Crowning achievements in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• The Miss Los Angeles Chinatown Pageant recorded a milestone by awarding the crown to Angela Chao Roberson (pictured above). Roberson is the first winner who is Black and Chinese. The pageant director proclaimed, “There’s a newer generation coming up, and the whole idea of being multicultural is more accepted now.” Maybe Roberson will also be featured as Jet magazine’s Beauty of the Week. Click on the essay title above to read the full story.
• Muslim women in Michigan are petitioning an athletic club chain to create separate workout times for men and women members. The women claim the clubs had originally promised to provide such accommodations. “In Islam, there are codes of modesty for both genders,” said one woman. “When you’re working out, you’re not dressed modestly, and you’re bending in provocative ways, so you can’t be working out with the opposite gender.” The ironic part of this scenario? The athletic club chain’s name is Fitness USA.
• Snoop Dogg is working on a novel, the first in a series he plans to launch in October. The lead book chronicles the trials and tribulations of a young dude rising from the ghettos of Southern California to rap stardom. Hey, there’s a story we haven’t seen before. This week.
• FEMA continues to demonstrate their initials should stand for Fucked-up Emergency Management Agency. Now the organization is seeking to recover $4.7 million in payments made to Hurricane Katrina victims. Many of the payments were allegedly duplicate or extra benefits made because of FEMA errors. FEMA may ultimately be considered the greatest natural disaster in the nation’s history.
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