Category: Race
Your Happening World (22)
February 15th, 2012, No Comments
What happens in Austin, Texas when you babysit your black grandchild as a white grandfather. Hint: not a happy story.
NHS “reform: “Cameron’s put his political credibility on the line, not for ideological or populaist reasons, but to ensure McKinely’s bottom line”. Do read the linked Daily Mail article to show how even a reliable rightwing [...]
Yo, is this racist?
January 8th, 2012, No Comments
Finally a site that tells you if you’re racist or not. Of course, if you have to ask, you probably are. The guy behind it got a wicked sense of humour and I especially like his answer to the white supremacists who just found the site:
Now, I just wanted to say that, by and large, [...]
One more reason not to visit America
December 19th, 2011, No Comments
Thin skinned, thick as shit police. From the description of the video:
Here’s the scene:
We were enjoying the nice spring weather from our balcony. A friend was visiting on his bike, and he rode up on the sidewalk from the street to our front door. In NYC this is illegal. You are supposed to stop in [...]
Racism in Israel shocker
December 14th, 2011, No Comments
Remind me again how Israel is the only democracy/free country in the Middle East?
(Via.)
It helps sometimes to state the obvious
July 16th, 2010, No Comments
Tim Wise on white privilege:
Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon Washington DC and Northern Virginia, just a few miles from the Capitol and White House, armed with AK-47s, assorted handguns, and ammunition. And imagine that some of these protesters–the black protesters–spoke of the need for political revolution, and possibly even armed [...]
Linky Goodness: Science, Scones and Squid
April 28th, 2010, No Comments
Discover Magazine: Off the California Coast, Giant Volcanoes Made of Asphalt
Pat Robertson is right
January 15th, 2010, No Comments
Haiti has been punished for its founding sin over the centuries. But it’s not the earthquake or any other natural disaster that’s the punishment, nor is what ever diseased idea of devil worship this old asshole has dreamt up that’s the sin. The real sin for which Haiti has been punished ever since it was [...]
How not to be non-racist
August 12th, 2009, 1 Comment
As the movies would say, based on true experiences:
“Hi! You’re black! That’s really cool. Can I touch your hair? No? Are you sure? Maybe just a little? That’s really cool. So, I had this argument with this guy yesterday, he was black, and he said I had a bunch of privilege and was all racist [...]
The Good War
April 7th, 2009, No Comments
The liberation of Paris was a job for the white man, the BBC reveals:
In the end, nearly everyone was happy. De Gaulle got his wish to have a French division lead the liberation of Paris, even though the shortage of white troops meant that many of his men were actually Spanish.
The British and Americans got [...]
Celtic Fringe: Cornwall, Scotland, New Zealand (?!)
February 26th, 2009, No Comments
On a par with the (not quite serious) idea that the Illiad and Oddyseus were actually set in the Dutch province of Zeeland is the belief that New Zealand wasn’t actually settled by the Maori, but had been discovered thousands of years before their arrival by a race of Celts. You might think that something [...]
