Why I Hope Spain and Italy Lose The World Cup... Miserably.

I have read about the Spanish and Italian soccer fans' hijinks since the 2006 World Cup and I haven't been fond of them since.  As usual, they've made it to the World Cup and are at this year's tournament and I really hope they lose miserably.

Samuel Eto'o believes the World Cup in South Africa can help to diminish the racism that has blighted European football. The Cameroon captain, who has been racially abused while playing for Barcelona in Spain and, this season, for Internazionale in Italy, feels a successful tournament could mark a turning point.







"It's never been easy and until the end of my career it won't be easy," Eto'o told the Guardian. "But maybe this World Cup, being the first in Africa, can change attitudes. I hope so but I suffered a lot in Italy this year. So it's not just one country where there is racism. But to obtain these rewards you have to go through that. And that's why it's incredible we're playing in the country where my idol, Madiba [Nelson Mandela], lives ...






"I've been lucky enough to meet him twice. It was one of the most amazing things that ever happened to me.






"That's why I'm so proud to be African in this World Cup. Like most Africans I had to work much harder and show much deeper belief than others. I started with nothing and reached the level I'm at today. All I had was football and God's help. But I made it and now I'm going home, to Africa, where we can show a different face to the world.






"Most people only see Africa in terms of poverty and war, famine and disease. But this World Cup gives us the chance to show something different. I think the whole world is going to be really surprised by Africa. This could be the best World Cup in history."

For two groups of people who have more in common with Africa than they would like to admit, this type of behavior is ridiculous.  Of course I'm not rooting for them. 

I remember back in Italia '90, Cameroon had to go through hell and a large part of it was racism.  This is why since that World Cup, I make it my business to cheer on the African teams because it seems like not a soul believes in them.

Even though Argentina was the favorite to win against Nigeria yesterday, I still rooted for Nigeria and I am very impressed with their goalie Vincent Inyeama, who could show goalies like Chaouchi and Greene a thing or two.  It wasn't easy to face Lionel Messi's onslaughts. 

I imagine that some countries are racist against African players because they don't think them worthy, but they just LOVE black NBA players because perhaps they don't see the NBA as something that is organically theirs.  Whatever the case may be, we're not going anywhere and I would love to see more blacks get into soccer.  I've got my son in it and I'm going to help him ride it 'til the wheels fall off.

Also, honorable mention goes for Tim Howard, the USA goalie, for making it hot on my Three Lions.  I was rooting for the UK (family background) but I will give unto Ceasar his due. 


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White Teen Claims He Was Beaten and Tortured For Being White

I don't even know what to say... This shit right here is mind-blowingly beastly and brutish if it's true.

Shane McClellan of West Seattle told ABC News Seattle affiliate KOMO-TV that he was attacked early Tuesday morning, held hostage and beaten for hours, and he said his assailants told him it was because he was white.

"They started bringing up the past -- like slavery -- being like, white people did this," McClellan told KOMO News reporter Shomari Stone in an exclusive interview. "They targeted me for being white, and they made it very clear that's why they were assaulting me."

I would highly encourage you to read the rest of the story at the link, because I just cannot highlight the amount of fuckery in the article. I just cannot do it justice. Now I'm going to reserve judgment until more details come out. We do remember what happened with Aiesha Steward-Baker. I reserved my judgment of that precious little "angel" until more details came out and boy were they legion.

With that said, I just want to say that I am amazed that this story hasn't gotten just as much attention. As a minority, I know how little attention we get when hate crimes are committed against us. I think it's only fair that Shane McClellan's attack get some attention.

Unfortunately, the morons will come out in droves. I understand the anger. This kid has shit to do with slavery and he's allegedly beaten for it? To be specific, these men were 21 and 23 years old respectively, one black and one of Asian or Asian Pacific Islander heritage.

I know better than to jump to conclusions about these things. For some reason his being out at 2 am bothers me, and I hope his parents take heed. There is nothing open at 2 am but legs and the empty ass heads of badass scoundrels looking to do something stupid.

With that said, if this is true, I'm pissed. I'd kill the fuckers who did this to my child. I'd go find them myself, or pay someone to do work them out Pulp Fiction style, and I am referring to the scene in the back room of the shop.

If you are so mad about "oppression" and inequality, then get a damned job, volunteer and do something. Attacking random white folks is counterproductive and does nothing.

As for Shane and his family, if this is true (you can't fault people for waiting for the facts), I urge you to use this experience for good. Being a victim of a hate crime, Shane can use this opportunity to fight for tougher legislation, and he may actually find that he could be a valuable asset for everyone, not just himself. Use this anger and hopefully this righteous indignation to lend a voice to the struggles of minorities and even those in the LGBQT community.  And please understand that this type of violence happens everyday within races.  Black men kill and attack each other at alarming rates.  Use this experience for good, because anger directed in the wrong direction that is unfiltered and unfettered only destroys the person harboring those emotions. Trust me, I know...

I will keep my eye on this story... And if these animals did commit this crime, especially for racist reasons, I hope they get a nice welcome to prison by some members of the Aryan Brotherhood.  Karma is a real bitch...

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Arizona's Ethnic Studies Ban is a Study In Anti-Intellectualism and Racist Stupidity

I'm reading NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman right now, and boy is it a thrill ride. Thus far, this book is a keeper, as in I will NEVER part with it, and use it for reference. The book basically examines the way we parent and why those things may not be working, especially as we look at how our society seems to be going in a direction that doesn't seem all that wonderful.

I just finished the book's section on race, and I found even more reason to find this whole process in Arizona to eliminate Ethnic Studies just plain stupid. Check out why:

University of Michigan researchers lead by Dr. Daphna Oyserman presented black high-school students in Detroit with a color strip of browns and blacks. Then they asked the teens to choose which color on the strip most closely matched their skin tone. Then the teens had to answer a battery of questions on their academics and social behavior. The researchers then went to the schools, obtaining the kids' GPAs, and teachers' reports on their behavior in class.


Overall, those teens who rated themselves as having the darkest skin tones had higher GPAs, better behavior reports, and a higher belief in their academic ability. The lighter the kids' skin color, the lower the GPA, the worse the behavior report, and the less they believed in their academic competency. The researchers did another version of the experiment, where Hispanic kids rated themselves as "looking Latino," whatever that was, and they found a similar pattern.

The researchers theorized that darker-skinned and "Latino looking" teens had an unshakable ethnic identity. No one could accuse them of "acting white" if they excelled in school, because such a comment would be ridiculous. But for the lighter-skinned youths, such an accusation would be more potent.

That their status within their ethnic community was somehow more tenuous lead them they to live up to the ethnic stereotypes─to shore up their ethnic ties. Even if the stereotypes they were living up to were negative ones.

The kids were just so desperate to have a strong sense of belonging. They'd rather embrace the negative stereotype than have no "image" at all.

