ginnifer Goodwin, the camera cuts to two heavyset black women sitting on a bench.One woman looks dead at the camera and says (to some unknown listener) “Girl, you better get yourself some ribs and some ice cream because you’ve been dumped!””
Study Sees an Obama Effect as Lifting Black Test-Takers – “Now researchers have documented what they call an Obama effect, showing that a performance gap between African-Americans and whites on a 20-question test administered before Mr. Obama’s nomination all but disappeared when the exam was administered after his acceptance speech and again after the presidential election.”

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