A life-size statue of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without her consent and were used for medical research, will be placed in a plaza previously named after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Roanoke, Virginia.
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I have never yet seen the tramp I was not able to receive with open arms. He is a little less fortunate than I am. He is made the same as I am made. He is the child of the same Father... Had I been subjected to the same things to which he was I would have been where he is.
Don DeLillo was born in the Bronx 86 years ago today.
If you haven't read him, boy are you in luck, they're ALL good. If you want a big juicy novel go for Underworld.
If you want a couple of perfectly formed classics try Libra or White Noise.
My fav early DD is Great Jones St
"Researchers from the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity at Brandeis ... calculated that the GI benefits secured by Black individuals were worth, on average, 40 percent of those whites received. This produced long-term disparities, the study found."
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@DannyTRS Pumped for Predator Prey! You know, if you ever want to get @Schwarzenegger back in the game, I happened to write a script https://t.co/HwNOJqBaU3