Daily Archives: 11/06/2011

(Community Matters) lots of fun last night at L Style G Style’s 5th Anniversary Bash at the W Hotel. Alisa Weldon & Lynn Yedell pulled out all the stops. Heat Bootcamp’s Cody Butler produced the evening, enlisting Ballet Austin, Judy Arnold and God-Des and She, who brought down the house (Steven affectionately calls them the Lesbian Rap Rave). Trey Alford, Britanny Wiggins, Eric Copper (who turns 40 this week), Tyler Sieswerda, Chris Long, Council menmber Mike Martinez & Lara Wendler, Forrest & Linda, Todd Canon, Stan Young, Mary & Rusty Talley, Armando Zambrano, John Hogg & David Garza, Ruth Gardner-Loew and lots of others celebrating

Editor Christopher Carbone wrote a very flattering profile of us. We’re honored to share the cover with Audrey Alexander & Lacey Fuell. There’s also a nice profile of our dear friend Karen Gross (Austin ADL community director) in this issue.
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.Photographer Michael Thad Carter flatters us.

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(Community Matters) Leonard Pitts: This would be the same right wing that is conspicuous by its silence, its hostility or its complicity when the injustice system imposes mass incarceration on young black men, when the number of hate groups in this country spikes to over a thousand, when the black unemployment rate stands at twice the national average, when the president is called “uppity” and “boy.”

The candidate has spoken of how he left the Democratic “plantation,” the implication being that more blacks should vote Republican. It would seem on the surface to make sense. . . .  This would be the same Cain who not so long ago said racism was no longer a significant obstacle for African Americans . . . . [but now] “I believe the answer is yes,” said Cain himself when asked on Fox if race was the cause of his woes, adding honestly, if hilariously, that he has no evidence whatsoever to back that up [as he tries to avoid accountability for, at best, boorish behavior – at worst, illegal]