I tried my best to avoid the hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor. It’s honestly hard to tell what the Senators really think because they’re so busy show-boating, and the only thing you’ll learn about Sotomayor is that she, like others before her, has the innate or practiced ability to be as bland as possible in Read More
I was chatting with my blogmate blackink last night while he watched the Obama speech to the NAACP. “I can already see the headline,” he said. “Obama to blacks: ‘No excuses.’” He was right, of course. Very, very right. Ta-Nehisi: I don’t even know what to say anymore. I haven’t heard Obama’s speech. But I’ve Read More
So. Kirstie Alley makes a stupid racial comment on Twitter. After some deliberation, Harry Allen of Media Assassin thoughtfully responds. She then calls him an attention whore that needs to lighten up without ever addressing the substance of his comments. (So original, right?) Allen’s subsequent response proves that he’s in possession of Job-like patience.
If David Gates at Newsweek was right about Michael Jackson truly loathing his blackness, it’s only because Eddie Murphy once showed us all how good life could be on the other side: [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.850217&w=425&h=350&fv=] Being a race traitor has its benefits. How else do you think Alan Keyes makes his money? (x-posted.)
I’m not sure why I’m posting this — I sure as hell don’t agree with anything in this Essence-ass claptrap — but it’s making the rounds and one of you smart people probably has an interesting take on it. She’s promoting her book, Stilettos in the Kitchen, which sounds like a cookbook spliced with The Read More
I’ve been chomping at the bit to get to our discussion of Paul Tough’s Whatever It Takes, this month’s reading/discussion group pick. The book follows the efforts of Geoffrey Canada and his audacious Harlem Children’s Zone program, a formidable array of proactive social programs that Canada hopes will lift every child in Harlem into college Read More
Diversity 101: Having “x” number of friends who are (insert ethnicity here) does not make you less prejudiced. Or does it? There’s a possibility it could for college students. An NYT article published last week outlined the findings from studies that suggested that interracial college roomate pairings may reduce prejudice. There are quite a few Read More
I’ve been home sick for the last three days and I’ve spent much of that time with tissue stuffed up my left nostril and my browser pointed to C-Span.org, where they are live-streaming the boring, painful, and occasionally entertaining Sotomayor hearings. Between sneezing, wishing boils on Jeff Sessions, and a pox on Lindsay Graham, I’ve Read More
[source.] Hello, sweet babies!! So! Great fucking news! Its two-fold! I dunno if y’all knew this, but Cedric the Entertainer has always been one of my favorite comedian/actor-type people. I just think he’s hilarious. Once, way long ago, he made an appearance on Mad TV (remember when that show was funny?) in a skit called Read More
[via.] Over at the the City Room blog, a social worker muses about race and class after an incident on the train. A young woman, about 18 or so, is hitting her 4-year-old repeatedly. Before long, her friend joins in. The writer stepped in and yelled at her to stop. As you might imagine, things devolved Read More
