The first thing I thought while reading this is I wish I had a Passat. Unfortunately, I'll never have one since psychology methods makes me break down in hysterical tears. All day. For two days in a row.

I took a long study break to go to the break dancing exhibition. Students from Georgia State popped, beat boxed, and did floor flares to much applause. Their costuming was also great- the best costume I saw was a girl in a relaxed pinstripe suit type outfit with a string of fake pearls. I also got a unity t shirt for answering a question. I'm glad because this was my last unity month, and I think I would have regretted not getting a t shirt. I got a t shirt last year for answering a question during Better Luck Next Time. I'm not sure why they call diversity unity instead, but it's great fun.

I've discovered that I'd be happier moving to Madagascar where they haven't even heard of methods, and the idea of seven page long instructions for papers is foreign. Even if they do have instructions for papers that are longer than most people's arms, I wouldn't have to do any of them.

It's sad, but the first thing I thought when reading this article was "Hmm, they have a woman leader"

Even though I've been more able to work than usual, I have only gotten 3 good hours logged on my critique. I wonder how I can master my rhythm. The caffeinated tea I drank earlier still beats in my veins, but the concentration is gone. The clarity of mind I once had leaves me. An acquaintance of mine will go on medical leave this fall. I'm not sure it's physical. Sometimes I wish I could leave too- but I must keep going. I graduate in May, after all.

I made a flickr account. Yahoo loves buying stuff up, doesn't it?

Hey, there's finally an Atlanta Movie Fans meetup! Also, the new backlinks seems to be set to allow as a default now. Good!

Note to white folks: Boondocks is merely a funny cartoon program. If I hear some white dude blaming his ignorant acting ass on the Boondocks, I'm going to have a nigga moment.

I'm going to use 43 Things as a To Do List. It'll help organize me, and plus I can put things that are low priority on there too.

Yay, I downloaded all six episodes of Paradise Kiss. I'll have something good on my breaks from finals hell. Well, back to sleep.

Canada is going in for programs to reduce Native poverty. The US should follow its example if they back up their words with action.

Well, you can fight the global digital divide by donating money. Note that African heads of state were the ones pushing for this. Although they should not take only paypal or bank transfers. It may scare away donors.

Pinko Feminist Hellcat gives us all a clue on a subject that really bothers me. How concerns that affect people like women and minorities are considered to be small concerns, but all the sudden, we're all supposed to care about rich white males or sometimes maybe rich white women. When poor folks make some money, people talk about the evil unions, but when some white guy makes a million bucks a year driving a company into the ground, it's the free market,etc,etc. How fucked up is that?

Also, more clueification on classism. She's on a roll!

Here's a better written reiteration of an idea that I have touched on before.

The horrible practice of human dumping continues unabated. Also, beautiful, beautiful irony, although I hope the price of bell peppers won't go up again.

A cheery Census Bureau thing with Asian facts. Also, did you know that March is Irish-American Heritage Month? Can I claim to be part Irish and drink green beer?

Ornicus finishes his series on how Michelle Malkin exemplfies lying about how supposedly crazy left wingers are, while continuing to be a crazy right winger.

I am amused by this picture.

I'm watching Anna and the King. This movie seems to have some mighty whitey overtones, but it has really nice costuming. We watched Shaft in Africa yesterday just because of the great 70s costumes. We also watched Daddy Daycare, but the costumes were only so so.

Islamic Q&A from a British Shi'a cleric.

On Salon, I found an article that annoyed me in its factual errors. This paragraph really bothered me:

But at the same time the definition of treatable depression was watered down -- renamed as social anxiety disorder, panic disorder and, my personal favorite, generalized anxiety disorder -- to include a seemingly endless demographic of adults and children

Anxiety disorders and depression are not the same thing. Social anxiety disorder is a disorder in which you are so frightened of people you can barely function. Panic disorders involves panic attacks frequently, and sometimes involves acrophobia- in which the person barely goes outside, and what's so good about generalized anxiety disorder? Jumping at small noises, and having back pain so bad you think you have a kidney stone for no good reason is not the same as lying in bed wishing you were dead because of your worthlessness.

