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01/10/10--09:08: Reflection as Repentence is Worse than Worthless (chan 1807629)

“it might be earnestly meant in some cases, but something about the whole “examine your privilege” deal ends up becoming a way to focus on one’s own hairshirt process as opposed to, y’know, what the other person actually needs.” I wish I could find the original source of this blog comment. She certainly deserves credit [...]


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01/10/10--19:08: 2010 Census creates controversy, prompts hilarity (chan 1807629)

While all other online articles on this very very interesting topic prompt an onslaught of horribly misguided, uneducated and racist dribble from readers of all races, Ta-Nehisi Coates spurs the most hilarious discussion of political correctness I’ve ever read. The comments are a must read, as are the one’s in the follow-up post titled “I’m [...]


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01/18/10--07:25: MLK: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” (chan 1807629)

Huffington Post’s headline for Martin Luther King Day, 2010, is the MLK quote above. It is a headline which links to a listicle about the myriad ways you can (and should!) contribute to the relief efforts in Haiti. I am embarrased to say that, due to my current lack of funds, and an old cell [...]


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02/05/10--13:56: Age Appropriate Black History Month (chan 1807629)

I commented on loveisntenough.com earlier and thought it would be appropriate to repost here in slightly edited and expanded form. Sorry if some of the background info is redundant to readers of this blog!: ______________________________________ I’ve been thinking about the huge variety of opinions regarding what should be involved in Black History Month. I’m not a mom [...]


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02/05/10--21:09: Such a perfect re-iteration (chan 1807629)

Breeze Harper at Sistah Vegan quotes from an essay by Sarah Ahmed who characterizes many Whiteness studies as being “non-performative” in that “they do not do what they say.” Ahmed writes that many of these declarations of whiteness are ‘admissions’ of ‘bad practice’ [which] are taken up as signs of ‘good practice’. Ahmed’s full paper [...]


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02/11/10--02:18: Sans Hood Pass: Daniel Tosh (chan 1807629)

To continue today’s previous train of thought: If you haven’t watched Tosh.O yet, get to it! I’m a little embarrassed by how much I look forward to the Wednesday at 10:30 on Comedy Central television event. Daniel Tosh is definitely a prick on the show, and probably is in real life, but it’s just so [...]


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02/11/10--13:08: a great conversation (chan 1807629)

Just had a really productive transAtlantic g-chat conversation today with a friend living in Paris, whom I have dubbed Paris. It’s a good follow up of previous posts about whites exploring race in a public setting, and about different attitudes towards white guilt, black comedy and discursive reappropriation in art. This part of the conversation [...]


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