The book indicates that children who've taken ethnic studies, and grow up with strong senses of identity tend to view things differently. They are still hip to racism, but they are less likely to use that as a crutch. To simplify, they are not engaged in "monkey shit" because it's not a credit to black folks. Their identity is strong, so they are less likely to act a fool because they are not suffering from the collective low self-esteem affecting black folks in America. This is why I credit my mother with teaching me about Marcus Garvey early. It was such a huge ego boost that has stayed with me all these years.

Those kids are less likely to yell discrimination for every damned thing, and they are more likely to examine themselves and their "failures" before pulling the race card (and you know some of our cousins do pull that card posthaste).

So when you have a situation in Arizona where they are basically going to be racially profiling Latinos, you would think they would've done some research on whether or not they should go with the idiotic idea to ban ethnic studies. Guess not!



I hate to be a book whore, but it turns out that desegregation as we practice it is actually a joke. Now, I'm not one to jump on bandwagons from books, but from my own personal experience, I have a hard time believing that we're doing a good job just plunking kids into schools with diversity. It turns out we need more dialogue for this to work, and even get better, and as it turns out, Ethnic Studies are conducive to this happening.

Whatever Arizona ultimately plans to do, it's clear that they've leading the large for anti-intellectualism.

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Is Race Really a Social Cosntruct?

I don't think so. I'm still reading up on it, so I am not an authority on this. I am strictly going off of emotion.

I am reading more and more that race is a "social construct" something that we as a group of people came up with. I find this notion to be a bit dangerous considering that we have serious problem with aversive racism as opposed to overt racism ie burning crosses, lynching, slavery, etc.

The "social construct" argument to me is misleading and it can give an out to people who want to use the very irresponsible "colorblind" argument. As you can see in this blog, I have railed against the notion of being "colorblind" as it produces people who could give a shit less about real issues happening that pertain to race.

I also find it almost demeaning in the sense that it takes away from what makes us truly special, all of us, not just black, but white, Asian, Hispanic, etc.

It's almost as if it seeks to erase history and our heritage in order to push the "colorblind" agenda that, in my opinion, has done quite a bit of harm to today's race relations.

Do you think race is as simple as being a "social construct?" Or is it just an excuse for delusional multiculturalists?

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Is This The New Face of Racism?

This video elicited a strong emotion from me because I had lost all hope until the European lady--I want to say British--and her people took a stand.

This is what we are talking about. We are not talking about staging rallies for civil rights or talking about slavery. We are talking about having empathy for another human being, regardless of color.

I understand when people say they don't want to deal with confrontation, but this is someone's character and person being violated, and people stood by and did nothing, that is until two other white women raised hell.

I think it's telling that they were British--the ones who stood up for her the most strongly.

As for the other young lady, I am glad that she felt strongly about the discrimination. While she didn't react as strongly, at least she said something, and that is better than nothing.

NOBODY loves confrontation unless they are antisocial or sociopathic. This is one of those things where confrontational or not, you help out a fellow human being.

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This Is What Australia Thinks of Black People? Blackface Fuckery on "Hey Hey It's Saturday" show

This is funny:



In the movie "Tropic Thunder," Robert Downey Jr. plays Australian Oscar-winning actor Kirk Lazarus whose playing the role of a black actor in the movie that they are making within the film.

That shit was funny. I got it. I was not offended in the least, because it was actually a parody of the little some know about African-Americans and their history. It doesn't always work, but Downey made it work. He can do that.

This shit featured on Australia's "Hey Hey It's Saturday" show was trashy, tacky and ignorant beyond comprehension:



The two male judges, one of which was Harry Connick Jr., gave them a score of 0 (Connick Jr.) and the other gent gave them a score of 1, which was too kind in my opinion. It wasn't nearly as kind as the old hag who gave them a score of 7 (with a little flower drawn on it) for good measure.

Matter of fact, fast forward to 1:50, and you will see Harry's face say it all. He later goes on to break it down at 4:40 where he affirms that he would not have been on the show at all, had he known that routine was part of the show.

Might I add that this is why I FUX with Harry??? I digress...

To be fair, it sounded like most of the audience booed them, so that helps.

What doesn't help is someone signing off on this type of blatantly disgusting, racist crap in the first place. This is what happens when people think that racism is limited to hoods, burning crosses and swastikas. They will believe that as long as they don't have someone coming on the show with a "Die Negroes, Die!" routine, that something like blackface is completely done "in fun."

You know what though? Keep the blackface, because how can I get mad at something that is so blatantly inaccurate? That's like getting mad at the crazy guy on the street talking about the sky being pink... It's pointless and he looks totally fucking insane.

The "lead singer" or the jackass playing Jacko had this to say:

"All six of us discussed this at length whether or not we should put this on because we realised it may be controversial," he said. "We did go to the trouble of checking with the production staff and they seemed to OK it."

"It certainly was not meant to be racist in any way at all," Dr Deva said. "I think he (Connick Jr) is taking it the wrong way."

Are you kidding me? Dude, you're Indian!!! When I turned up a Google Search on Indians in Australia, I was greeted with headlines about anti-racist rallies of Indian students in Australia, and about attacks on Indians there, in what seem to be a rash of hate crimes.

The fact that they "thought" it over and still decided to do it speaks volumes about them.

It doesn't matter what you think anymore, Mr. Deva. You and your cohorts thought about it, and you jumped. Okay.

Harry, and everyone else can TAKE offense to your stupidity and the act borne from it, and that's the way it is. You are nobody to tell anyone that they are taking it the wrong way. You can control what you do, but you cannot control the way people react. If you engage in fuckery, expect to be called to the table.

The problem with bigots like him is they expect everyone to be in agreement, and those who are not, are being overly sensitive. That's deflecting and it's a coping mechanism stupid people use to protect their idiocy. Challenge these bastards every step of the way, and let them have it.

If I were a judge, I'd have given them negative 100.

Let's hope that if Deva, or any of his cohorts, end up on the wrong end of the racist stick, that his racist routine is remembered fondly. We all know how racists withold from engaging in hate crimes if the subject of their ire is racist too...

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Let me add that Harry's response was better than anything I expected. For me, this is the way anyone who claims to be "post-racial" should respond. He let it be clear that it was wrong. It wasn't a uber awesome response, but it was pretty damned good, and I respect him for speaking up. Most people would not have...

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Go Ahead and Have That Talk About Race With Your Kids

Several years ago, while I was pregnant with my youngest, I was part of a pregnancy board. They had a debate section, and one of the things that they debated was racism and the need for African-Americans (and Blacks in general) to have their own things like magazines, shows, Miss Black America, the like. Many of the women on this site were white. Actually most were.

I explained calmly that these things were necessary because there was not equal representation, or even favorable representation.

Those women went ape shit. They accused me, and black people, of being racist for wanting to have Essence magazine or TV One. They said it was counterproductive. They told me I was racist or had issues for pointing out my own race.