If a senior psychology student could notice that he's lumping two separate, although slightly related disorders together, why couldn't his editor do the same? He could have even checked out online what these disorders were. And for his well it's not really that hard, just man up advice?

I'm sorry, but that's not going to work. When you could get a decent job with a high school degree(OK, if you were white, but if you weren't,well, you were screwed) , maybe not being able to write 20 pages a week of papers wasn't really a big deal. The bar for success is higher now. College is now the key- back in the day, it was high school. I'm trying to apply for a master's degree, but even with that level of education, I'm not going to be able to make much money.

I could have achieved more if I was not wary of taking study drugs. Often my studies are impaired by the fact that I require more sleep than normal people(about 8 hours a night, and sometimes ten). The human body has limits. All of us come with different ones. We have no safety net. They are cutting food stamps. We have no national health care. Republicans have circled Social Security like sharks. I don't blame my classmates for taking drugs. Sometimes it's that or become part of the despised underclass.

I'm worried that I am exerting too much energy this holiday season. I've been talking to people from 12 pm to 9:20. Now I have to write a paper. And I'll have to talk to people tomorrow as well.

I still hate everyone and wish they'd all die. Amandapanda helps us all vent.

Yay, beads!

I wish I had ice cream. Everyone should try this website. Buy stuff, and I'll be able to eat ice cream. Uh..I made up the slogans on the buttons and magnets. I also made the jewelry.

I'd like to submit that looking for a partner is soul sucking, self esteem crushing, and in general, horrible. I sometimes think I'd prefer arranged marriages although I've read enough books to know better. It's so soul crushing because at the exact horrible moment of quarter life crisis, the moment in which you hear someone is interviewing at Harvard Med school, and you won't even make the deadlines for social work school, the horrible voice in your head that accompanies all these realizations whispers "and she has a boyfriend". It's the coup de grace in the revealation of your lack of worth.

You can say you never wanted to go to med school. You can talk about how you hate blood. You can talk about how the 100 hour weeks for some shitty wage for years on end aren't really worth it in the end. But it's hard to argue with a boyfriend, because everyone has one. But you. Girls who spent their afternoons with legs in the air while you were studying algebra and now have ten unruly brats to show for it? Boyfriend. That creepy guy at the snake handling church whose testimony was about how he killed two people? Girlfriend. Suicide Bombers? Girlfriends. Drug Addicts? Boyfriends, girlfriends, whateverelsefriends out the wazoo. Even ten year olds are blissfully paired off.

But, there's you- the only person on the entire planet who is unpartnered? Well, you must not be trying hard enough. Instead of sleeping so you can actually go to class and not fail college, you should stand night after night in loud clubs where you can't hear anyone, while tall large breasted girls get off with all the guys. Or maybe you should suffer through frat parties, despite having grown out of them freshman year? Sit in smoky bars for no good reason at all, while your thirty pages of papers to do sit at home undone?


Sure, maybe today you could barely get yourself to type up a survey or fix yourself a cup of tea, but taking on another full time job? Easy Peasy. Yet again, I hate everybody and wish they would all die. Meeting people in everyday life? Not a chance. Today, I overslept and was nearly late for a quiz- putting on a fuckton of makeup? Yea right. Dressing like a slut? It's 40 fucking degrees outside.

People say "be confident" They are crazy. Nothing will make you hate yourself more than a venue in which everything can be wrong. My hair is probably too nappy, maybe I should straighten it? No, my hair looks like a hot mess straight. Should I go to a demotologist? But does anyone notice the old scars of long gone acne? Maybe if I was thinner? But I really can't lose much more weight. Well, what if I dressed sluttier? I already did that. What if you pretended not to be interested in fun things? No, that's too fake. Oh no, too forward with my interests! I'm sure that scared him away! Maybe I should talk more? Geh, I talked too much. Everything can go wrong, and if it does, it's all your fault fot being a horrible person. But if you give up, you're a horrible person too.

You can't win, and there's no cure.

The white folks whining about Asians come in for a new level of mockery. So remember- racists- everyone is laughing at you.

