Meet Joseph Cao

For the National Republican Congressional Committee, Anh “Joseph” Cao was a diamond in a shitpile.  The 41-year old Vietnamese lawyer, (pronounced “Gow”), knocked off scandal-plagued Democratic incumbent William “Dollar Bill” Jefferson in a bright blue, majority black district.  Cao’s three point victory made him the first Vietnamese-American in Congress, and the NRCC immediately trumpeted his [...]

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More on the Redskins (more on the Jews later)

Our local (American) football club has a uniquely unpleasant history.  Consider this image of an elderly black fan dressed in faux-native garb.  What makes it so incongruous is not simply the appropriation of someone else’s culture; it’s the fact that the Redskins are historically the most racist franchise in football against blacks too.  Owner George [...]

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The Obama effect

For months we heard rumours that Obama was some kind of closet Panther, hiding his afro pick while plotting revolution.  Starting around 11 PM on November 4, the same people who made these claims suddenly decided he was actually a center-rightist, that his victory reflected America’s inherant conservatism.
Obviously, this put actual black nationalists in a [...]

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JEWBLACKWIN

The Washington Post reported on the variety of racist remarks about Obama by European leaders.  Here’s one lowlight:
“Jürgen Gansel, a party leader and an elected lawmaker in the German state of Saxony, blamed Obama’s victory on “the American alliance of Jews and Negroes.”
Which led to the following Gchat conversation between myself and, (sound the hipster [...]

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pomo

Think Culture has a brief yet thoughtful explanation of our contemporary post-racial climate.
Postmodernity has become an horror show of lazy irony. I indulge in the aethetic because of my place and time; education economics but find the stagnant nihilism and laissez faire just-for-lols approach to things that are worth earnestness overwhelmingly problematic. That isn’t to [...]

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Yes, they’re racist, chapter 53

Here’s an actual headline from Fox News…
“Hip-Hop-Dancing Colin Powell Fuels Speculation He’ll Endorse Obama”
And in case the meaning was unclear, the explanatory sub-header…
“Colin Powell showed off his hip-hop moves at an ‘Africa Rising’ celebration in London Tuesday, fueling speculation that the former secretary of state is about to endorse Barack Obama for president.”
…followed by the [...]

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White racists for Obama

The New York Times recently ran a piece on Nevada canvassers for the Obama campaign. In lily-white rural Nevada, volunteers often find themselves facing voters more comfortable with the Senator’s policy positions than his skin tone. Canvassers have a number of ways to respond to situations like this:
“Among the people [the volunteer] [...]

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Quacks like a racist

Today’s contestant: Bobby Lee May.
In addition to sharing his name with a famous juggler, Monsieur May served as treasurer of the Buchanan County Republican Party as well as county representative to Senator McCain’s Virginia leadership team. The 97% white county, named for this racist fool, gave Senator Obama only 9% in the Democratic [...]

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Veep review #2

Palin’s debate strategy was dog-whistle white rural populism. Pure and simple Nixon playbook. Worked for him, worked for Reagan (Philadelphia and the welfare queens, set in the context of a long, racist record.) Race is significant but it isn’t everything: Bush Sr. could pull off the racism but couldn’t fake folksy [...]

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I see your pirates and raise you

On the BAMF scale, the British Army Gurkhas rank pretty high. A delightful legacy of colonialism, these Nepalese volunteer soldiers have an elite record of fighting for the crown.
Historically, the Gurkhas suffered from their exceptional status within the British military: While veterans from other countries, including Ireland and South Africa, were entitled to [...]

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