blac(k)ademic's post interracial relationships: my 2 cents is well worth a read:
i also see the side of the argument, where self-hate can drive us to ignore our history, our essence of blackness (whatever that may be), and force us to strive for acceptance from white people, through selectively dating white people, in an attempt to prove how we can be "just like them." those relationships do exist out there, however, to see them all as that, denies all black men/women in interracial relations agency and positions them as helpless pawns that are incapable of owning and controlling their sexuality.
The Internet Theologian Explains The Da Vinci Code is funny even if you haven't read or seen The Da Vinci Code:
Q: What does all this have to do with Jesus? Or, for that matter, Leonardo Da Vinci?
A: The premise of the book is that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, and that the two had children, who passed along Jesus' bloodline through generations of French people. Leonardo was the member of a secret brotherhood of painters who protected this secret by painting pictures of men that look like ladies.
THE HISTORY OF MY HIP-HOP IS TOO DEEP TO BE DISSECTED, PROBABLY is a nice companion piece. I know, from the title you wouldn't think so. Trust me.
The first section in this post by Mimi Smartypants is quite lovely - here's an excerpt:
Although there is no way Crazy Lady could have known this, the idea of my kid's school tolerating even the slightest hint of race-based teasing is laughable. These are the people who whip up a Festival of Diversity at the drop of a (hand-knitted by Ecuadorian shepherds) hat. Seriously.
Check out Five things, besides lying, that Shakira’s hips don’t do. Ha!
And finally, I love, love, love the Racism FAQ on a blog called Egotistical Whining:
Q)But "if you switched the words around"..
A)The situations are totally different. You guys got the GI Bill, you guys get taken seriously, no matter what insane paranoid shit you made up, and we're supposed to cry for you? No.
Seriously, read the whole thing, and then read the comments. Especially if you are white.
