This isn't nearly on the scale of Byron York's piece, and it might only qualify as insensitive or stupid, but Timothy Egan said that "the Republican Party has shrunk to a raisin of its former self, baking in the sun of the old Confederacy." How's that for inappropriate appropriation of a metaphor?
Jason Whitlock just appointed himself the Racial Apology Czar. Thought this was worth a comment but it's only tangentially related to anything so in it goes into the open thread stew.
Obama administration urges equal penalties for crack, powder cocaine dealers
Mandatory-minimum sentencing guidelines for crack sellers are so inherently unfair that they have undermined trust in the country's judicial institutions, a Justice Dept. official tells lawmakers
Several white liberal bloggers have called this racist. It may be poor journalism, but they seem to miss the point that T.J. Holmes is saying, "This is what African Americans might say among themselves." That seems like a slightly different issue.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
The true remedy for racial conflict in America is...bootleg ass furniture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOyMSEWNTs
All I can say is oh my dayum. What the heck does race have to do with buying furniture (at the Raaaayeeed Hooouwse? lol.
Thanks for the episode of Backwoods TV.
Is that a real commercial?
Just a reminder that everyone has their own Building 19.
Yes, it's real; I found the video on Chicagoist, and they have a snippet from an interview with the commercial's creators:
http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/29/humpday_afternoon_diversion_3.php
Yup! Proving that cheap budgets and bad decorating style knows no racial barriers.
This isn't nearly on the scale of Byron York's piece, and it might only qualify as insensitive or stupid, but Timothy Egan said that "the Republican Party has shrunk to a raisin of its former self, baking in the sun of the old Confederacy." How's that for inappropriate appropriation of a metaphor?
Jason Whitlock just appointed himself the Racial Apology Czar. Thought this was worth a comment but it's only tangentially related to anything so in it goes into the open thread stew.
I'd consider watching that show. It would probably be funnier than about 80% of what's currently on tv.
Obama administration urges equal penalties for crack, powder cocaine dealers
Mandatory-minimum sentencing guidelines for crack sellers are so inherently unfair that they have undermined trust in the country's judicial institutions, a Justice Dept. official tells lawmakers
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-crack30-2009apr30,0,2194990.story
finally somebody makes some sense
Can you say something about this CNN clip?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbw1UluwVhg
Several white liberal bloggers have called this racist. It may be poor journalism, but they seem to miss the point that T.J. Holmes is saying, "This is what African Americans might say among themselves." That seems like a slightly different issue.
For your ongoing conversation with Andrew about supposed black homophobia:
The NYT poll has basically the same numbers of blacks and whites supporting marriage. Fewer blacks favoring no legal recognition at all.