I cringe inside every time someone calls me Caucasian. Why? First of all, because it implies heritage in the Caucacus Mountain area, and although my ancestors were a bunch of wandering bastards, to my knowledge none of them lived in that vicinity…. But more importantly, because of the man who coined the word. Johann Friedrich [...]
You Do Not Get A Laminated Ghetto Pass*
Some of you may have read My 10 Rules For White People Who Hang Out With Black People This young thing has broken rule #5, which is a soft rule, you can push that one and slide by, but she really stepped in it by breaking rules #1 and #2: V-NASTY! FEMALE RAPPER FROM EAST OAKLAND! [...]
8 Things Black Women Get Away With That White Women Can’t
So, two months ago Madame Noir published the article: White Women Do It, Too: 8 Things Black Women Can’t Get Away With Doing by LaShaun Williams. This article suavly bypasses such topics as the wage gap, promotions, or, god-forbid–running for President–in favor of covering such crucial issues as “being a slut,” “getting a nose job” [...]
10 Rules For White People Who Hang Out With Black People
If you are already a white person who hangs out with black people you probably already know these rules–and when and how to break them. If you’re just starting to hang out with black people, or are wondering about those strange looks your black friends, colleagues and associates sometimes give you–you might want to brush [...]
Temps: Second Class in the Office
I have a confession to make: as a single mom living in my Mom’s basement and working as a Temp, I don’t often feel privileged (hell, I can’t even spell privilege, which you would know if not for spell check!) Sometimes I remind myself that I am a single mom living in my Mother’s basement [...]
Casual Suburban Racism
“Are you sure the local kids aren’t blaming the METCO kids because they got caught?”
White Fear
Whoever it was, with that moment of terror filled eye contact I have reinforced every stereotype this guy has probably ever heard about white people.
The Gates Arrest was Completely Racist–and Stupid.
No matter what the report was that the cops got about an intrusion, once they ID’d Professor Gates, it was clear that they were in the wrong. However well intentioned, they had intruded into his home and harassed him. The appropriate, really only, acceptable response to that situation is to apologize profusely. Extremely profusely.
