Monthly Archives: May 2009
More Canadian racism
Shipyard workers in the Vancouver area are taking legal action for unfair dismissal on the grounds of racism.
Didn’t we have a ‘noose’ category?
Why my mother said I shouldn’t be a cop
Off-duty police officer shot to death. Ten bucks says you can guess what happened.
Congratulations Kavya Shivashankar
Winner of the national spelling bee.
People often teased me and my best friend by saying that we were good at spelling because we first had to learn to spell our own names. Nerds represent! I’d hazard a guess that among RR readers there’s a higher percentage of spelling bee champions than readers of the average blog.
Thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar hails from Kansas.
I’ve been watching the bee for the past couple of years and have noticed repeat finalists. There also seems to be a slight *ahem* demographic overrepresentation. Take a look at the finalist pictures here. And take a look at their hometowns. I noticed that even Idaho had a student of color representing.
According to Scripps, 33 of the 293 spellers do not speak English as a first language. One hundred and seventeen speak another language besides English. I am also tickled that at least two of the finalists want to be neurosurgeons. When I was thirteen I still thought I was going to be a rock star.
Eek! Black guys!
I read this story earlier and sighed. It’s about a 38-year-old white woman who called 911 to report that she and her young daughter had been in a car accident involving another automobile. Then two black men kidnapped her and threw her into the trunk of a Cadillac.
Well, the FBI got involved. And guess what?
Dear nuns
If one of your sisters was involved in a car crash that killed a 16-year-old by allegedly running a red light, and then was found not guilty, maybe you could refrain from flashing big toothy grins.
Lucky you, you were allowed to wear your habit into the courtroom. And one of the eyewitnesses was named Miguel Realzola.
Oh Canada!
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council is not laughing about Radio-Canada’s controversial “Bye Bye 2008″ New Year’s Eve sketch show, which drew criticism for its jokes about blacks and anglophones. One of the most outrageous sketches included an interview with a comedian suggesting Barack Obama would be easy to assassinate because the first black U.S. president would stand out against the White House.
Source. What did the show’s producer and writer have to say for themselves?
Veronique Cloutier and Louis Morissette, the producer and head writer of the “Bye Bye,” said in a rambling news conference at the height of the controversy that they aren’t racists and only intended to present an edgy comedy show.
They aren’t racists. Check! They’re edgy. Check!
and again
Saw you again
and noticed you’ve learned
We don’t speak to those people.
Wondering how that will work out for you
when you’re the one
rendered invisible. Read the rest of this entry
Dear Eric Muller
I just thought you’d like to know that your new book American Inquisition was sitting on the shelf waiting for me. Right next to In Defense of Internment. Oh the irony.
PS: It does not look as if the Manzanar store has restocked IDOI.
Oh internets
Can anybody tell me what it means if your blood glucose is 111 after not eating for more than 12 hours?
For reference, this person’s blood glucose has been 234, 240, and 400+ in recent checks.