Ah, a lovely merger of fashion and politics. I don't get the resident troll's take on this. I mean seriously, are Republicans going to go "Well, saving kids from dying of AIDS is bad, because a guy had on an outfit that riffed on gay marriage"? I seriously doubt it. Speaking of Republicans, watch out for the Council of Conservative Citizens. They have merely changed the name from White Citizen's Councils, but apparently have a racist agenda.

Tip: If you're white, here's a style guide to when you might want to shut the hell up.

Now, as a black person, our culture has a concept we call shutting the hell up. This is if you're going to say something stupid, you avoid saying it. Sometimes, cultural appropiation can be a good thing.

1)If you're about to utter a sentence that has the words 'reverse racism' in them, and you're not making fun of the stupid. There are many good books that explain what the word 'racism' means, and what racism is. Read them.

2)If you're about to call blacks or anyone else 'racist'. Read a book, and remember- whites do not have a special anti criticism clause, not to mention, why don't you change your own damn behavior before talking about shit you don't know about?

3)If you're about to talk about how white men can't get a break in this society, shut up and read a book. Also, try to appropiate the concept of 'reality'. You know, stuff that's actually happening?

4)If you're going to talk about how the fact that you ate ramen noodles for a week because you were in between parental handouts means that you triumphed over poverty, and so everyone should be able to do this. (Ok, this is actually pan racial.)

5)If you are going to talk about black culture, shut the hell up. Rap videos are part of black culture like rock videos are part of white culture(although whites tend to control the production of rap more than blacks control the production of rock). It's a very small part. Also, making shit up based on racist notions from 1840 is just plain dumb.

6)If you're going to talk about how blacks do X, because you once saw one black do X, shut the hell up. I mean there are documented cases(i.e. not made up) of white people eating human flesh, but I am sure this is not typical behavior. Yea, I'm sorry that the black kids in your school beat you up. Maybe it was because you were an asshole.

7)If you want to talk about how you're not attracted to black people, shut the hell up. No one cares that you're a racist asshole who can't tell millions of people who look completely different apart. And don't talk about your weird Asian fetish- it's a bit creepy.

8)Don't talk about Africa at all unless you actually know something about it. You should hopefully have a masters before you open your mouth. And on Africa- fool.

9)Don't talk about how famous blacks would be for a whites only America. If you can read this, you can read their work, fool.

10)Don't talk about how black people are lying about racism. There's tons of books on the existence of racism, dumbass. Reality- it's a good idea.

11)Basically, if you don't know shit, have an inflated sense of entitlement or are just being a dumbass, shut the hell up. Ok, that's pan racial, but the system of white supremacy allows whites to show that they are douchebags a whole lot. Maybe a good start in not being a douche would be reading the online articles of Tim Wise.

Gillard says- Turkeys Needed. To tell the truth, all I have is a can of tuna fish, so someone with an actual turkey to give should try to give, you know?

The interesting part of this Boondocks episode is that the ho apparently is supposed to be black, but doesn't look like it. (otherwise that wouldn't say she was lightskinned nor would they call her a fake ass Mariah Carey) I'd make a long post about the racial politics of all this, but it'd take a long ass time.

WTF? Also check out my google base.

Stupid whiny whites fight intelligent people over World Nut Daily article which hopes to distract whites from the fact our gov't sucks and Republicans are fucking them and their poor white brethren over by worrying them about what some Canadians are doing. Also, some Canadian guy says that minorities in Canada feel discriminated against.

I think the difference between liberals and conservatives are that liberals are connected to the actual. For example, I find the idea that whiteness makes you qualified for jobs confusing because to me, whiteness means you have pale skin, and possibly some very funny ideas. But maybe, they aren't talking about actually being able to do the job, but some Mussolini like(I associate this with Mussolini after reading him say that the Italians won the war when they lost it) qualification of the soul. It's the same for equality. When I say it, I mean equality of results- i.e. actual, empirically measurable things. But they mean equality of opportunity- in which they just feel things are equal whether they are or not. This divide between actually doing stuff and not actually doing stuff is the difference between liberal and conservative, and often between black and white.

Man, now white folks are bitching about there being too many Asians in their school. Let that be a lesson to folks who try to use Asians as a way to bash black folk. It ain't us, and it ain't Asians- it's the white folk.

