A vapid girl's parents take her good-hearted classism, and ups the ante with the old-fashion racism.
Culture Buzz So I guess there is a skin cream treatment that whitens your skin tone and gets you laid (in India) because you're white.
Indisputable etymological evidence that Barack Obama is the antichrist predicted in the Bible. The amount of retrofitting work that goes into a piece like this is really something special. This is like five-star quality sophistry. I love it. There's more on this growing antichrist conspiracy theory at Salon.com.
The Gates police report is out today, and it gives a fair play-by-play of the Harvard professor's arrest. Notable outtake: he threw a “your mama” insult! When the arresting officer asked to speak outside, Gates replied, “Ya, I'll speak with your mama outside.” So, that's funny.
Culture Buzz The terrible staff at The Valley Swim Club barred a bunch of Black campers from swimming after fear that they would change “the complexion of the club.” The club, which boasts “open membership,” is apparently welcoming to all types of Caucasian, bigoted a-holes.
Politics Buzz Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade went on a quick racist detour this morning where he talked about how Americans aren't like the rest of the world because we “keep marrying other species and other ethnics.” Via Gotcha Media.
Today's installment of Twitter Justice is brought to you by British newspaper The Daily Mail, whose race-baiting poll of the day has angered the ever-vigilant Twitter watchdog community. “Worst Daily Mail” is a top trending term on Twitter, as thousands of Twitterers flock to the newspaper to vote “Yes” in righteous defiance of the question “Should the National Health Services allow gipsies to jump the queue?”
Riddle me this, you socialist bastards. Rush Limbaugh has a question for you. It is about jurisprudence.
But the blonde girl finds it funny nonetheless. Racism is complicated like that.
Clare Werbeloff is an overnight sensation in Australia following her deeply racist eyewitness report of a shooting (in case you're not familiar with the term, “Wog” is an ethnic slur in Australia). Apparently there are already Clare Werbeloff T-shirts floating around, and Clare has hired a publicist to take advantage of her newfound notoriety. Welcome to the wonderful world of being famous for being stupid, Clare.
It's not exactly clear what message this Japanese KFC is trying to send, but I'm pretty sure it's the wrong one.
Use your best stereotyping/prejudicial/racist skillz to guess who pulled which crime. A surprisingly fun and educational game. I just wish there were more terrorism-based crimes on here. It'd make it a lot easier.
Science Buzz Wondering if you've got the most-feared disease of our time? One test is to see whether you've started making racist statements in public. Ryan Air CEO Michael O’Leary, for instance, just told a press conference that swine flu is only a risk to Asians and Mexicans “living in slums”. He's since been quarantined.
The new Texican Whopper [sic] promises “the taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican.” This commercial features a tall cowboy and a short wrestler dressed in a Mexican flag. So there are some people that are not too pleased. Domino's is still winning the “Worst Fast Food PR Week,” though.
Politics Buzz This awesome Texas legislator wants Asian-Americans to cut it out with the confusing, non-American names. Her quote during House testimony yesterday: “Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?”
The pole-climbing black man frightens white folk, but appearances can be deceiving! Similarly, black herbal toothpaste looks weird and scary, but it's actually pretty good. I think that's the message, anyway. This commercial is sad because it's pretty racist and also because it's pretty sad. The lonely man had a lousy day and he clearly makes awful toothpaste choices. (Via Copyranter).
A bakery in Greenwich Village is selling “Drunken Negro Face” cookies in “honor” of our new president. Who, they might argue, is the most powerful drunken negro of all.
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A culturally relevant exposé in which a wealthy Black lawyer goes undercover as a busboy at an all-White Connecticut country club (the article was originally published in a 1992 issue of New York Magazine). If you find the piece depressing, good news: you'll feel better by Tuesday.