Black Elites, the Kennedy Family, You & Me

I’ve wondered from time to time why it seems certain benevolent whites have often had more sympathy for the plight of blacks than other black people. Especially when it comes to the black elite. Perhaps hate is too strong a word to describe the standoffish attitude, but disdain or indifference could probably work equally as [...]

Can A White Person Successfully Give Up Their Privilege?

I was reading this post at the anti-racist parent blog about White Noise, a Minneapolis-based group of “white parents with white children” who want to end white supremacy. The name sounds a bit too similar to militia/supremacist groups which is why I initially decided to research them. I was going to write about this the [...]

Toure: Trying to Pull A Perez Hilton & Failing

May 2011 — Audience Note: When I first wrote this post and referenced Perez, it was a nod to his ability to draw attention, but coincidentally after he got into a fight with a black person and unleashed his latent racism, the comparison takes on a deeper but slightly different implication. Ah well… ******* I [...]

Penn Jillette Doesn’t Want Obama To Have Any Power

Yet he claims to “like the guy”. Yeah….whatever. I’m all for legit critique of the President and have done so repeatedly. I am also opposed to group think as well, but comparing Bush’s popularity after 9/11 and Obama’s popularity after Bush destroyed the country is NOT THE SAME THING. One was based on fear, xenophobia [...]

The Real Black State of the Union Pt. 2

I’m continuing the essay I began with yesterday’s post. In picking up on the concern writer Stephen Talty expresses for how his bi-racial son will navigate his heritage he says the following:  

Raising Asher has made me more thoughtful about these things, and more driven too. But it has also made me harder in [...]

Warhol Meet Palin: There’s the Door!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYi61ZhSZ74″>Cosby

In the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes – Andy Warhol

Failed VP candidate Sarah Palin is holding on for dear life what Warhol so famously quipped about! It’s a looong way to 2012 though! I had a laugh as her continued attention addiction led her this week to complain Caroline [...]