Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Essay 4924


An all-new 2008 MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• New Hampshire gay and lesbian couples rang in the New Year with wedding bells, as a new state law legalizing the civil unions went into effect at midnight. “We’ve been together 20 years; we’ve been waiting for this moment for 20 years; finally the state will recognize us as we are,” remarked one woman about her partnership. The ceremonies expected to take place this year could help ignite the Village People’s career.

• Class pictures have a different meaning for schools in Calexico, California, where a photographer snaps Mexican kids illegally attending the public schools. School board officials hired the photographer two years ago. “The community asked us to do this, and we responded,” explained the school board president. “Once it starts to affect you personally, when your daughter gets bumped to another school, then our residents start complaining.” Wonder if they’ll publish a special yearbook.

• A 12-year study funded by the Department of Health and Human Services found ER doctors are less likely to give narcotics to Blacks and Latinos to relieve pain. The study suggested racial or ethnic bias contributed to the doctors’ decisions. Guess discrimination hurts more than one might realize.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You mean the Village Person.

What. What’d I say?

HighJive said...

No, they’re still the Village People. But there are a few new village idiots.

Anonymous said...

Lol, shit. That site blew out my speakers.