I explained that I don't agree with this whole "I don't see color" bullshit because it's dangerous, it's a cop out, and it enables certain people to make excuses for fuckery because they then assume that everyone is "over" race, and therefore racism.

They were SO hurt, because a few had black friends, or hispanic baby daddies, etc. You get my drift. Yet still, their sneering remarks and their general disregard for the reasons WHY minorities have had to create their own "niches" was worse than any sneering I could get over at Stormfront.

Enter this recent article by Newsweek, and my vindication continues to grow. I tried to tell them, but they didn't listen. I tried saying this over at Racialicious but I was told that this kind of racism paled in comparison to overt. I disagree. Overt racism can be ridiculed, shot down, immediately. Covert racism and prejudice disguised as "equality for all," to an ignorant person? Dangerous as hell.

Here are a few excerpts from the article posted here:

The goal of Vittrup's study was to learn if typical children's videos with multicultural storylines have any beneficial effect on children's racial attitudes. Her first step was to give the children a Racial Attitude Measure, which asked such questions as:

How many White people are nice?
(Almost all) (A lot) (Some) (Not many) (None)


How many Black people are nice?
(Almost all) (A lot) (Some) (Not many) (None)

During the test, the descriptive adjective "nice" was replaced with more than 20 other adjectives, like "dishonest," "pretty," "curious," and "snobby."

Vittrup sent a third of the families home with multiculturally themed videos for a week, such as an episode of Sesame Street in which characters visit an African-American family's home, and an episode of Little Bill, where the entire neighborhood comes together to clean the local park.

In truth, Vittrup didn't expect that children's racial attitudes would change very much just from watching these videos. Prior research had shown that multicultural curricula in schools have far less impact than we intend them to—largely because the implicit message "We're all friends" is too vague for young children to understand that it refers to skin color.

Yet Vittrup figured explicit conversations with parents could change that. So a second group of families got the videos, and Vittrup told these parents to use them as the jumping-off point for a discussion about interracial friendship. She provided a checklist of points to make, echoing the shows' themes. "I really believed it was going to work," Vittrup recalls.

The last third were also given the checklist of topics, but no videos. These parents were to discuss racial equality on their own, every night for five nights.

At this point, something interesting happened. Five families in the last group abruptly quit the study. Two directly told Vittrup, "We don't want to have these conversations with our child. We don't want to point out skin color."

Here comes that notion of guilt again. What the hell are they guilty about anyway, if they aren't actively engaging in questionable behavior? Of course, conversing with your child about race would mean that your ass would show, so to speak, and your smug attitudes on race would be challenged.

Alas, some liberals are just as racist and bigoted as the very conservatives they claim to despise.

They wanted their children to grow up colorblind. But Vittrup's first test of the kids revealed they weren't colorblind at all. Asked how many white people are mean, these children commonly answered, "Almost none." Asked how many blacks are mean, many answered, "Some," or "A lot." Even kids who attended diverse schools answered the questions this way.

More disturbing, Vittrup also asked all the kids a very blunt question: "Do your parents like black people?" Fourteen percent said outright, "No, my parents don't like black people"; 38 percent of the kids answered, "I don't know." In this supposed race-free vacuum being created by parents, kids were left to improvise their own conclusions—many of which would be abhorrent to their parents.

If your children have come to this conclusion, but they haven't seen you lynch, or burn a cross, then it's time to have that conversation. It's time to open your own mind as a parent.

This is why we cannot hope to get anywhere with race. Political correctness has made it so that assholes cannot be challenged on their foolishness. I do not believe in being politically correct. You are either smart or stupid. Stupid people say and do racist things. Smart people don't. There is nothing politically correct about either. It's just common sense.

There was a time where we could challenge these ideas, and people could step away questioning their foolish and idiotic notions about races and cultures. These days, we've made people take it underground, thereby creating an "underground" that has a teeming undercurrent of resentment. They are passing it on to their children, and that creates a problem. This next excerpt explains why perfectly:

Bigler ran a study in which children read brief biographies of famous African-Americans. For instance, in a biography of Jackie Robinson, they read that he was the first African-American in the major leagues. But only half read about how he'd previously been relegated to the Negro Leagues, and how he suffered taunts from white fans. Those facts—in five brief sentences were omitted in the version given to the other children.

After the two-week history class, the children were surveyed on their racial attitudes. White children who got the full story about historical discrimination had significantly better attitudes toward blacks than those who got the neutered version. Explicitness works. "It also made them feel some guilt," Bigler adds. "It knocked down their glorified view of white people." They couldn't justify in-group superiority.

This entire article is on point. I will say that it's not necessary to instill a lack of pride. I think that pride in one's culture and history is awesome, just as long as one can recognize that all others are just as important to the human tapestry. I don't think it's necessary to instill guilt. It is necessary, however, to instill common sense and respect for other peoples. It is necessary to teach children the truth. These children grow up to be cops, doctors, soldiers, lawyers, judges, etc. If we as parents, don't teach our kids to treat people like human beings, and not colors, then we've failed.

I'll conclude, the same way I concluded there. I am Black. If my friends say they don't see my race, how the hell are they seeing me? If people say they don't see my race, what do we have to discuss? You are purposefully discounting a part of me. Why? First thing you see when I walk in the door, or down the street is my race. And guess what? THAT'S ALRIGHT! I have no problems with you seeing that. Matter of fact, I never asked you NOT to see my race. I ask to be treated as a human being. If people have to ignore my race, in order to see me as a human being worthy of respect, then we have nothing to discuss.

We were all wrong when we said, "Let's teach our kids to not see race." We were still in shock after the 60s. We went about it all wrong. We sought to ignore what makes us special. When we did that, we lost sight of many things. It's as if we are looking at a tapestry--a beautiful one--and trying to ignore the colors. If we ignore the colors of the tapestry--the reds, the yellows, the whites, the blacks, the greys, the oranges, the blues, the greens--we cannot POSSIBLY value what we see before us. The tapestry loses luster, and becomes just another throw or piece of fabric that is disposable.

That's what's affecting us now... We still haven't gotten it right. We only WILL get it right when we start to confront our past and move forward together, and stop trying to run from it.

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REWIND: Is There Such a Thing As An "Angry White Man?"

With the recent murders of three innocent women by George Sodini, I decided to rehash this post. George Sodini was definitely suffering from what some have called a "White Persecution Complex" or "Angry White Man" Syndrome.

Someone googled Angry White Man, and found this post also, so I thought it would be a good time to examine it.

Let me premise that if you get offended by this, get your life together. I just want to put that out there for the twits that will find this and get all pissy. I rail against "Angry Black Women" and "Angry Black Men," and I am equal opportunity when it comes to calling out fuckery, so... If you can't take that, do not continue.

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This one is going to be real blunt, and real raw, but it is what it is.

Many times we hear about the "angry black woman," the "damaged beyond repair black man/woman," or "angry black man." There's the "black b-tch" stereotype as well. We hear these often. Some people have even capitalized on those labels for their own gain and have turned them into a positive in some cases. So be it.

