I think obama might be more dangerous to us than the others…. cause we really think that he is one of us… but he has made it pretty clear that he is not one of us…
Most Whites find it easy to ignore residential segregation. I experienced a good example of this inattention when I told a lunch-table’s worth of White colleagues at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences about the linguist John Baugh’s project on “linguistic profiling” (Baugh 2003). Baugh has developed a matched-guise test in which a single speaker uses a “White professional,” a “Latino,” or a “Black” voice in making telephone inquiries about the availability of advertised rentals in the San Francisco Bay area. The “White professional” voice is much more likely to yield an invitation to make an appointment to look at the property, while the other accents are more likely to result in a response that the rental is no longer available. My colleagues, all sophisticated scholars, were genuinely surprised at this result; several mentioned that they had thought that this sort of discrimination had long since disappeared.
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Jane H. Hill, The Everyday Language of White Racism (via wretchedoftheearth) ***** This is like when me and my white soon-to-be husband were looking for places. I’d call up and they’d say, “Come on down! Get an application!”. Because I don’t “sound” black. Then I’d walk in 2 minutes later and they’d be all, “Oh. Sorry, we just rented it.” Then I’d send him in and he’d get an application. The best part? Walking back in while he was completing the application. “Oh, they gave you an application? But they told me it was just rented. ODD. THAT. I’m going to report them so let’s just skip this place, m’kay?” The looks on their faces and the pathetic apologies were just too much fun. Used to deal with the same thing with road trips. Hotels would tell me that there were no vacancies, but my white roommate would go in and get us a room, usually cheaper than advertised. ***** (via faboomama) I do similar stuff at restauants and other places of business with my white bf. At least it makes it easier to know where not to go! (via 23andchildfree) Reblogging again for the commentary (via darkjez) But we’re just supposed to *trust* and think everything is an *isolated* incident. (via hamburgerjack) Not so sophisticated scholars, were they? I mean this really, really shouldn’t be all that surprising. (via stfunithingas) It shouldn’t be surprising, but I guarantee that most white people find it unbelievable (via wretchedoftheearth) I’m going to reblog this every time I see it on my dash. My parents pointed out how this phenomenon worked when we were moving to PA (they’d get steered to crummier neighborhoods and have to insist on being shown others). Housing discrimination is still pretty widespread and the gatekeepers? Tend to either intentionally or due to unchecked bias reinforce the status quo. (via invisiblelad) It always floors me the things people are surprised at. Meanwhile, every person of color is sitting here like, “Oh. Must be another day that ends in Y, and in other news, water is wet.” Like, really, people are surprised by this, and whenever they show surprise at learning stuff that we go through, I have to poker face, lest I end up giving them the most disbelieving side eye in history because how do you NOT know this? But then, you know. Some people have the privilege of being able to be unaware it because it’s not a problem they have to deal with. :/ (via lori-jaye) Reblogged again for commentary (via covenesque) Sounds like my friends when they were looking for a place in Midtown memphis(mostly white liberal middle class area)… they said people would invite them to see the places and then would either suddenly become unavailable or they would just ignore their phone calls.. but the Obama’s said “no more excuses.. work harder”… (via jcoleknowsbest) Sort of had this issue with an acquaintance of my boss. The application was approved and all systems were go until the potential tenant (a Black person) faxed in a copy of their picture ID. Suddenly, the landlord didn’t want to rent the home out anymore. A real estate agent on behalf of the client threatened to pursue legal action and the acquaintance asked us for advice. I read the email and was like, “pbbft, your landlord fucked himself over. what do you want us to say? have fun getting sued, you should’ve known better.” (via sara-huynh) Officially in love with sara-huynh (via carrionofcats) All of this beautiful commentary. (via cognitivedissonance) |
Yesterday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) apologized to Apple CEO Tim Cook during the Senate hearings on Apple’s use of offshore tax havens. But why? Apple doesn’t have a PAC it can use to reward Paul for his outrage on the company’s behalf. So, just who was Rand Paul’s apology for?
Listening to Barack Obama right now on CNN helps me to better understand why so many of my good and honest “liberal” friends cannot see through his rhetoric and make the break. He is an incredible orator with fantastic speech writers and has mastered the “Orwellian” double-speak. Absolutely incredible how his wonderful words have nothing to do with the truth.
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Daymon J. Hartley via Facebook (via fuckyeahmarxismleninism) When has there ever been an exception? (via raw-r-evolution) |
The Top 10 Most Unhealthy Foods
Ever since we were little, we were told to eat our fruits and vegetables, and to avoid those sugary snacks that our mouths salivate for… yeah, right! Is that why more than 50% of deaths in North America (especially men) are caused by cardiovascular disease, mostly related to unhealthy eating habits?
1. Quaker Oats 100 % Natural Oats and Honey Granola contain 3 teaspoons of sugar per half cup, and come laden with more artery-clogging fat than a McDonald’s hamburger.
2. Gwaltney Great Dogs Chicken Franks contain 10 or 11 grams of fat per frank. Most hotdog manufacturers now offer pork, beef, turkey, or soy franks with zero to 2.5 grams of fat per frank.
3. Entemann’s Rich Frosted Donut Variety Pack has as much saturated fat as 9 strips of bacon (10 grams).
4. Nissin Cup Noodles with Shrimp contain pre-fried and pre-salted noodles, compounded by the practice of using artery-clogging palm oil. They add 6 times as much sodium to the noodles as potato chips contain.
5. Frito-Lay’s Wow Potato Chips are fried in olestra, a recently formulated fat substitute that some people cannot digest.
Today is a day of mourning for the children of Chicago. Their education has been hijacked by an unrepresentative, unelected corporate school board, acting at the behest of a mayor who has no vision for improving the education of our children. Closing schools is not an education plan. It is a scorched earth policy. Evidence shows that the underutilization crisis has been manufactured. Their own evidence also shows the school district will not garner any significant savings from closing these schools.
This is bad governance. CPS has consistently undermined school communities and sabotaged teachers and parents. Their actions have had a horrible domino effect. More than 40,000 students will lose at least three to six months of learning because of the Board’s actions. Because many of them will now have to travel into new neighborhoods to continue their schooling, some will be victims of bullying, physical assault and other forms of violence. Board members are wishing for a world that does not exist and have ignored the reality of the world we live in today. Who on the Board will be held responsible? Who at City Hall will be held responsible?
This is bad governance. CPS has consistently undermined school communities and sabotaged teachers and parents. Their actions have had a horrible domino effect. More than 40,000 students will lose at least three to six months of learning because of the Board’s actions. Because many of them will now have to travel into new neighborhoods to continue their schooling, some will be victims of bullying, physical assault and other forms of violence. Board members are wishing for a world that does not exist and have ignored the reality of the world we live in today. Who on the Board will be held responsible? Who at City Hall will be held responsible?
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Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis commenting on today’s news that the Board of Education has voted to close 50 Chicago public schools. While only around 40 percent of children in Chicago are black are Latino, 90 percent of children whose schools will be shuttered are black or Latino. (via thepeoplesrecord) fuck this country. fuck this country. FUCK THIS COUNTRY (via searchingforknowledge) Rahm Emanuel can go to Hell (via aloofshahbanou) But Obama is telling Black students they don’t value education, while his mans and them do shit like this. (via radicalrebellion) |
