November 1, 2005

Who are your kids listening to?

Hopefully not these two. I never thought the day would come when I’d prefer to see Britney Spears in the news. Newsweek has taken a little time out from reporting on the White House’s woes to remind us that racism is still around and in fact appears to be taking on yet another new generation, in Race: The White Album. Here’s the view from news.telegraph: Twin pop stars with angelic looks are new face of racism. Is this a sign of what’s to come? My question is, does neoconservatism fertlize the ground for this sort of blatant intolerance?

— Barbara @ 12:37 pm PST, 11/01/05

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