CLUE BY FOUR.

Yea, It's a repost of America's Second Harvest URL. I can only give them like ten bucks,ok? But if a lot of other people all gave them ten bucks, a lot of people would be eating,ok?

P6 fights the stupid. And dude, if folks teased you in school, don't take it out on all the rest of us black folk,ok? Just one comment, though. One other possible confound is that high GPA black kids may end up being placed in honors and AP with the white kids. I did talk to other blacks in high school, but mostly in the few classes I had on the regular track, in the lunch room, and outside of school. I was tracked with nearly all whites, so thus, I had more white friends than black. I'm not sure if they removed this possible confound. Also, what if blacks who go to schools with more whites are richer(and thus more likely to have high GPAs)? That could also confound the research.

Heart melting cuteness.

It seems that somehow they still managed to fuck us over with the budget, but the Demos managed to ease the evil a little bit, such as getting kids some freaking school lunches.

MARTA, collective bargaining and health care.

Well, we're fucked.

Items that I think others should know from the Right Stuf e-newsletter:


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This coming January, the cable network Turner Classic Movies will be airing
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January 5th: Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away
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As always, these dates could be subject to change, so check your local listings
for exact air dates and times!

The Colbert Report helped me learn about this important proposal that can hopefully lead to a greater support to not have terrible fucking health care in this country.

Apparently they didn't cut Pell Grants for the poor. You still need to give food, blood, etc.

My swim teacher wears these shoes. Today we practiced jumping off the diving board and swimming to either the wall or rope without any gear(we started off with fins and a floating board). She wanted me to go to the rope(I'm always picked on as I'm the worst person in the class) but I said I didn't have the strength. I have difficulity swimming both because I'm not strong enough and because I can't figure out how to breathe. I can now swim at least 15 yards on my front without stopping. I can swim up to 50 yards on my back without stopping now. Before I took the swim class, I could barely even get in the water because I have been frightened of water since I nearly drowned at a water park when I was 7.

Well, at least my top didn't flip over completely this time. The last time we practiced jumping off the wall my tankini top flipped completely up and I had to fix it underwater.

Will whites flee to the moon next? Seriously, get a grip.

Learning about other cultures can help you learn about your assumptions. For example, I don't think the chest coverings on these Nazerite(sp?) maidens (NSFW: Nat'l Geo) make their outfits more modest, but they were added for extra modesty. I found that I felt that covering the nipples was an important part of modesty. Of course, my head is often uncovered, so I'm not modest by the standards of many people in the world.

In other news, the Shembe have ganked your dress, Scottish people!

YES! Gothic Lolita Patterns!!

The stupid burns. If you see this stupid or similar in your school or hometown newspaper, please write a letter to the editor to avoid the stupid from spreading. Facts, reality, and book recommendations can fight the massive surge of dumbassness.

An index of how much I suck at life: I have been wondering for a month where that Terry Prachett book Going Postal was. You know where it was? In my big fat pile of untouched grad school literature.

Injured Marine Charity. Give.

It seems that I'll read this book sometime.

What a heartwarming blog. Stuff like this like my main image of gay people being 'married' so I don't understand people who are against gay marriage. Two guys have formed a family group, and have adopted a little girl. Instead of being in the system, the child seems well cared for and happy. I don't see what could possibly be wrong with this.

The word for today is gentrification. Also, historians say stuff about the riots in France.

I'm enjoying The Bookseller of Kabul. It's such a great portrait of family life, and I love the focus on the women of the family.

Doubt #5 is out. I'm enjoying it bit by bit. I'm also hoping that the anime club's supply of Yakitate Japan holds out. I really am enjoying Princess Nine, but I only have a few episodes left. Well, I have two series of Slayers, at least.

The Washington Post has an article about how the World Bank is probably behind the famine in Malawi. We must stop this! Also, find ways to get better technology to the people. I will look for charities that do infrastructure.

Angry White Kid has some interesting musings that may become a productive discussion.

Chris Clarke declares a blog against racism day. Fight the stupid!

Tim Wise fights the stupid.

I have set up a t shirt poll.

