Paula Deen admits in deposition to using n-word, telling racist jokes, report says. How many people (famous and otherwise) would hate to have to face those questions under deposition? I don't think Deen hates black people, but that's just the point.
Most cases of prejudice and discrimination based on assumptions and tendencies to treat people like "others," like something odd, different and less than equal. I've encountered it more times than I can stand to say. A smile and a joke don't mean you like me or respect me. It doesn't mean that you value my intellect and my abilities.
If you assume a black person listens to rap music, speaks broken English, votes Democrat, or goes to church to get his identity, you are just as much of problem as an abrasive bigot. When you are willing to apply stereotypes, it's not that much of a leap to go with others, like thinking black people are lazy or unintelligent because of their race. It's like those who have no problem working with black people, but they can only imagine black people in certain positions, usually lower level positions.
The abrasive bigot can be dealt with easily. The prejudiced person who treats individuals with condescending familiarity is often unaware of his biases. He does not feel anger or hatred so he does not realize his actions are often just as bad.
How many places can you find such honesty on race? Especially from a conservative perspective.
CNN Economy Poll: 44% Worse Off Than Last Year
A new CNN Economy Poll says 44% of Americans are worse off financially than last year. So much for another "Summer of recovery." Twenty-two percent say things are static and about a third say things are better. For most people things are not going nearly as well as they could or should.
If a different president were in the White House, I imagine there would be more outrage. It's not permitted to criticize Mr. Obama for his lack of leadership and ineffectiveness. Such criticism would be classified as hate and is only done by racists and sellouts. Sigh.
It's best to just hum along. Nothing to see here folks. Everything is fine.
Let's be clear, it is not that I expect the president to make everything right or "create jobs." I would expect him/her not to do more damage and then claim progress. I expect fellow citizens to have the intelligence and awareness to understand what is really happening.
If a different president were in the White House, I imagine there would be more outrage. It's not permitted to criticize Mr. Obama for his lack of leadership and ineffectiveness. Such criticism would be classified as hate and is only done by racists and sellouts. Sigh.
It's best to just hum along. Nothing to see here folks. Everything is fine.
Let's be clear, it is not that I expect the president to make everything right or "create jobs." I would expect him/her not to do more damage and then claim progress. I expect fellow citizens to have the intelligence and awareness to understand what is really happening.
Random Thought - close loneliness
Sometimes those who are the closest, physically, can make you feel the loneliest, and those you need the most are least willing to give.
Anti-Pervert Hairy Stockings?
Anti-Pervert Hairy Stockings for Girls During Summer are now on sale, according to chinaSMACK. Stockings that make women's legs look like hairy men's legs go beyond being anti-perv. Gack!
8-year car payments???
Consumer adviser Clark Howard says Cars loans should be capped at 42 months. Howard cites an unsettling fact that 97-month car loan plans are increasingly common. This is madness.
"If your payments per month are too high to knock out the loan in 42 months, you're buying more car than you can afford." Clark HowardFar too many people are more concerned with temporary status in things that hold no value, cars, jewelry and fashion (different from clothes). People seem to lack an ability to identify wants vs needs. Just because you can "make those payments" doesn't mean you should. If only a percentage of that money were put into savings, far fewer people would be dependent on government solutions for retirement, healthcare, food, housing and other real necessities.
Recovery? What recovery?
With "Why the Public Questions the Recovery," Michael Medved offers up sobering thoughts on the state of the economy. He reminds the GOP about the importance of the economy, as Congress seems stuck on scandal. Honestly though, there's not much Republicans could do with Obama and Reid, even if they had good ideas.
86% of Richmond Black Households Led by Single Parents
In Richmond, VA, 86% of black families are led by single parents (mostly single women). This is a matter of more than personal choice about lifestyle. This staggering number represents a collapsing culture, with all of the accompanying negative statistics.
This is an indictment of a culture, not men only, not women only. There is a broken culture of instant gratification, self-indulgence, sloth and willful ignorance. Facing and dealing with that culture is the only way to reverse the rates of incarceration, violence, poverty and death.
