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Why People Should Wear Condoms
Okay before everyone freaks out this clearly is a joke but was posted on Yahoo Questions many times.
With that said it did make me laugh out loud, so I thought I would share even though the picture is kinda fuzzy.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )The Obama Dream For White America
Lilly White
I guess you could say I’m white. No actually I’m not white I’m translucent. Or so it seems but I’ll get to that later. As such it would be obvious that I would know nothing of what this election means to minorities in America and the oppressed around the world.
I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s with a loving mother, tolerant grandmother and a well intentioned but racist grandfather. If the TV was on good times or Sanford and Son he would scream turn off those N—– shows.
It would be years before I knew my grandmother was Romanian but more than that American Indian and Gypsy. She and her brothers fought a tremendous amount of prejudices and adversities their entire lives. They went so far as to not only deny their heritage but to say they were Italian. We were all told to lie. For our own protection of course.
My great uncles were so black they were blue so it was to me, a small unknowing child, a silly lie. I liken this to when my 4 year old saw a pre-op transvestite at the grocery. He walked right up to him I mean her and announced “that is a man!”
You see they passed. Some easier than others but passed none the less.
Is that not what we all do? Put our best foot forward? Pick out most desirable traits and emphasize those while nearly wholly ignoring others.
We are all made to feel put upon at some point in our lives. Yes some overcome odds greater than others, but every person has been left out, picked on, made fun of, or just treated like crap at some moment. We are still the a part of the great melting pot. Oh wasn’t that a Saturday morning clip just like “I’m just a bill on Capitol hill”? Maybe we did stop talking about the big melting pot but we started doing it.
Obama’s win is for every person who has ever dreamed big or even those who never thought they were entitled to have such lofty dreams. He is the great hope for the nation. Yes we can!
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Class the New ism in America
Classism in America has become the new acceptable form of discrimination. I mean everyone knows racism is wrong and dare not be mentioned in polite conversation but classism now that’s another story entirely. If Obama could become President could we possibly still be a racist or even a classist nation?
Let me put this in context for you, St. Tammany Parish is an affluent community just outside of New Orleans and there is a new high school being built. This high school will help deal with the growth in the community. In order to populate this school naturally there will be some redistricting of the area. With redistricting much of the poorer individuals live in the new school district simply based on location to the new school. It is not a coincidence that the lower socioeconomic region is also mostly comprised of minorities. I say mostly because the others are in the very affluent non-minority surrounding subdivisions. It is of course the non-minorities that are up in arms. Their obscene argument against them being included in the new district is the percentage of students on the free or reduced lunch program will be much higher than those in the old school district.
Let’s just say for argument sake they are keenly aware that test score and economic well being has been linked in several studies. Let’s also say race is a non-issue. The overall lower test scores are for that lower income bracket and not for every student at that school. That is to me a no brainer. Of course if you are worried about how your parents will pay the rent or buy food you won’t test as well. How on earth can a rational school system decide district lines based on class. Well if you live in south Louisiana they can and will. The Times Picayune has run several articles about it.
Until we realize we are not fighting for scarce resources and it is our obligation and duty as the haves to help the have nots we will remain uncivilized. Why aren’t we talking about solutions for the social problems that are so ingrained? If we continue to segregate from “The Others” we will never evolve as a community or as a nation. I have no doubt you will see “White Flight” along subdivision lines.
This is a perfect example of JLM Syndrome, that is Just Like Me Syndrome. In today’s volatile economic conditions that free lunch card could be for your child and well I guess we would just have to ask you, politely, to change schools. I mean we can’t mess up the ratios. You wouldn’t want that now would you?
As Martian Luther King, Jr. once said, “An injustice to anyone, is an injustice to everyone”.
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