While it is out there, a less discussed stereotype is the "angry white man/guy." It's out there. Dennis Leary focused his comedic routine on being that "angry white guy" for years. He even translated it into a role as a very angry and frustrated white police captain in charge of two knucklehead cops (played by Ed Lover and Dr. Dre) in "Who's Da Man," a movie featuring a bevy of rappers and hip-hop personalities in New York.

I love Dennis though. I think he's cool and his recent comment on ABC's "The View" regarding how we need a presidential REALITY check endeared me to him (not to mention the fact that I find him kind of sexy but that's besides the point).

While Dennis, George Carlin and others may get away with that "schtick," the reality is that they aren't nearly as angry or bitter as they would have you believe. They can't! The reality is that the "angry/bitter white guy" who isn't famous, driving next to you on the freeway or working near you in the factory is REALLY angry, and a hell of a lot more vitriolic, and he's doing it for free.

"Tell Me You're Joking!"

Yesterday, while convalescing at home, my boyfriend (I'll call him Mr. Slim) told me about a coworker of his who decided to spout off at the mouth about a number of different issues. Mr. Slim (who is white) knows that I read up on history, politics, and a host of other topics because I'm a nerd like that, and I stay on the internets debating or agreeing, one of the two.


He goes on to tell me that one of his coworkers, a white male in his fifties, held "court" during their break or downtime at work. Here are some of the topics that Mr. Slim said this bitter little thing brought up:


- Muslims (of course): He claimed that Muslims ONLY won ONE of three crusades. (This is actually wrong. They only lost one of 13 crusades. Yeah, they kicked butt).


- He claimed that Saddam Hussein launched SS-1 (Scud) missiles into Israel up until we (illegally) invaded Iraq in 2003. He states that was a main factor for us going into Iraq, because we, the great power that we are, had to intervene because Israel was going to nuke the hell out of Iraq. Nevermind that the last confirmed reports of Saddam Hussein launching missiles into Iraq, per my research, occured in 1991 during the first Gulf War. He did so as a preemptive strike. Sounds like anyone you know?


- You know black folks were going to get it right? Yup! He claims that during a march in New York City he attended, he was under 10 years old per Mr. Slim's recollection, Martin Luther King was at the front holding a protest, while the Black Panthers were at the rear destroying the city. I can't find anything on this in Google.


- He brings up that Martin Luther King Jr. was an adulterer and that he was kicked out of his church; no longer entitled to the title of reverend. I haven't found anything saying that he was kicked out of his church or that his title of reverend was stripped.


- He says abortion is murder and that it kills the future workers of America. He says adoption should be the answer.


- He makes it his business to talk about he is an authority on the war because his wife is a reservist.


- He touts the World Bank and IMF. He claims that they are not run by Americans, or downplays the American role in these two organizations. This is a lie and he is grossly misinformed.

- He claims that Hugo Chavez should be assasinated for his defiance of the United States.


- George Bush has done NO wrong and will continue to do no wrong......

- Always cries "REVERSE RACISM"

Those are just a few of the things I could remember on the laundry list of problems this gentleman discussed at work. Naturally I asked my boyfriend if this was a joke, because I had never heard so many absurdities in my life.

I told my boyfriend, "that guy has bitter white man syndrome man!"

My boyfriend looked at me, and I explained to him that "bitter white man syndrome" is nothing new. It usually entails a gross misunderstanding of history to benefit his own interests or beliefs. Nevermind that research would prove him to be a liar. He will blame some political wing, usually the left, for being "extremist," which I take to mean that he will not admit that he is wrong. Everybody is wrong but him.

Minorities usually get the brunt of the blame for society's ills, but he doesn't go as far as being as hateful of the KKK. He might respect a black man or woman who falls into his rigid social standards. He tends to keep his predjudices to conversations with other white men because he just ASSUMES every white man is as bitter as he is. He could care less that he is being extremely disrespectful for discussing politics, religion, race or abortion at the workplace and spouting off his beliefs at the wrong place and wrong time.

Mr. Slim gathered that he was bitter before I even said anything, I just coined a term for this "phenomenon" because I've dealt with it many times over.

Why is this man so bitter? Why so angry and so misinformed? How do you spout off at the mouth that Muslims only won three crusades when the information points otherwise? A man like King Richard the Lionheart wouldn't have given the respect and reverence he gave Saladin had they not been on top of their game.

I find it comical that anyone could be that angry, especially given his position in the social hierarchy of things. I mean shouldn't life be good? Men that look like him are printed on the money you spend. The leaders of this country all look him; looked out for his best interests first before anyone else's and catered to him first. Entertainment is brought to white men 18-34 on a platter because what they want goes. Movies, music, television, you name it. It is what it is. I'm not bitter, so why is he bitter?

I guess I don't understand, from my viewpoint as a black woman, why he's so mad at the world. What affront has been done to him to make him so angry?

Maybe if we sat down and had a chat, he would stop being so angry and he would realize that life isn't as bad as he thinks it is........

I mean at least he's not a minority......

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Disgusting: Philadelphia Workers File Discrimination Case! Segregation in 2009!

I just wanted to drop this gem after seeing it over at Racialicious.

IT MAY BE the ultimate indignity.

Lawrence "Lonnie" Powell, 58, a semiskilled laborer at the city's Northwest Transfer Station, in Roxborough, said that since he began working at the trash-handling plant in 2003 he has had to seek the superintendent's permission to go to the bathroom — then descend five flights of stairs to use it.

Powell, who is black, said that white employees have been permitted to use a bathroom just 25 feet from his work station.

"On several occasions I've actually defecated on myself, trying to get down to the bathroom," said Powell, who operates a machine that packs trash into tractor-trailers to be taken to landfills.

Powell is one of five current and former employees, all in their 50s, who allege, in legal documents and interviews with the Daily News, that the station's white superintendent has discriminated against them because they are black.

The superintendent, John Gill, has not responded substantively to Daily News requests for comment.

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When I saw that this was in or near Schuylkill, well I admit I was everything BUT surprised. This is the same area/state that gave us our own little Adolf Hitler.

While reading this, I had to ask myself, at what point do you say, "Enough is enough!" and raise hell? I am not coming down on those poor men, mind you. I can only imagine. I've been a victim of workplace fuckery myself. It's hard. However, looking back, I wish I would've done more because they continued to give others hell after I was eventually fired (one of the best things to ever happen to me).

What would you do if you were in their position?

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Skip Gates Isn't a Jungle Monkey! He Just, You Know, Acts Like One!

As I play this video, Mr. Slim is in the background poking fun with, "I call ALL my friends jungle monkeys!" and "Your Honor, this is unfair! You guys are racist!"

"You guys are discriminating against me cuz I'm white! I'm a banana eating jungle monkey too!"

