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I try to stay current with American pop culture, but that’s not easy when one of the most-watched music videos in the country is flat-out pornographic. I’m talking about rap star Nicki Minaj’s new hit, “Anaconda,” which debuted in August. The video features dozens of women shaking and gyrating their naked rear ends in the camera while Minaj raps:

Oh my gosh, look at her butt

Oh my gosh, look at her butt

The song basically reinforces the stereotypical notion that blac

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The heirs of Anna Short Harrington, the lady who became the Aunt Jemima character, represented by D.W. Hunter, have filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo, The Quaker Oats Company, Pinnacle Foods Group and The Hillshire Brands Company.

Hunter – the great grandson of Harrington – is seeking $2 billion, plus punitive damages to be determined at trial. He says the companies conspired to deny that Harrington had been an employee of Quaker Oats, all the while exploiting her image and recipes for profit,

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