This is an indictment of a culture, not men only, not women only. There is a broken culture of instant gratification, self-indulgence, sloth and willful ignorance. Facing and dealing with that culture is the only way to reverse the rates of incarceration, violence, poverty and death.
What the broader community cannot do is to continue the false deification of black women and the demonizing of black men. Great as they were, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks did not fight in the struggle for freedom apart from great men like Frederick Douglass or Medgar Evers. Enough of the rewriting of history.
The revolution of defining manhood and womanhood has to begin at home.
No man is a man because he can reproduce. No man can say "I take care of my children" when he has children spread across four households. It isn't possible. You can send a few dollars and pay a few visits but you cannot be a father. STOP BREEDING.
Today, if the men are absent, someone has teach the next generation of young boys and girls true self-respect and respect for others. Boys can learn this by seeing mothers who respect men, not denigrate them. Young girls need to learn to keep themselves from conceiving children with worthless men. Boys and girls need to see mothers who respect themselves by controlling their urges and acting with decency. If you are loose, a child has no different standard by which to measure himself or herself.
When you see young men driving the streets or walking the streets in threatening packs, disturbing the peace, acting violently, you know they are the products of a broken culture. When you see young girls behaving like street walkers, being loud and obnoxious and fighting, you know they are products of a broken culture.
The revolution has to start at home. The fight has to be continued in the broader culture.
Bill Cosby Takes on "A Plague Called Apathy"
| Cultural crusader Bill Cosby is back and he is attacking "A plague called apathy." (NY Post). From diet, to smoking, to drinking, drug use, to parenting and education, Mr. Cosby covers all of the bases. |
While his message is for the nation as a whole, Mr. Cosby is speaking to black people, who seem to be going in reverse on gains made decades ago. He heads off those who would suggest he shouldn't criticize black people because it is "airing dirty laundry."
"What are you doing with your dirty laundry? You walk around with it! Your children are walking the streets loudly using profanity feeling kind of powerful as they storm the subway or whatever. I’m not asking people to not be children, but this is anger stuff. They get on the subways and they’re disrespecting elders. What happened to the old saying, “I didn’t raise you like that.” It’s true! You knew that your mother and father didn’t allow you to go around and disrespect elders. So, the dirty laundry is very simple, man: You wouldn’t have it if you did something about it."The revolution must begin at home.
Hear, hear.
Sadly, many of the people who need to hear Mr. Cosby's message will not pay attention to it. They will be protected by the apologists who pretend compassionate and caring. It is not compassion to stand by or enable people to destroy themselves.
500 Line Up for 50 Ferris Wheel Jobs
In another sign of the Obama economy, 500 people lined up for a chance at 50 jobs at a planned ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta.
This situation begs the question: Who is being hurt most by the Obama economy? Everyone in some way, but many of Mr. Obama's most loyal supporters (those who want to work and succeed) are catching it worst. Still, little will be said. Sympathetic media will continue to hype the stock market. Others have resigned themselves to the "He's trying" excuse.
Sigh...
This situation begs the question: Who is being hurt most by the Obama economy? Everyone in some way, but many of Mr. Obama's most loyal supporters (those who want to work and succeed) are catching it worst. Still, little will be said. Sympathetic media will continue to hype the stock market. Others have resigned themselves to the "He's trying" excuse.
Sigh...
Weave Robbery - Chicago Clerk Assaulted
View this outrageous video of a Chicago "beauty" supply store clerk being attacked with pepper spray and knocked unconscious, all over hair extensions.
I do not understand this obsession with harvested hair or the culture of people who are willing to spend thousands of dollars a year just to maintain it. Some of these very people who scream bloody murder if they were asked to spend the same amount on their own health care.
People willing to assault and even murder others over hair? We have a broken culture and a society with completely mixed up values.
Nods to V for this bit of madness.
I do not understand this obsession with harvested hair or the culture of people who are willing to spend thousands of dollars a year just to maintain it. Some of these very people who scream bloody murder if they were asked to spend the same amount on their own health care.
People willing to assault and even murder others over hair? We have a broken culture and a society with completely mixed up values.
Nods to V for this bit of madness.
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