"Minorities are portrayed as stereotypes," says Greenwald. He admits it's an old criticism. Still, not much has changed. "The shuffling, watermelon-eating black has been replaced by the inner-city criminal black," he says.
taken from this article that is conveniently australian (sydney morning herald), given the downunder contingent so evident on this site.
if you still think there's nothing to this, why not explore your own (perhaps unconscious) biases by participating in a harvard research project.
as for the "homie" remark, ask yourself: if i was telling this story to black people, would i use that word?
as it happens, that's a good standard for many expressions.
why don't you just go ahead and say you're talking about a black man?
what's the point of hinting at that fact with code words like "homie" and "shuffling"? we all get the implication. why use euphemisms that don't quite conceal the tacit racism they contain?
and since the individual's "homie"ness is significant in some way, i for one would like to know why. is it more likely that he'll do something to your mother in law because he's a "homie"? because he's (apparently) from low-income housing? just what are you saying?
Fact. John Kerry, 1970: "I’m an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations."
Now, that's an old quote. Thing is, though, that he's never said anything that contradicts it. If he came out tomorrow and said, "I have changed my mind," that'd be fine by me.
note: in 1970 kerry was fresh from vietnam, running for congress in massachusetts, and he made his remark in this light.
do you seriously believe that it's a part of his platform now to get the un's "permission" on anything?
if you do believe that, you'd be wrong. in a july speech before his acceptance of the democratic nomination, he used almost exactly the same language as bush and cheney with their "permission to defend" bullshit, as reported in the boston globe.
try another strawman next time. like maybe "john kerry doesn't want to fund our troops."
and do you really want to compare kerry and bush quotes from 1970? how 'bout "i didn't wanna blow my eardrum out with a shotgun, so i decided to better myself by becoming a pilot"?
i, too, offer a strong recommendation for indietorrents (sneeze link above).
i would advise signing up soon, because i read in their f.a.q. that they're capping membership at 10,000 (it went over 5,000 three weeks ago; now it's at 7,500).
if you're down with bittorrent and can figure out some port issues (all in the faq/forums) it's got so much frigging stuff.
who in their right mind, demo or repug, would give jenna the hot beef injection?
imagine the frightening moment when you look at her face in just such a way that you see the commander in chimp (she's very "georgesque" a/o/t notjenna, who looks more like her mother).
solution? a bag for her head, if you're really into moronic sorority girls.
the "hat" has spoken? when does the "hat" find time amid all the pedantic deconstructions?
i linked the david foster wallace article for an overview of the argument, well before monsieur hat felt the need to unburden his overpriced education on us. wow, 13 languages and an encyclopedic knowledge of the porkpie. i bet you get laid thrice daily.
it was not an endorsment of DFW's thesis, per se. just something one seeking an interesting discussion of style might find interesting.
mickey, to help clarify, this is to what i referred:
"colorless green ideas sleep furiously" is noam chomsky's famous formulation of a grammatically correct yet meaningless sentence, bolstering his linguistics-altering notion of a hardwired universal grammar that is part and parcel of the human condition.
the pig latin is a play on snoop dogg's recent attempt to get white people to stop putting "izzle" in every slang formulation out of our mouths. he hosted snl this past saturday and called folk to the carpet, saying "it was my gift of cool to you, but seriously, cut it out". his recommendation to fill the void left without all the "izzling"? pig latin.
hope that helps.
languagehat, deconstruct THIS!
ah, yes, the old prescriptive v. descriptive argument. language -- so malleable, yet utterly dependent on certain formal structures.
colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
here's prehaps the definitizzle worizzle on the subjizzle, dizzle. pig latin is for white people, or should i say "ermudabay ortshay ooklay otthay onyay hiteway enmay".
disbelieve here
"Minorities are portrayed as stereotypes," says Greenwald. He admits it's an old criticism. Still, not much has changed. "The shuffling, watermelon-eating black has been replaced by the inner-city criminal black," he says. taken from this article that is conveniently australian (sydney morning herald), given the downunder contingent so evident on this site. if you still think there's nothing to this, why not explore your own (perhaps unconscious) biases by participating in a harvard research project. as for the "homie" remark, ask yourself: if i was telling this story to black people, would i use that word? as it happens, that's a good standard for many expressions.
