Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

You won't find a report card on President Obama's first year here. It's kind of hard for me to summarize what has been a complicated year, full of ups and downs, so I won't bother. The excitement I felt last year has waned, but I've yet to turn as cynical as some of the president's once ardent supporters. As much as I try to stay informed, there's still so much I can't easily grasp. Like what's left of Health Care Reform,… Read More
Tags: Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, State of the Union
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Editors Note: I asked our Internets brother from another, Dallas Penn, if I could share with you all his post about what's happening to the Ethiopian women in Israel. Their story is heartbreaking and should be told to as many people as possible. If you get a chance please check out the Woman to Woman report which details the devastating effects Depo Provera has had on women throughout the world, especially… Read More
Tags: Dallas Penn, Depo Provera, Israel, Women, Women's Rights
Posted in Health Talk, Political Talk, Race Talk | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

- Yes, we were too afraid to ask him if he killed Tupac.
Ang: When Kiana and I started
ProperTalks a year ago I was unemployed, living in a new city and in dire need of intellectual exchange. We really…
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Tags: Ang and Keeks, Best of Propertalks, Blogoversary
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Remember the last episode of 'Seinfeld' where Jerome, Cosmo, Lainey and George "T-Bone" Costanza were arrested for watching the fat guy get robbed and did nothing but videotape it and make fat guy jokes? [tony's note: yeah, don't front like you've never
watched it...] They were charged with breaking the imaginary "Good Samaritan Law" which made it illegal to witness a crime without…
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Tags: California Law, Derrion Albert, Rape, Richmond High Rape, Seinfeld, Voyeurism
Posted in Life Talk, Media Talk, Political Talk | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

The lawful term "illegal alien" has always bothered me, not so much the illegal part but definitely the alien. The latest controversial Halloween costume to hit shelves at popular stores such as Toys"R"Us (
before protests, the costume could be found at Target, e-Bay, and Walgreens) is a visual display of my problem with the concept of illegal aliens, or even legal aliens for that matter. Proponents of free speech…
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Tags: Halloween, Illegal Alien Costume, Immigration, Stereotypes, Xenophobia
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Oscar Grant's friends have every right to file a
federal civil rights suit that could potentially hold the BART police accountable for the actions that led to Grant's death - the greatest tragedy of that early morning confrontation.
The men - Jack Bryson, 21, and his 19-year-old brother, Nigel Bryson; Michael Greer, 22; Carlos Reyes, 21; and Fernando "June" Anicete, 20 - endured "several hours of being painfully handcuffed and/or mercilessly interrogated, all while mourning the demise of their childhood friend," said the… Read More
Tags: BART investigation, BART shooting, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant Shooting
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