GLOBAL DIVERSITY POST

First Albino MP Elected in Tanzania

via www.telegraph.co.uk

By OBERT MADONDO

The recent election of Salum Khalfani Bar'wani as Tanzania's first Albino MP is commendable. It's a sign of increasing tolerance of diversity.

I'm especially thrilled that Bar'wani won against a veteran ruling party incumbent, according to this AFP report. Across Africa, it's never easy for the opposition to win against the ruling party.

But the the election of one Albino MP in Tanzania is enough to protect the human rights and dignity of Africa's Albinos.

In recent years, dozens of albinos have been killed and dismembered in a number of African countries due to a widespread belief that charms made from their body parts bring good fortune and prosperity.

Human rights-centered education could start a real progressive march against this sickening belief.

Will My Upcoming Political Thriller "Last Option: Robert Mugabe Must Die" Attract 700 000 Facebook Fans?

By OBERT MADONDO

As I fine-tune my upcoming political/spy thriller, Last Option: Robert Mugabe Must Die, I wonder whether the book will garner 700 000 Facebook Fans in a matter of month.

Gregory Levey's book, “Shut Up, I’m Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government” did.

According to this New York Times story, the book went from having just 700 fans to 692,000 in a matter of months. That's more than George Clooney's 613 000 fans.

I would be thrilled if Last Option: Robert Mugabe Must Die could attract 1 Facebook fan. But one million fans would be awesome!

Madonna's MERCY: Whose Child Is It Anyway?

photo via www.timeslive.co.za

By OBERT MADONDO

Apparently, the "biological father" of Madonna's adopted five-year old daughter, Mercy, is desperate to see the child.

And the pop star is having none of it.The Sunday Times reports that Madonna has denied the man, 26-year-old Malawian James Kambewa, access to the child.

Bravo, Madge!

The man is, at best, a fly-by-night sperm donor. Madonna adopted Mercy from an orphanage.This fact alone speaks volumes about Kambewa's sense of parental and paternal responsibility.

If its true that Kambewa is "at worst a rapist, at best an imposter" as Madonna claims, he belongs in jail.

Hitler Was Black... And Jewish

By OBERT MADONDO

The lesson here is simple. Before you despise other racial groups or believe your race is superior to all others, do some research. You just might be surprised to learn that you partly belong to the very race you despise.

New DNA evidence suggests that Adolf Hitler was not the model Aryan - pure white - he claimed to be. He had both black and Jewish blood.

It’s possible that the dictator hatred Jews because he was ashamed of his real roots.

McDonald's Embraces Robert Mugabe at Last!

By OBERT MADONDO

Robert Mugabe must be loving this one. For far too long, the world's leading economic players have avoided Zimbabwe citing a harsh economic environment characterized by hyperinflation, chronic foreign currency shortages and, well... Robert Mugabe.

Not any more. McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food chain, can't wait for genuine change to come to the Southern African country before adding a Zimbabwean or two to the 58million customers it serves per day around the world. 

This report suggests that McDonald's is heading down to Zimbabwe soon.

And The Guardian corroborates the report with characteristic I-hate-Mugabe British sarcasm: Mugabe orders a Big Mac and fries to boost his economy.

New Study Claims Cougar-Cub Dating Craze Is a Myth

(Demi Moore and hubby Ashton Kutcher)

By OBERT MADONDO

Apparently, cougars, usually women over 40 who hunt younger men, or cubs, do not exist.

That's according to Michael Dunn, a noted psychology researcher at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff. He just released a study that claims the cougar craze is a "myth."

TIME has more on the story.

I beg to differ. The cougar phenomenon can not be denied. More precisely, the older woman who is still sexual exists.

In real life, Demi Moore, 47, is doing a 32-year old cub, Ashton Kutcher. The world's first International Cougar Convention is coming up on September 11, 2010, in London, UK, where cougars from around the world will compete for the title of Miss Cougar International.

In popular culture, the cougar phenomenon is celebrated in TV shows and movies like "Cougar Town", starring Courteney Cox and "Sex and the City".

Back in 2001, Valerie Gibson, a Toronto-based journalist gave us this best-seller: Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men.

It's time we liberate ourselves from our youth-obsessed society. But what we need are more - and more - cougars. The world needs a whole new generation of women brave enough to see much younger men as their goal when looking for a long-term partner.