I really got a kick out of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney’s exchange on, well, everything in last night’s GOP debate. But what really made me laugh was that they brought up Newt’s idea of building a colony on the moon; an “American” colony at that. No word yet as to whether English would be [...]
At this very moment in time as I type this, I feel like I’m in the twilight zone. I recently wrote about fellow Tennesseans who just so happen to be members of the Tea party and their presentation of a list of demands to our state lawmakers. Among the requests was the demand to remove [...]
By now, everyone knows about the arrest of four East Haven police officers following a federal investigation into years of profiling and brutality. And anyone with half a brain can see that this situation is not simply about a few “rogue” officers who got “out of line”. No, this is a result of a culture [...]
Racism and bigotry… This year, political hopefuls and elected officials seem to be wearing the ignorant tags like an expensive, well-tailored suit and my home state of Connecticut offers no exceptions. After the FBI arrested four East Haven, CT police officers for gross instances of racial profiling and terrorization of Latinos navigating the town; assistant director-in-charge of the NY [...]
Pariah (puh-rayh-uh) noun: 1) a person without status 2) a rejected member of society 3) an outcast I will never forget the first time my mother called me a faggot. It was Thanksgiving 2004. We had just gotten home from visiting my grandfather in the hospital. My mother and I had gotten into a fight, [...]
Recently I mentioned how the state of Tennessee has become more of a “red state” since 2010′s midterm elections. I’ve told you about the new Voter ID law, and a couple other changes. Changes that, well, would be disadvantageous to people of color. Well, let’s just say that if you ever needed more proof to [...]
So I see that my right-wing friends are running around today like hit dogs. Oh that’s right, president Obama hurt their po’ lil’ feelings in last night’s State of the Union speech to the joint session of Congress. It Kinda makes sense that they’d be talking all this shit today. Of course you know they [...]
Sometimes, I wonder what it’s like to wake up in the morning, and be so entrenched in my own privilege and prejudices that I attempt with all my might to assert my beliefs on people with whom I have absolutely nothing in common. As a person who faces multiple lines of marginalization, the thought process [...]
I came across the following video on YouTube a few days ago. It was uploaded on January 10th, and since then it has received more than 16 million views. Yeah, it’s hotter than Lindsey Lohan’s crotch. The name of the cat who did it is Jefferson Bethke, and it’s an awesome piece of spoken word. [...]
You know what: I’m really sick of the emergence of this “angry white man” thingy that has emerged singe president Obama has stepped on the scene. It’s like all of a sudden white men everywhere are full of resentment. Wife burnt the toast? Ugh, it’s that Kenyan bastard Barack Hussein Obama’s fault. Lost a sock in the [...]
I know we’re post-racial and all that but while we’re still discussing shit people say, I thought I’d take some time and discuss the racist rhetoric used (always but mostly recently) by politicians. Recently, I was discussing the politics of language used by Republicans in the media with my dear associate who may be just [...]