The realization that whites don't 'work' like normal people drives me nuts. For example, to me, it makes no sense to waste millions of dollars putting people in jail, when you could educate them, and they'd improve society. Also to me, what use is it to have crappy schools for one group of people, and not improve it? You're wasting talent. Also, white people's time perception is weird. Like where do they think the money that whites got from being allowed to do jobs blacks weren't went? In the sky? Why do they think the effects of slavery went away? And why do they not recognize the sameness between the old white people of today and the young whites of 40 years ago? It's so confusing.

P6 investigates the war on opportunity.

It's time for me to map why I get upset over the war on opportunity. OK, this is how I see it. Whites(outgroup) support blacks(in group) not being accepted to college in as high a number(bad, because college means opportunity for good jobs). They say this is because blacks are unqualified(not true- to me, qualified means you can do what's needed in a position- if a black person has above a 2.0 and is trying hard, they are qualified. Also, many whites aren't very good at college either) or that this is racist(not true to me, because rectifying racism is not racist. Racist is seen in effects not words) Whites seem mean and spiteful because blacks haven't done anything to them, there has been a lot of past oppression(whites are assumed to think this was bad, so I am confused about why they'd like the effects of this to linger) and they seem to like to talk down about black people's poverty. Personal reasons this seems mean: Whites talk about how they think blacks are unqualified in front of black people like me. Also, my view is still shaped by the guy who complained about AA in my case when I had way higher scores than him on everything. It also seems mean to make a big fuss about qualifications because someone is black, but not care when they are white.

Yes, a sequel to Bend It Like Beckham!

Thanks for the racism, dude. I wonder why no one writes columns asking people like my mom about why she doesn't protest in the streets every time someone bombs an abortion clinic. Nor do we have columns asking all whites to apologize whenever a white person decides to kill a black person. I never get these columns. Are Muslims supposed to have a special hive mind in which they control the actions of people across the planet? I'm sure the Muslims at my school don't like suicide bombings, but it's not like they can magically make a bunch of people whose language they might not even speak stop the violence.

I hadn't seen the crazy God Warrior lady yet. What a nut.

On Pandagon, Pam covers the war on opportunity with new and interesting statistics.

Sarah Lynn links this post on how to prevent rape. I'd like to add some more suggestions- if a woman is passed out, don't have sex with her, you pervert. That's rape. If she's in the jail house, don't coerce her into sex, that's rape. Hey, don't coerce a woman into sex period. That means don't say "Have sex with me or I'll kill you, give you a horrible grade, make you stay in prison longer, etc etc" You know why? Because that's rape, scum bag.

There's the beginnings of an interesting conversation on the fight against minority education on P6.

Today's moment of pure evil.

Cuban scientist saves babies. Also, Steve Gillard gives a great post on his favorite subject- why he's not a black republican. Black Republicans aren't going to keep me in tortillas and beans- only people who actually work for education and jobs for black folks will do that.


This dress is so so pretty. Also, save the environment: cycle.(SFW? Although it does have a beer brand and a lot of midriff)

Have I been taking crazy juice or is this a interesting comic about the erasure of black figures from the common consciousness?

Today I saw crudely lettered paper signs saying things like God Bless The Troops and America- Home of the Brave on campus. A lot were taped to the cardboard man hugging the flag pole lately. The yellow ribbons made the campus look a bit more festive. My white history teacher was shocked, shocked that she was teaching WW1 on the anniversary of the armistice. If you want to get a hero tag, help a soldier. I have seen signs in the library saying that Katrina victims might need phone cards too.

Apparently there's some crazy shit going down up in Wisconsin. Apparently they arrested a black alderman from Milwaukee for cussing out some police men who were called on him because he was in a Blockbuster parking lot. Some are protesting, and some stupid white guy got the consequences of his actions lessons by some angry people. Here's the news video with thrice repeated scary black beat down action.

White person tip: Please keep your stupid comments to yourself in tense situations.

Well, The Bush Adminstration works hard to fuck up the progress we've made towards more education for people of all races. We already have white males educated out the wazoo- it's time for whites to give up their unearned advantages and work for a more equal society. Just because grandpappy lynched a nigger and pappy was in the KKK doesn't mean that white people need to be the only people in higher education forever,ok?