If you watch this video, you will see why he was saying that because they are trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

See what I told you all? That beer summit didn't do much. Obviously Barrett didn't get the memo.

Oh, and Justin, you're not fooling anyone, darling. Grow a pair and admit that what you said was racist.

All talk, and no nuts.

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Black Philly Officers Sue Messageboard, But Is Domelights.com REALLY Racist? Yes and No...

I read on CNN and The Field Negro about this cop controversy in Philadelphia, and I just had to share my thoughts. Here's some background:

A group of black Philadelphia police officers filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against their department, alleging an online forum geared toward city police is "infested with racist, white supremacist and anti-African-American content."


The suit alleges white officers post on and moderate the privately operated site, Domelights.com, both on and off the job.

Domelights' users "often joke about the racially offensive commentary on the site ... or will mention them in front of black police officers," thus creating "a racially hostile work environment," according to lawyers for the all-black Guardian Civic League, the lead plaintiff in the suit.

A look at the site's forums Friday for racist comments found several possibilities.

Reads one: "In urban areas, it seems [African-Americans] living on welfare in paid for housing is ingrained in their culture as well as fighting. ... Kids, along with adults can't speak proper English or spell at a 3rd grade level, but they can sing among "theyselves" the lyrics to a rap song."

Said another Domelights user of an African-American woman: "She is a classic example of that exact non tax paying, no car insurance driving, bad weave wearing, all the whitey's are racist black women."

The site's tagline is "the voice of the good guys."

"Every time African-Americans do or say something in our city, we get this backlash of cops who think they're anonymous on this Web site -- just racist, nasty, hurtful things about what we do," said Rochelle Bilal, the president of the Guardian Civic League and a 23-year veteran of the force.

I visited the site. It's not really a surprise to me to see this. I've seen such before. I've seen commentary that unequivocally shows, what someone brilliantly called, a "white persecution complex." I love that term, because it's dead on. It's no different than the "black victim complex" or "the race card" that some black folks like to pull when they are wrong, but don't like to admit it.

Does it matter that these people have negative opinions about black folks? Not really. Everybody knows that opinions are like assholes. They are entitled to theirs, and if they base their opinions on stereotypes, propaganda and lack of education, then it's their problem. Google is a powerful tool. If they are too stupid to do the research, then that's a reflection of their intelligence, or the lack thereof.

I highlighted the above comments because I just had to mention those specifically. Let me make myself so clear. I do not like stupid, ignorant dregs on society. I don't care what your race is. Do black folks get the short-end of the stick when it comes to criticism at times? Yes! But trash is trash, and if you are black, white, purple or transparent, you will get it from me. That "it" being honesty. You've seen that on this blog if you've been reading long enough. I don't believe in giving out a pass to anyone, white or black. I do believe in parity. I believe in justice. I believe in equality. So here's my take on the first comment.

Philadelphia's black on black violence is not a joke. It's not a creation from someone's mind. It's bad everywhere, and it's bad there. Black men are still likely to die by each other's hands, if they are not put in jail first. That's the truth. This comment about it being "ingrained" in the culture is pretty much correct. We do not have self-love ingrained right now. It is CLEAR. As a collective, materialism, violence and self-hate are being taught to us at an early age. This is showing. President Obama did not make that speech at the NAACP for nothing. It's true. So I do not classify that first comment above as racist. I call it truth.

When GROWN women cannot formulate an articulate thought because their grammar is so lacking, it's offensive, we have a serious problem.

As for the second comment about the weave wearing "welfare queen," well... Can we all honestly say that we do not know someone like this? That we have never met someone like this? I've met and seen plenty.

(Side Note: I just wanted to say that seeing that "weave wearing" comment grinds my gears. Why? Because I'm not playing when I say that our lack of appreciation for our natural hair SHOWS. We may not want to admit it. But as a collective, we know good and damned well that most black women subdue their kinks because they cannot accept them or themselves. I am putting out there. Flame me if you must, but self-denial is a mother.... And nobody else is drinking that "Oh, I just do this for ease of style" kool-aid either. But then again, I come from the Marcus Garvey school of thought on these things.)

We cannot expect to show our asses in public, and not have anyone say anything about it. We cannot tell people to "shut up" when we have those among us who MISREPRESENT us. We have to make it UNACCEPTABLE for these "elements" to do that. You know how I feel about it. The same broad that had the nerve to say something about my natural twists, is probably the same broad that will say some self-hating comment that will misrepresent us.

Now, in my travels on the site--and believe me it was difficult because the idiocy is DRIPPING all over the place--I saw non-racist comments, but then I saw plenty that were aversively racist, or just flat out racist. Example, someone tried to draw parallels between IR dating and murder of whites. Too bad the idiot failed to see that MURDERS are usually committed by someone you know or love, so it has little, if anything, to do with race. I digress...

What Domelights.com fails to understand is that there are plenty of GOOD, law-abiding minorities who want justice and peace, who feel betrayed. I certainly would feel that way if my city's department had a website like that. Who the hell am I supposed to call if I'm attacked? Racist, bigoted and biased cops? Why? So I can be beaten for calling in the first place? It's not about race. It's about a lack of trust.

If I'm being beaten by a boyfriend, will they not defend me because of their bias?

What are WE supposed to think, Domelights.com police officers? Maybe you don't care. That's fine. But why the HELL are you a cop if you don't want to be part of the solution?

My brother told me that several years ago, while walking with a friend, he noticed a syringe out in the open. He felt that maybe someone could be hurt or infected, so they called the cops. The officer shows up (they stayed there to guide him to the syringe), and accuses them of having planted it there. He gives them shit, orders them to sit down, etc. You know what bothered me? My brother doesn't even DRINK. He does not smoke, he hates drugs, and he cannot stand nightclubs. This guy is all about working out. That's his drug (and chicks of course). This piece of trash cop's bias led him to alienate law abiding citizens. I am familiar with law enforcement. I know for a FACT that most times, witnesses are what help a case along. How the hell do you alienate law abiding citizens?

That means you are no longer an asset to your job, and you need to find something else to do.

I GET it. Trust me, I do. I don't like going to anything that remotely looks like it might have too many of my "cousins" (credit to Fresh at Crunk and Disorderly) who are of the "trouble-making" sort. I like to be around self-loving, self-respecting black folks. Ignorant, mental plantation-dwelling fools is not my cup of tea, so I can only imagine that after x amount of calls, you're probably tired of seeing "fuckery." I would be too if I were a cop.

"Yeah, but white folks are acting up too! Look at the meth addicts!"

I am not giving them a pass, but I refuse to use them as a reason to negate the mistakes of black folks either. That is parity.

A tool is a tool is a tool.

Should black cops go for the lawsuit? I am not sure, only because miseducation and ignorance breeds contempt when it comes to race relations. That's what a very wise Siditty told me, and I agree with her.

