Because of the nature of my various day jobs, I spend most of my day in front of a computer. Sometimes I play music while I work, but most of the day I have various NPR stations going in the background. Between my local station,
Six young black men are headed for 20+ year prison sentences in a clear case of Jim Crow “justice.” Their families are fighting but need our support. Will you stand with them? A lot of bloggers in the Black Blogosphere have posted about the Jena
Don’t ask me why, but I love the original CSI. And even though the season finale made me go ‘meh’, I’m looking forward to this new season. Not just for the return of my favorite investigators, but because they’re adding a newbie to the cast
I’m still mulling over my post about what people can do to help eliminate racism. It’s a good question, but a very involved one. I want to make sure I get it right. But one thing I do want to discuss is something that comes
One of the things that always crops up in vast discussions of racism, sexism, or prejudice of most kinds is the argument that businesses would never engage in biased, bigoted actions because it would be bad for the profit margin. The recent flare up in
Yes, it is true, they made Paris go back: Judge Orders Paris Hilton Back to Jail Jun 8, 3:03 PM EST The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton was taken from a courtroom screaming and crying Friday, seconds after a judge ordered her returned
So for the past couple of weeks I’ve been dealing with the discussion around diversity in SF/F whether it be racial or gender or whatnot. And I’ve had a lot of positive feedback online. But, of course, there were the inevitable asshats who trotted over
When white people say: “I don’t see color” or “We should live in a colorblind society” What they’re actually saying is: “I refuse to deal with how our culture and societry treats people of color because it makes me uncomfortable. I don’t want to understand
More of a link roundup than anything else. I don’t have much to say about these news items beyond the title of this post. Karl Rove Raps [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxcuVlCuX9Y] There are few things more pathetic than old white men rapping, dancing, and aping ‘ghetto’ black people.
So, over in the comment thread on the Billy Ray post there’s a commenter named Anthony who stumbled upon my little blog while Googling on Billy Ray’s name. At first, Anthony seems like a pretty upstanding guy. He expresses outrage that such terrible things can