Monthly Archives: March 2011
White female privilege
We come from the position that it absolutely exists, and then we work from there. Read this post over at Racialicious: Go after the Privilege, not the Tits: Afterthoughts on Alexandra Wallace and White Female Privilege. Then go read the post on Feministe.
Make sure to read the comments. Usually I try not to read the comments because everything starts hurting and itching simultaneously and mostly I want to stick my head in the oven. But there are a couple of folks over at each site who make reading the comments worthwhile.
One more time: White female privilege exists.
White female privilege example: When a discussion about white female privilege does not talk about intersectionality or the kyriarchy but instead is regressed to the position that white female privilege does not exist. Read the rest of this entry
‘Ching! Chang! Pok!’
From Angry Asian Man, another suspect educational product. This one claims that kids playing “Rock Paper Scissors” in Beijing would say “Ching! Chang! Pok!” Allegedly in Japan they shout “Ishi! Hasami! Kami!” [rock scissors paper].
I’ve heard “Shitou jianzi bu!” in Mandarin and “Jan ken po!” and “Gu choki pa!” in Japanese. Asked a couple of Chinese American kids who said they’ve heard “Shitou jianzi bu!” but they say “Rock paper scissors shu!” (maybe “shoot”?). Interestingly, “bu” means “cloth.”
Of course there are probably two hundred plus Chinese languages. But I still kinda doubt this one.
How do you play “Rock Paper Scissors”? And what do you say?
Why they call it ‘institutional’
Via Colorlines: “Georgia 3rd Graders asked what U.S. does to ‘illegal aliens’”
Does it:
a. Put them to work in the army?
b. Shoot them into outer space?
c. Put them to death?
or d. Send them back where they came from?
The homework assignment with this question came from edhelper.com, a subscription service that provides worksheets on a number of subjects for teachers. Read the rest of this entry
‘What is an Illegal Alien?’
The “educational worksheet” referenced here.
What is an Illegal Alien?
By Brenda B. Covert
Sam was playing with Buster, his pet terrier, in the backyard.Taylor called and asked if he could come over.
“Sure!” Sam told his friend. “I’ll be in the backyard. Just come through the side gate.”
Sam heard Taylor coming down the walkway. Taylor hurried up to the gate, swung it open, and entered the backyard. He closed the gate behind him.
The two friends greeted each other. Then they began to play with Buster. What a shock they had when a third boy jumped the fence into Sam’s backyard!
Buster barked. Taylor looked at Sam. Sam put his fists on his hips and said, “Hey! What are you doing?” Read the rest of this entry
Two weeks later
Photos from the Atlantic here.
The need is still there. And is going to be there for some time. Give if you’ve got it.
Well, that’s one way to do it.
This is Mr. Miguel Perez-Reyes. He was stopped in McHenry County (IL) for allegedly running a stop sign. Mr. Perez-Reyes notes he saw the patrol car and was careful to come to a full stop. He still got a ticket.
And as part of the data collection that was meant to examine whether people of color were being racially profiled, Mr. Perez-Reyes’ race was duly logged. As white.
Make ‘em pee on a stick
Another article about birth tourists. Be careful, because the hordes might overtake you. And then you’d have no chance of getting into UCLA.
Okay.
This is David Otunga. He’s a Harvard Law School grad. Worked at Sidley Austin in Chicago. Is engaged to singer Jennifer Hudson. And he is now a pro wrestler with WWE.
Yeah, you couldn’t make this up.