They will just create another blog or forum, keep it private or something, and spew the same thing there. The lawsuit is not attacking the ROOT of the problem. It is barely skimming the surface, and it is lost on the minds of people who do not even know that they are wrong or why.

Instead of suing, how about sitting together and confronting the problem with honesty. People say what they really mean, and put it out there. Not everyone's mind will change, but a few will and that's a hell of lot better than suing the pants off of the ignorant for being ignorant. They're ignorant because they didn't have the foresight to keep an open mind and educate themselves in the first place.

"Am I my brother's keeper?" YES.

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Idiotic Question of the Week: From Commenter at FreeRepublic.com on Malia's Peace Shirt

This is a double post, but I figure I would start off with this asshat question directed at Kristinn at FreeRepublic.com (these people are MISERABLE):

To: kristinn
Meanwhile, Obama’s daughter is parading around in a peace t-shirt. What type of message does that send to our troops?



20 posted on Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:58:18 PM by Extremely Extreme Extremist{<----Hello?? Has ANYONE noticed this guy's name? Funny how they like Extremists, as long as they are not Muslim, right?)

I can answer this question for this gentleman easy. They are probably thinking the same thing. They PROBABLY want peace so they can go home and see their families, and deal with the MYRIAD of issues that the inevitable PTSD will present. They probably want peace so they don't have to see anymore friends ripped to shreds, or children killed, or body parts.

See the problem with people is they think that soldiers, and vets like myself, are these emotionless sentinels who are content with death and carnage. We are trained to survive, we are not trained to enjoy killing. Anyone who enjoys that type of violence, is a little on the sick side.

There is nothing wrong with WANTING peace. There is nothing wrong with being a proponent of peace. Warmongers don't like that because it puts a spotlight on their sick fantasies and fetishes.

So if EXTREMIST has a problem with peace, maybe he should be over there and not here.

Malia and the Obama Family are "Ghetto" "Trash" and a Host of Other Racist Musings

The attack on Malia Obama and her family was so vile and putrid that even Kristinn at the Conservative Free Republic said, "It was not our finest hour."

No shit, Sherlock. Here's the rundown. As a PARENT, f*ck politics, I am DISGUSTED by these people and their comments. As a woman, I'm horrified by their misogyny, and as HUMAN, I'm very close to losing hope in the goodness of humans who label themselves "Conservative."

"A typical street whore." "A bunch of ghetto thugs." "Ghetto street trash." "Wonder when she will get her first abortion."


These are a small selection of some of the racially-charged comments posted to the conservative 'Free Republic' blog Thursday, aimed at U.S. President Barack Obama's 11-year-old daughter Malia after she was photographed wearing a t-shirt with a peace sign on the front.


The thread was accompanied by a photo of Michelle Obama speaking to Malia that featured the caption, "To entertain her daughter, Michelle Obama loves to make monkey sounds."


Though this may sound like the sort of thing one might read on an Aryan Nation or white power website, they actually appeared on what is commonly considered one of the prime online locations for U.S. Conservative grassroots political discussion and organizing - and for a short time, the comments seemed to have the okay of site administrators.


Moderators of the blog left the comments - and commenters - in place until a complaint was lodged by a writer doing research on the conservative movement, almost a full day later.


"Could you imagine what world leaders must be thinking seeing this kind of street trash and that we paid for this kind of street ghetto trash to go over there?" wrote one commenter.


"They make me sick .... The whole family... mammy, pappy, the free loadin' mammy-in-law, the misguided chillin', and especially 'lil cuz... This is not the America I want representin' my peeps," wrote another.


Such was the onslaught of derision on the site that the person who originally complained about the slurs, a Kristin N., claims only one comment in the first hundred posted actually criticized the remarks as inappropriate.

In typical form, the Free Republic decided to tie in how "liberals" attacked Sarah Palin and her children. Because Republicans never insulted her or her children, right???? Never that.

When I see the above picture, I see a young lady that I would want to marry one of my boys. I see a proud, beautiful young lady, confident and killing the natural hair twists. Her peace shirt is SO needed. Imagine, if more young black women were to use Malia as a "role model" in impoverished, black communities across the country, the change that could be made. If they could learn that self-love, assurance, confidence, and message that peace is better than the way of violence, imagine the amount of young black lives that could be saved this year alone from street violence.

Of course, "Freepers" don't get that because it's not about any of that for them. It's all about being subdued. Anything that challenges their way of thinking about black women, is too difficult for their underdeveloped brains to understand, so they revert back to stereotypes.

It's not like they are seeing one of the "tragic negroes" on YouKnowYouDeadAzzWrong. This is a smart young lady, who is carrying herself well and is only a tween.

"Yeah, well, you LIBS insulted Sarah Palin's daughters and Bush's daughters!"

Two wrongs don't make a right. That will always hold true. Secondly, I thought Letterman's comment's were inappropriate. I didn't get his joke about Bristol at all. I've come to see Bristol's potential with her speaking to teens about her choices. There's a bit of hope for her. As for Bush's daughters? They were on another level and seeing the pics of their Paris Hilton-like antics at the time, they brought that scrutiny on themselves, the same way any celebrity does when exiting a limo spread eagle with no underwear on, or being caught on tape drunk as hell and screwing up.

Malia is not even the same AGE as Bush's daughters, and I would like to think that Bristol and the Bush Twins would not appreciate what these neo-con neanderthals were writing about.

There are really trashy liberals, yes. I say time and time again, that I became progressive, along with my brother and Mr. Slim, because I am tired of both schools of thought. There are racist, sniveling, disgusting, mouthbreathers on both sides of the lines, and that's unfortunate.

Whatever excuses the FreeRepublic, wants to use, there's no excusing the racist comments on that site.

Malia has more class in one hair follicle, than the entire readership of the FreeRepublic.com. What's funny, is they fail to see how they proved that with their vitriol.

Source: Vancouver Sun's Chris Parry

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If You Don't Want My "Complexion" There, Your Pool Can Go To Hell, Along With Your Racist Patrons, Valley Swim Club

Like you, when I first read this story, I was pissed. I can imagine what those kids felt like, having had that kind of rejection before, just not as bad. What they felt must be devastating. I was so angered, I felt compelled to call and email, the latter of which was successful. Here's the email:

As a veteran, I completely understand your "club" (for the lack of a
more appropriate word; I prefer snakepit however) wanting to be
private. These are the freedoms vets like myself fight/fought for
everyday. As a veteran, I am truly vexed that when people of all
races and creeds die to give you and your patrons such freedoms, you
turn back children because of their race. How dare you? As an
American woman of Caribbean descent, I am ashamed FOR you. In 2009,
there is no excuse for such inane thinking, archaic reasoning and
outright racism.

Shame on your for turning back children who could've learned so much
about generosity, change and positivity. They could've gotten a
POSITIVE view of race relations. Every child, regardless of race, has
incredible potential if they have the support system to back them up
and believe in them. Those kids will not forget your coldness, and I
hope that your swim club reaps what it sowed, as I am sure it will.

