October 2009
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September 2009
38 posts
dear dad, shut up
(via teenagejesus)
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"In China, at least I would have a trial and... →
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Ruskie →
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When my father comes to town
he asks that we see a black play.
I imagine there is a special place in Cracker...
http://gawker.com/5368007/heroic-912-mob-chases-off-black-people?autoplay=true
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Fascinating →
Tragic Details About Census Worker Found Hanged →
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catbus:
notthatkindagay:
William E. Sparkman Jr. was a 51-year-old single father who once battled Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma while he pursued his teaching degree, according to a March 2008 article profiling the London, Kentucky man.
Sparkman worked two jobs while he earned his degree and was treated for cancer.
Sparkman, a census bureau worker and substitute teacher was found dead...
Did ACORN Get Too Big for Its Own Good? →
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“James O’Keefe, one of the two filmmakers, said he went after ACORN because it registers minorities likely to vote against Republicans: ‘Politicians are getting elected single-handedly due to this organization.’”
This is really interesting..i mean, to what extent should these films be taken as “serious muckraking” considering the person responsible for them openly admits he was...
Peace in the Middle East
Where I am from it is considered an awfully bad thing to speak ill of the dead, so I’ll try not to. At the end of my freshman year in college I caught the eye of one of the mantenance workers. My college was (and still is) an overpriced, East Coast institution with few students. Girls far outnumbered the boys, and the straight men who were there made no sense to me at all. I did not have the...
What will they eat? →
Luckily there is a yacht in Catania waiting for me →
Hopefully it’s not about to go down.
Jimmy →
If only our president could say who the real jackasses are. Jimmy. on the other hand, knows what’s up. As usual.
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Que sera, Serena
I know very little about tennis and have only a fleeting interest in sports. I do, however, read the comments sections of articles concerning controversial black athletes. Indeed, this is what drove me to being a Vick fan, despite caring very little for the sport (or people who electrocute dogs, for that matter). And why do I do this? It is not as if I need another reason to truly despise...
Just a few reasons why I live in New York →
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Yup →
I thought to write something along these lines, but decided it would be too easy. The question here is not “What is our country coming to?” Rather, the answer is what it’s always been.
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For real? →
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Scenes from Childhood, Part I
Band class was stopped so that we could watch the OJ verdict. Not guilty, as we all now know. The black kids were euphoric. We shouted “Yes!” and did dances. I have a snap shot of myself falling dramatically into a saxophonist’s embrace—-rambunctious, defiant, and talented, he was never the teacher’s favorite. I don’t remember what the white kids did, but the...
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Zora, Nella
“But she was more eccentrically self-directed than many of her fans today realize, a fervent Republican who would be at home today on Fox News.” Behold: http://city-journal.org/2009/19_3_urb-zora-neale-hurston.html
The above (sent to me by one special Swede ) along with two recent conversations regarding Hurston and her legacy, encouraged me to revisit Larsen’s Passing—...
Royalty
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/30/royal
COMMENTS
have been enabled. come on now, all three of you.
Menace II Society
was not a good movie. But I am ill and housebound. And I have BET. Jeez, jacked for your rims, stereo, jewelry and pager in a drive-thru? In addition to your order a double burger with cheese for you assailant, to say nothing of O-Dog. This was a comedy, right?
“Come on man, we supposed to be brothers!”
More (Evangelical) Cracker than the world can take
http://www.popeater.com/2009/09/01/duggars-baby-news/
WatchAsk Y!
ourtropes:
I used to think this show was terrifying demagoguery. Turns out, it’s brilliant satire. Right?….Poe’s Law? No?
August 2009
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Why he is St. Genet
“This play, written, I repeat, by a white man, is intended for a white audience, but if, which is unlikely, it is ever performed before a black audience, then a white person, male or female, should be invited every evening. The organizer of the show should welcome him formally, dress him in ceremonial costume and lead him to his seat, preferably in the first row of the orchestra. The actors...
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Not a Cracker →
This actually has nothing to do with Les Crackers, but what is a blog if not self indulgent?
The news →
Now, I don’t know all the facts, but something about this smells Cracker to me. Perhaps it is the part about the man being without a shirt? Of course I could very well be wrong. In any event, I’m glad (almost) everyone is ok.
It is never funny when one attempts to retell...
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Early Childhood Cracker
Crystal Fields was beautiful. She had long baby fine blonde hair, blue eyes and, what must have been, a 32b chest. She cursed, had a boyfriend at least six years her senior, and smoked cigarettes. We were in elementary school together. She once brought the boyfriend to one of the school’s skating parties, and while I considered him very ugly in the face, I was nonetheless impressed that a...