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
why don't you just go ahead and say you're talking about a black man? what's the point of hinting at that fact with code words like "homie" and "shuffling"? we all get the implication. why use euphemisms that don't quite conceal the tacit racism they contain? and since the individual's "homie"ness is significant in some way, i for one would like to know why. is it more likely that he'll do something to your mother in law because he's a "homie"? because he's (apparently) from low-income housing? just what are you saying?
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Curious George - Which of my daughers are mo hotta?"
now who says the online community is full of uptight prigs?
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Steve Albini gives a talk on analog vs. digital and other audio engineering questions"
what magazines, wolof? :)
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Curious George"
oh
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
?
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Zell Goes Nuts."
Fact. John Kerry, 1970: "I’m an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations." Now, that's an old quote. Thing is, though, that he's never said anything that contradicts it. If he came out tomorrow and said, "I have changed my mind," that'd be fine by me. note: in 1970 kerry was fresh from vietnam, running for congress in massachusetts, and he made his remark in this light. do you seriously believe that it's a part of his platform now to get the un's "permission" on anything? if you do believe that, you'd be wrong. in a july speech before his acceptance of the democratic nomination, he used almost exactly the same language as bush and cheney with their "permission to defend" bullshit, as reported in the boston globe. try another strawman next time. like maybe "john kerry doesn't want to fund our troops." and do you really want to compare kerry and bush quotes from 1970? how 'bout "i didn't wanna blow my eardrum out with a shotgun, so i decided to better myself by becoming a pilot"?
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Kelsey Grammer gets a boy."
not to be snarky, but are you people really speculating about this? i mean, you really care?
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Curious George"
i, too, offer a strong recommendation for indietorrents (sneeze link above). i would advise signing up soon, because i read in their f.a.q. that they're capping membership at 10,000 (it went over 5,000 three weeks ago; now it's at 7,500). if you're down with bittorrent and can figure out some port issues (all in the faq/forums) it's got so much frigging stuff.
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Curious George - Which of my daughers are mo hotta?"
who in their right mind, demo or repug, would give jenna the hot beef injection? imagine the frightening moment when you look at her face in just such a way that you see the commander in chimp (she's very "georgesque" a/o/t notjenna, who looks more like her mother). solution? a bag for her head, if you're really into moronic sorority girls.
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Curious, George: English/Writing Reference?"
got me again! zing! snip! censor!
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
the "hat" has spoken? when does the "hat" find time amid all the pedantic deconstructions? i linked the david foster wallace article for an overview of the argument, well before monsieur hat felt the need to unburden his overpriced education on us. wow, 13 languages and an encyclopedic knowledge of the porkpie. i bet you get laid thrice daily. it was not an endorsment of DFW's thesis, per se. just something one seeking an interesting discussion of style might find interesting. mickey, to help clarify, this is to what i referred: "colorless green ideas sleep furiously" is noam chomsky's famous formulation of a grammatically correct yet meaningless sentence, bolstering his linguistics-altering notion of a hardwired universal grammar that is part and parcel of the human condition. the pig latin is a play on snoop dogg's recent attempt to get white people to stop putting "izzle" in every slang formulation out of our mouths. he hosted snl this past saturday and called folk to the carpet, saying "it was my gift of cool to you, but seriously, cut it out". his recommendation to fill the void left without all the "izzling"? pig latin. hope that helps. languagehat, deconstruct THIS!
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
p.s. -- strunk and white: like donuts, only good for you.
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
ah, yes, the old prescriptive v. descriptive argument. language -- so malleable, yet utterly dependent on certain formal structures. colorless green ideas sleep furiously. here's prehaps the definitizzle worizzle on the subjizzle, dizzle. pig latin is for white people, or should i say "ermudabay ortshay ooklay otthay onyay hiteway enmay". disbelieve here
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Kathy McGinty"
links don't work, dawg.
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
In "Spoofpark"
a new generation of "spoofpark republicans" will now be poised to restore honor and integrity to the world of satire
posted by fritz_underblade 20 years ago
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