You are a disgraceful lot, and I am truly disgusted by your ilk. In
time, you may be able to go back to quiet anonymity, but do believe
that karma is a very real, and true, phenomenon, and you will get what
you deserve.

Save the apologies, as we know they will not be sincere. To do
something so cold blooded to children, is a most vile and disgusting
thing to do.

Then I started thinking, that I am TIRED of getting mad at the exclusionary practices of some bigots, racists and imbeciles due to race, creed, sexuality etc. See, black folks are not strangers to exclusion. It is part of our historical tapestry. With that said, I think an even better lesson for those kids could've been to have them attend a pool whose boardmembers and membership were predominantly black. I think that would've saved their sanity.

Do I believe all hell should be raised? Yes. These children need to know that we are willing to fight for them. God knows it seems like we don't too often. I believe it is the right thing to call, and email, and voice our anger. At the same token, we need to teach our kids that if they are not welcome to the "party," by all means have your own.

P.S. That apology is bullshit. The lies are even more insulting. Those children did not "misunderstand" anything if they are crying and upset.

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Thoughts About Steve McNair, Cheating, Sahel Kazemi...

I got a note on Facebook from someone asking about my thoughts on Steve McNair's murder by his mistress Sahel Kazemi. They were kind of asking where the post was.

Quick answer is, there are some things that I have to really marinate on before I can really post. I hate writing a post and then reading it days later, and lamenting that I didn't really think it out as well as I could have.

Having made Steve McNair's mistakes in my own marriage, I definitely wanted to wrap my head around this.

It's not that it's not coming, it is. Matter of fact, it's coming this evening. Make no mistake, I've been reading all of the articles and yesterday it appears that they believe, pretty conclusively, that she shot him four times (twice in the head, twice in the torso) and shot herself once. I have so many feelings an emotions because I can see so many different sides. I gotta get this right.

I am honored that people actually like reading my thoughts. The little blog that could I tell ya!

Also, a post on the Valley Swim Club's racist fuckery IS coming tonight. I did call them that night and yesterday. Voicemail was full. I did email them a scathing letter, and I will repost with the post today.

That's another one I wanted to think about and let emotions give way to reason. You may find my thoughts...interesting. LOL I hope.

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Black Male/White Female Interracial Couple Kissing Causes Fracas on the Internet

Wow it never stops!


According to Doug Moore, the picture was a very sore and touchy subject. I don't see why.

"It’s been almost 42 years since the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a law barring interracial marriage. But today, at least in St. Louis, it seems to remain a touchy subject."

I don't see why, to be honest with you. This is the 21st century. I find nothing inherently uber special about black men or white women to elicit this type of reaction. I could if we lived in the 19th century and we were foolish enough to believe that white women were the only virtuous women on earth and black men were beasts, but these are two human beings, just like you and I. I see two people kissing. That's it. I don't see anything about "libs" or "miscegenation". I see two people kissing.

But some don't see it that way:

It’s offensive, it’s disgusting, it’s putrid, it’s the Post Dispatch and Greenbaum.
— truly unbelievable
12:55 pm April 10th, 2009

People like this are obviously dumber than the rest of us because they believe in age old and refuted "facts" that not even a circus monkey would co-sign on.

My opinion on dating, be it IR or Intra-Race:

GET YOURS because I am MOST DEFINITELY getting mine.

And if you are worried about what's going in my bedroom, you might not want to hold your breath because you will suffocate and die.

I wonder if there would've been much uproar from the same rednecks if it would've been a black woman kissing a white man?

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Spread The Word About The Movie "American Violets!"

(Spotted at ConcreteLoop.com)

I am looking at the trailer and I am stoked for this movie!

It is based on the real life story of Regina Kelly. I can't do it much justice, so check out ReginaKelly.com for her story.

I would've fought my damned self! Go girl!

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White Liberal Racists Come Out to Play?

There was some tragic news in Seattle this weekend.

There have been quite a few shootings in Seattle lately, and this is just another one added to the count. Already in 2009 though? I mean, damn.

According to a witness, someone opened up the side door at Chop Suey, opened fire and fled. One person was killed. Police have two possible suspects in custody.

There were several hip hop acts scheduled to perform at Chop Suey tonight, including Young Soprano, Fatal Lucciano, No Clue, Dividenz and Anonimous. A witness says Young Soprano was performing when the shooting happened.

Update 2: One of the show's promoters says he'd been urged to cancel the event because of the possibility of a gang related conflict.

"There were rumors circulating about the show and people told me not to put it on," the promoter says. "Some of these people are from down south and some of them are from the Central District." Schatzer says one of tonight's performers even brought their own security.

The promoter says he heard 5 or 6 shots in the back of the club near the bathrooms and saw the show's host, 1st Black Prez, get hit in the shoulder.

(Source)

According to the article, a local rapper, 29-E, was killed. One rapper, Black Prez, is still in critical condition according to last reports.

Now, I was over at 206 Proof, and I was reading the comments there about this really tragic thing. I noticed that there was a big to do about the comments on The Slog (The Stranger's Blog). I went over to the comments and as usual, there's a lot of "blame hip hop" rhetoric and where does that lead? Bigoted, racist statements.

This is how commentators do out here in Seattle though. You talk about Amanda Knox, or some guy who was shot by cops, while wearing a Nazi uniform, when he raised his weapon towards an officer, and you get a hell of a lot more sympathy for these people. It annoys me because a piece of shit is a piece of shit, no matter the race. I have no sympathy for Amanda Knox, just like I have no sympathy for any of the thugs making Seattle a crappier city to try to live in.

What amazes me is that this is the comment section of a blog that belongs to The Stranger. The Stranger is a very liberal newspaper. Let me tell ya, Sarah Palin would faint if she got a hold of it. Why, if you needed a good time, you could just look at the back of the paper and find a prostitute. Yes, a prostitute. Full color ads there for ya!

The paper and its blog are ot a conservative haven, so why all the racist comments. Let me find you a few:

Why hasn't rap (or hiphop or whatever the fuck they're calling that shit) faded away by now? That "genre" has been on life support for at least thirty years.

It's shit music, made by idiots, with an audience of violent assholes. Its been corporatized beyond belief, with most of the songs seeming to be nothing but recitations of brand names.

I think they should just have these hiphop nights at the fucking King County Jail. Then they can check everybody on the way out, and whoever has an oustanding warrant gets to stay. It would be a great way to keep these violent retards off the streets.


Posted by Whatever happened to music? on January 4, 2009 at 7:59 AM

If blacks want to shoot each other, fine, I could honestly care less. Please just keep it in their own neighborhoods. I hate having to put up with this shit when they bring it to the Hill.

No more hip-hop on the Hill!

