A recent e-mail entitled “Ebonics”: My name be Ebonies Li Herenandez, an AfricanHispanicAsiatic-American girl who just got an award for being the best speler in class. I got 67% on the speling test and 30 points for being black, 5 points for not binging drugs into class, 5 points for not bringing guns into class, [...]
From Stirling McLaughlin comes this laughable piece of prudish propaganda. Yes, I understand that they’re trying to deal with a serious issue in a “hip” way, but did you notice that there was no mention at all about “safe” sex, or any indication of multiple partners? Intravenous drug use? Anything? No, it is simply “Have [...]
It reads like something you’d see on Engrish: TORONTO – Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery. The situation was even more alarming for Moore because it was her 7-year-old daughter who [...]
§1831 · April 20, 2007 · 5 comments · Tags: Christopher Hitchens, racism, social, sociology, software
The Left’s love/hate relationship with Christopher Hitchens (and Christopher Hitchens’ love/hate relationship with the Left) lives on in me. I must say, however, that I not only love his words, but how fiercely dedicated he is to fundamental ideas like free speech. I agree—censorship is bad news, just about any way you slice it. The [...]
§1736 · February 16, 2007 · 21 comments · Tags: Christopher Hitchens, european union, free speech, politics, religion, social, sociology
Had the author of this book not spoken at my University, I probably would not have picked it up. Not because I have an aversion to its nature, but because my guess, based on its subtitle, was that it would be overly maudlin and manipulative. In fact, it’s not as bad as all that. Though [...]
§1715 · February 7, 2007 · (No comments) · Tags: 52 Books in 52 Weeks, Middle East, books, politics, religion, social, sociology
I understand that news companies are attempting to give an unbiased view of the news, even when they clearly aren’t (“We report, You decide” my ass, FNC). But I agree very much with Jon Stewart’s view of the media as feckless and overly corporate—not everything, as he says, should be reported as a Pepsi v. [...]
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