This article shows interesting parallels to the black situation in America.

"Every rejection - even those that may not be racially motivated - undermines your self-confidence. You feel you will never make it because you are Arab

It is this feeling that I feel I can't explain to whites. Yesterday, a girl I know was like "OMG! This girl I know thinks the people at McDonald's are racist because they didn't give her a cup, and they said you people!!! Just because a group is all black doesn't mean people are racist!!" I have to admit that I did say without thinking maybe they just hated college students. I realized my mistake quickly, but then I couldn't think of anything to fix it. I thought of saying something about being ignored in banks. Geh, finally I made an off hand comment later about how South Park needs to mock people who go to schools they know have minorities but still complain about them, but I don't think I entirely fixed the stupid...

Anyway, it might not have been racist, but it sure may feel like another brick in the wall- a wall that you feel you can't get over. Also, stupid white people ruined my enjoyment of Cowboy Bebop, as I felt uncomfortable for the whole rest of the evening.

"People always talk of the need to 'integrate' Muslims. But the youths are French. Why should they need integrating?" asks Samia Amara, 23, a youth worker near Paris.

Mr Sabeg agrees that "integration" is just hot air. "What does it mean? Are some French people supposed to integrate and others to be integrated?"

I never got why people want us to always act exactly like whites. Sometimes whites may have good ideas, but sometimes they are dumb ideas, or sometimes they are only preferred because whites have more power. They have good points on the youth being French- you can't say that only whites are French if people have been there for two and three generations.

Camo Cutie.

White Woman No Longer in Trouble.

My paper is up to 3,933 words, and I think a better estimate of what I've written this semester is 10,000 words.

I'm not participating in novel writing month. I probably have written about 7000 words this semester in school work, although that might be off. My current assignment is 3,600 words at this time. It's due tomorrow, so I'm going to bed in a few minutes so I can get up at 6 and do the painstaking detail work I need to do. But I am inspired to write a novel when I feel better and have more energy.

What is she wearing? MAJOR butt cleavage.

Here's some more translations that may help you understand the French riots. Also, more on the riots. In other riot news, oh noes, blogs. I hope they fix the problems in France by actually fixing the problems, not making excuses about how they can't.

Barack Obama interview. *heart*

Apparently you can get emergency contraception on the internet.

In anecdotal news, according to my methods teacher, there is a drug that costs $30 per pill that you give to cancer patients, and they have to take it twice a day. According to a random girl in my religion class, she went to a Rastafarian ceremony, in which some guy told everyone not to hate her for her extremely pale skin and to stop staring at her, and also they reenacted the coronation of Haile Salaise(SP?). All anecdotes may be riddled with errors.

Also, the internet has changed my mind. I think I'll start using the full word nigger. I'm sick and tired of not saying what I want to say because some asshat might want to co opt it. TIP: Excuses are nothing. Context is everything. Obey a basic sense of decency.

I'm looking for research for the experimental study and this is a weird study I saw:

Grov, Christian. "Make me your death slave": Men who have sex with men and use the internet to intentionally spread HIV. [References]. [Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal] Deviant Behavior. Vol 25(4) Jul-Aug 2004, 329-349.
WTF?

Here's another odd one on the same topic:

Gauthier, DeAnn K; Forsyth, Craig J. Bareback sex, bug chasers, and the gift of death. [Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal] Deviant Behavior. Vol 20(1) Jan-Mar 1999, 85-100.

Hey, this is fun- an article on ebay:

Dunn, Sharon Ann. Do losers matter? an experimental look at the impact of control and scarcity on satisfaction with an online buying experience. [Dissertation Abstract] Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol 64(1-A), 2003, pp. 208

I've recovered and am going over my research report with a fine toothed comb. At least I'm not as whiny as this guy.

I seriously think my dream career would be to do nothing. Seriously, I feel really resentful that I have to have extra long periods, back aches and neckaches and do three papers a week, then a paper after that, then a paper after that. Then maybe some tests brought in, and it never ends. It never stops. I'll never be able to rest. And no, two seconds typing this in isn't enough fucking rest. I estimate I need a week after each paper over about 5 pages. Yes, I know that you all did three twenty page papers a week, and had a good time partying. Good for you. Why don't you go fuck yourself?