Posted by It's always the... on January 4, 2009 at 6:28 PM

The problem is the departed is a white male (may he rest in peace) and the show's promoter is also a white male. The hip hop scene out here is pretty multiracial and apparently the shooter is a white male as well. Doesn't matter. It has some semblance of black culture so therefore it's time to ban "hip hop nights" out here.

I stopped going to clubs in Seattle a while ago because, I've gotten too old to want to spend time with a bunch of strangers. That and it appeared there were one too many shootings at the clubs with more than a few black patrons. I stopped frequenting black clubs altogether, and just went to clubs that were frequented by white kids for the most part. Well, you know when white dudes get crunk they go around in circles talking about "bro" and "dude" and throw punches that go nowhere and then makeup at the end. LOL don't get pissed, it's true. Mr. Slim will tell you. I've seen those dudes in action, man. I digress...

Unfortunately, the brothers out there had a greater proclivity for weaponry so I had to "migrate." I don't fault the commentators for saying that something isn't right with these shootings occuring at "hip hop" clubs (aka black clubs. They just won't say it). There were several people on the blog that actually had great points. Unfortunately, most of the commentators, who are mostly white and liberal (I know the area), took the opportunity to voice their prejudiced views.

Isn't this supposed to be Washington State? Aren't we all supposed to be super cool and liberal? NO! In all actuality, the racism and prejudice out here is the most vitriolic kind. It's the kind that smiles in your face and stabs you in the back. You go to the South, you might know what's up. Out here, cats will front about how they have 10 black friends, but will talk shit on the Seattle Times or Seattle PI comments section about "homey g's" (I HATE THAT TERM) and the like.

So if you thought Seattle was a bastion of diversity and tolerance, just read the comments. You might find things are not what they seem.

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White Supremists' Plot To Kill Black Children, Barack Obama

He hasn't even been elected yet and the crazies are coming out in full force.

Two white supremist idiots plotted to behead and kill blacks in a killing spree and as the piece de resistance, plotted to assassinate Sen. Barack Obama. If that's not "fear of a black planet" I don't know what is.

Oh yeah, the little twit pictured above (with his underdeveloped body) is Daniel Coward...Err...I mean Daniel Cowart. Here's the story from Yahoo:

Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.

In all, the two men whom officials describe as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people — 14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.

The spree, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, "shooting at him from the windows," the court documents show.

Feel free to visit his Myspace page and drop him a line here.

Again, this shows just how stagnant race relations are in this country when a black man like Barack Obama has attracted assassination plots on his person. He's gone to Harvard, is articulate, married the mother of his kids, etc. Yet still some white Americans are frightened to DEATH of this man becoming president simply because of his race.

This should be an embarassment and it is. It's not solely an embarassment on one race but on the United States as a nation.

Nothing better happen to Barack Obama over racism. I want him to win because I cannot STAND McCain and I DESPISE Sarah Palin. Aye, I detest them both. However, it would be nice if Barack Obama won because I have two little boys that while mixed are, for all intensive purposes, considered black. That's fine. I know how this works. If Obama won, my boys could actually say "I want to be President when I grow up" and actually believe they could win. They could say that, and they wouldn't have to be shot down immediately with an "Oh! You can't be President, honey. You're black. They'll never elect a black man for President."

I also hope the justice system doesn't give these two men a free pass. They were serious in what they were going to do. I mean, they had NOTHING else to live for. They lived with grandparents in the boondocks for crying out loud. The unfortunate thing is I fear there are others.

That's an even greater shame.

I certainly hope to hear from McCain and Palin. It is their politics of fear and loathing that has helped stir this up even more and they should do the right thing and speak out.

I won't hold my breath...

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I was going to write about RACIST Arkansas Mayor...

Mel Kuhn but decided that I would just let the guys over at AngryBlackPeopleandOneWhiteGuy.com do all the talking for me. I honestly forgot...LOL. Let's just say they were not happy.

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Freakonomics Blog Says Biracial Kids Cuter Yet Less Well-Behaved...

I guess the NY Times have this blog called Freakonomics. Some time ago, they decided to use economics and other "scientific" evidence to prove their theories that mixed race children of black and white parents are attractive yet most likely to be screw ups.

I have decided to link to these people so you can see first hand. I have done so with a very heavy heart.

Can I get Sen. Barack Obama to cosign on this? Maybe he could write a book for all mixed race kids telling them how to beat the odds! That's the ticket! Help my children please, Senator Obama! We could get Tiger Woods to do a version for Black and Asian heritage mixed kids, Thandie Newton could write a heartbreaking book about how absolutely HORRIBLE her kids are going to be. Halle Berry could also write a book, and Alicia Keys, and Harold Ford Jr.

OH those POOR TRAGIC MULATTOES!!!

I am just so glad that Freakonomics has helped me peg my children for the future bastards they are going to be! Now I know to STOP believing in them. Now I know that they can only hang with Asians or Hispanics so that way they can't pick up any of the bad traits the study claims are contributed into their character from their mixed race heritage.

Oldest Son: "Mom, can I go play with Brad and Jamal?"
Me: "OH MY GOD NO!!!! NO NO NO!!!! Go to your room RIGHT NOW and stay there and until all these whiteys and negroes are extinct!!!"

Is anyone surprised why mixed race children of black and white heritage tend to feel more accepted amongst blacks?

This study is a perfect example of how no matter what you do or how hard you try, that one drop rule is still in full effect.

My little one's father (WHO LIVES WITH US IN A SUBURB, FREAKONOMICS!) doesn't seem to understand that there might come a day where Stay Puft Jr. (our baby) may find himself to be more black than white. I know this breaks his heart a little but that's life.

When a mixed child (black/white) comes to the black table and they find out his history, chances are they instantly think of him as black and hardly anything else. They will not classify him as white by any stretch of the imagination.

IF that same mixed child went to a white table and he tells them that his mom is black and his dad white, they will only hear the black part and classify him as black. This is the world we live in.

There really is little use in arguing this "study" because they have used warped science to come to their conclusions. Science has been disproven time and time again. I guess that's why it's not my favorite subject because it has way too many variables. Give me literature, history and philosophy any day.

There are always going to be detractors in our lives regardless of race. Unfortunately, black people and mixed race people's detractors are hell-bent on making them look like substandard human beings with moronic tendencies and dysfunctional brains.

Years ago, I stopped believing what white people said about how far I would be able to go. I am pleased and happy to say that they were wrong a thousand times over. Not to say that I haven't had black detractors either, but in most cases they were operating off of what white detractors told them about themselves.

I am simply going to "do me." I am going to tell my children to go about their lives happy and ambitious as all hell. Knowledge is power, and I've outsmarted enough white people to know that there is nothing wrong with my brain and studies like these are poppycock.

I have a profound trust in my children's abilities because the factor they DIDN'T use in this "experiment" was the sh*tty parenting which I find to be a huge problem affecting this country like a spreading cancer.

In any case, I have to thank them for this study. Now I can show my children this article when they get older on those days they feel like giving up.

Or I could just line a birdcage with it...

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