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"What are you?" The mixed-race experience, the mixed-race future

By artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 9:12am |

Fastest growing "ethnic group" in the UK:

 

The mixed-race experience: 'There are times I feel like the odd one out' https://t.co/llWlAYf4zJ

— Art and design (@Gdnartanddesign) August 26, 2018

 

This is why we can't have nice things in NYC

By artappraiser on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 2:51pm |

Tom Arnold's Plan B

By artappraiser on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 1:34pm |

I still have hopes for the right comic(s) peeling off some of the Trump fan base. They've just been stymied by the fact that he started out as a caricature from the getgo.This sounds promising to me. He got fans from his The Apprentice rep as Mr. Genius Tough Billionaire and he's still playing the same character as president:

The Immigrant Problem: June, 1896

By artappraiser on Fri, 06/29/2018 - 5:04am |

The Atlantic has put this opinion piece from its archive up for free access:

Restriction of Immigration

"The question to-day is ... of protecting the American rate of wages, the American standard of living, and the quality of American citizenship from degradation through the tumultuous access of vast throngs of ignorant and brutalized peasantry from the countries of eastern and southern Europe."

How to get medical records and bills

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 4:36pm |

Just sharing, just ran across this fabulous tweet:

Forget Oz, it's Salvador Dali's world now, Toto

By artappraiser on Fri, 06/22/2018 - 9:56pm |

Tom Arnold says he's teaming up with Michael Cohen and 'taking Trump down'

By Avery Anapol @ TheHIll.com, June 22

Comedian Tom Arnold said Friday that he and President Trump’s former longtime personal lawyer are teaming up to “take down” the president.

Arnold tweeted a photo with Michael Cohen on Thursday with the caption "I Love New York," which Cohen retweeted without comment.

They want to help each other

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/24/2018 - 4:14pm |

Brought tears to my eyes. Berlin, today:

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