Usually I try to craft these well reasoned posts complete with tons of links and back up data just so I can be assured that my audience is getting a complete picture. Today is not the day for that kind of post because I’m really
Saw this article by Juan Williams awhile back, referring to an interesting Pew Research Center poll of the African-American community on AA issues. What caught my attention in this piece was what Williams chose to focus on — most notably, his comments on hip hop
I’ve been observing the furor over Obama’s comments about the “bitterness” of small-town/rural blue collar folks. And I’m honestly confused.
Fuck Seal Press. Fuck Salon Broadsheet. Fuck Amanda Marcotte. No seriously, Fuck You. How can I even begin to describe how annoyed I am with certain elements of the white feminist blogosphere right now? It’s going a bit beyond words. So much so that really,
Poor, black families used as test subjects for sludge. This was done in the late 90’s. They didn’t tell any of the people in the study what exactly was meant by the term bio-solid, nor did they tell them of the potential health risks. I
My birthday is this Saturday. I’m celebrating by giving myself a break from blogging, moderation queues, and getting my blood pressure up about stuff on the Internet. However, I am not going away forever. not even going away for long. And in the meantime Karynthia
I’ve been thinking about many things since the whole “Thank You, White People” post debacle and subsequent influx of white supremacists who seemed to come here with the intent of saying, “You thought you dealt with racists on a daily basis? HA! We’ll show you
Being linked to from a White Supremacist website. Happy Monday! ETA: Wow, if you all could see my moderation queue right now. This is the kind of thing that makes people leave the Internet. It really is. I went through a good chunk of my
As usually happens when a post blows up like Friday’s Thank You, White People, there is a lot of off-topic chatter that doesn’t need to be there. However, some of that chatter is interesting conversation, it’s just not about what the post is about. So
This needs to be said, and it’s a long time coming, so listen up: Thank you, White people, for all you’ve done for Blacks. Thank you for kidnapping and/or buying my ancestors in Africa, packing them onto ships where malnutrition, disease, anti-hygenic conditions, beatings, and