Design talent is inspiring me here. In other news, teachers and optometrists are now terrorists. Who will be next?

Steve Gillard continues to reflect on the causes of the French riots. Here's another perspective on the riots. With my lack of knowledge, it seems that if people can't advance normally, they'll go into other avenues, even if they are illegal. Here's a translation of a French radical statement on the riots. Here's another translation of a statement. It seems that my European history teacher was right- socialists are creating some intense rhetoric. Maybe you should read the whole section on the riots at this blog. Also, this whole section about racism in France. I really need to be reading about imperialism.

I'm enjoying the Boondocks. I think "You can't tame the white supremacist power structure with cheese" will be my new quote. Once I met a black guy who worked for cartoon network at a Halloween party. He was dressed as a Scottish person. That was a good party, although now I've been told that I should avoid parties that involve white people setting themselves on fire, even if it's accidental. Although I can't really talk about that as I knocked over a table. I like how all the white people at the party at the Boondocks are like Aww, aren't you cute, Huey? You speak so well!*

*White Person Tip: Don't say "You speak so well" or "You're so articulate" to a black person- most blacks in America are native speakers of English.

Tip: if your stomach has hurt for five days, don't put milk in your tea. In other news, Steve Gillard outlines some background history of France and immigration for people like me who were like "woah, there's riots?" But at least I feel better- I was the only person in History who guessed that the problem in France was the riots. I think this supports my "if you treat people like crap, they'll kill you and take your stuff" theory, but maybe I'm crazy.

In America, kids are going hungry. This is a disgrace! We obviously have enough food to feed everyone in America. Donate to your local food bank today. You may also want to support Doctors Without Borders' heroic work in Niger.

Left wing reflections on the French riots. I have nothing useful to say except for I once knew a girl who was talking to a guy named Ibrahim from France. Also, my white history (The Making of Modern Europe) teacher said that the socialists were pumping up the rhetoric due to the riots.

American ex pats in Japan are the REAL RACISTS! How can Italian Americans hold their heads up after this horrid horrid slur!!

(not my photo)


Lots of insight on why whites don't talk about racism. Everyone, get informed, and have the courage to speak out, ok? The abolitionists spoke out, and the white civil rights workers spoke out at the risk of their lives. I think it's insulting to their bravery to say that you have no power to fix racism when you have more power than they did, and you're safer than they were.

My problem with the acting white myth is that in general, white people just don't like black folks. So when we say oh, students are getting teased, they don't think "hey, let's stop bullying in schools" they think "blacks are inferior". This is a problem because we need better schools in America. We need to stop a tracking system that has some kids getting the best instruction and others being taught by the coach, and filling out worksheets on fractions in twelfth grade. We need to bring all our resources to bear on educating all the kids, not just the kids of whites. We need more qualified teachers, who believe that all kids can learn. We need to desegregate the schools.

None of this can be done by focusing on what a schoolkid thinks is cool. Even if every black schoolchild in the nation was a perfect angel, we would still need to fight against the structure that disadvantages them. It's a different focus for me- you can't get all the kids to act right, but you can change their environment so it's easier for people to act right. It's hard to act right when you have to fill out worksheet after worksheet, are stuck in an overcrowded class with a teacher who thinks you're dumb and can't teach, and plus, you don't even have air conditioning.

My post on the girlcott is on my consumerism blog. It's been a success, but let's all buy from alternative t shirt shops instead of corporations that seem to have to say something offensive every year.

I reccomend that everyone save up the $13 for this book. It's awesome, and one of my blog reviews wouldn't give it justice as the tons of great pictures are the best part. Check it out at the library or maybe explore people who resell college textbooks- I got it because it was a text for my art history class, so there must be other people who will sell it cheaper than you see on amazon. But my life sucks, and now my copy of this book is ruined. Damn you leaky bowls. If you were animate, you'd go straight to hell!

Emory students fight stupidity. If you see a dumbass editorial in your school newspaper or any newspaper telling obvious untruths, fight back with facts. Don't let morons dictate the discourse and spread misinformation.