People. Friends. If you don’t like President Obama’s presidency, that’s fine. If you disagree with his politics and policies, okay. Policy is debatable. Statistics are often used to tell one aspect of a complicated situation. If you really dislike him as a person, I think you’ve bought into the political demonization perpetuated by media factions.…
I’m tardy to the party but can we talk about this? I don’t have any FB friends who have changed their profile pics to the Confederate flag but one degree of separation away — just one. It’s a madhouse. I’ve read some offensive things over the past few days but what can you do. BUT,…
Inside: Calgon take me away; One f-bomb; One s-word (not mine) Okay, listen. I love y’all. But I can’t help but notice how some of you who were QUICK to call black people thugs, animals and savages for destroying property a few months ago have nothing to say about Dylann Storm Roof. (Or those bikers…
White friends? Is this what goes on when a bunch of you — not you personally, of course — get together and think no one else is around and listening? (I mean, I know what happens when a bunch of black people are in their element. They sit around, get loud, and talk about how…
Inside: The politics of the status quo; Dying in the line of duty; Fear and loathing; The worst of us are defining the debate/reality Be careful out there, everyone. Tensions are running high. What the hell is wrong with people? This is a tragedy all the way round. It’s bad enough when some unhinged nutcase…
Inside: @YesYoureRacist; Edward the Vampire’s black girlfriend; the Illuminati created White She-Devil to bring down the black man, apparently I’ve run across and stepped into some surreal corners of the internet since it was invented and became a thing, but today I really went down the rabbit hole. You ever meet someone who is offended…
Inside: The verdict; She talks funny; Those damn news site comments; Black on black crime Okay. A lot of people have asked me what my thoughts are on this (and by a lot of people I mean no one). Seriously, though, I know a lot of you aren’t really interested in talking or thinking about…
Inside: That video; Being profiled sucks (even though it may not be a binary situation); The baggage; Good luck, Paula Deen; Race-mixin’ http://www.upworthy.com/know-anyone-that-thinks-racial-profiling-is-exaggerated-watch-this-and-tell-me-when-your-jaw-drops-2 This has happened to me. No surprise there. cultureinterracialmiscegenationPaula Deenprofilingraceracismsocietyxenophobia
Inside: SPOILER ALERT; I do not recommend taking time out of your day to read my opinion about other people’s opinions; I feel like writing Have you seen Django? Hm. Interesting. Thoughts? White people? Were you uncomfortable watching it in the movie theater? I wonder how many people who see it are aware of the…
Inside: This isn’t going to be what you think; Mixed feelings; Gentrication; The Slavery Station; Time for change; Passing of the old guard ETA March 2014 I’m happy to say that WPFW is not dead. It has undergone a lot of changes since I originally wrote this. Some of the shenanigans in between then and…
