• NYC is shelling out $21 million in a class action settlement to black and Hispanic Parks Dept employees who say they were discriminated against during the Giuliani administration. Maybe the former mayor should donate the rest of his campaign funds to the city to help defray the cost. [NYT]

• Nice. We've been saying the same thing about media coverage of minorities since 1968. [AN]

• Honestly, if you don't have a gmail account by now… [PC]

• So, black people can swim? Wonders never cease! [CBS4]

• Can you imagine a convenience store with a sign out front that said "Only one University of Florida student at a time?" [EUR]