that station is a dickhole tho
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Thursday, 13 December 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
The we-announced-the-policy-in-that-meeting-you-didn't-attend-and-forgot-to-write-it-down defense has got to be worth at least a couple extra zeros at the end of that settlement check.
Seriously. How can not one individual in that station's management team question actually using that logic.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 December 2012 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
Guh. So what, specifically, was this alleged policy?
Love her and her fruit kebab. Kebab'em a new one, Rhonda.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Thursday, 13 December 2012 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
OH MY GOD @ "You're gonna need a fruit kebab. Trust."
this lady is my new favorite.
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 13 December 2012 06:54 (eleven years ago) link
she seems so likable!
― she was giving it to two friends ...Aaay! (crüt), Thursday, 13 December 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
#teamfruitkebab
― before and after broscience (goole), Thursday, 13 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://estateagents.tumblr.com/post/12163239713/ronjon-the-apartment-mon
― joygoat, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
what the hell is that
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Austin. Nuff said.
― pplains, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
Someone who is not doing business in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
― SHUT UP AND GET YOUR TURKEY SCIENCE BOOKS (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
hey mon
― the late great, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Rhonda Lee interviewed on Democracy Now:
But I don’t think I would ever change a keystroke as to what it was that I said. To me, it was a message that kind of needed to get out. Of course, black female hair has always been a point of contention, since probably biblical times. And unfortunately, we haven’t moved quite to where I think we should be as far as the level of beauty that’s displayed and compared to with African-American women’s hair. But I think we’re making very important strides today, despite my circumstance.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 21 December 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
did this get talked about anywhere on ILX?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/19/fears-of-an-asian-quota-in-the-ivy-league?hp
― the late great, Friday, 21 December 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
dunno if we have a thread for this ,may be the tiger mom thread?
― 乒乓, Friday, 21 December 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
this was the original article
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/opinion/asians-too-smart-for-their-own-good.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
"To be clear, I do not seek to perpetuate the “model minority” myth ... Nor do I endorse the law professor Amy Chua’s pernicious “Tiger Mother” stereotype, which has set back Asian kids by attributing their successes to overzealous (and even pathological) parenting rather than individual effort."
― the late great, Friday, 21 December 2012 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
to be honest, it's nice to see this topic brought up at all, but unfortunately it usually seems for the awful use of attacking affirmative action (because what's really important here is that white people can gain from attacking Asian descrimination). at least that's mentioned...
― Nhex, Friday, 21 December 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
it's completely due to affirmative action, just the affirmative action that exists for white people/legacies/athletes
― iatee, Friday, 21 December 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
the solution is easy: admit more asians and less white people
― 乒乓, Friday, 21 December 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
"Is This Racist": Christmas Editionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1rrN0C10GM
― Fetchboy, Monday, 24 December 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty mild for 1947. I liked the inclusivity (I may be wrong but it seems like that was pretty rare back then).
― nickn, Monday, 24 December 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
Tis the season for putting on some old 1940s Christmas cartoons for the kids and praying none of that minstrel crap suddenly pops up.
― pplains, Monday, 24 December 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
rhonda lee petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/ktbs-tv-give-rhonda-lee-her-job-back-asap#
― the late great, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
is it racist to wear a du-rag if you're not black? having a disagreement with my gf about this.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
Only if you are an eastern european babushka.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Er, only if you are not. Also pirates, and gypsies, and circus folk can get away w it.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
not so much racist as questionable judgment
― ILX is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.etsy.com/listing/48554881/confederate-flag-do-rag
― mh, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
not black, makes doo rag work
― the late great, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
is it racist against grits and headbangers?
― t_s (how's life), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
xposts
― t_s (how's life), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
Anybody can wear a kerchief on their head!
― Canaille help you (Michael White), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
A du-rag is not a kerchief though. In its current incarnation, it has its own design that couldn't be confused for anything else, if I'm not mistaken. Anyway gf says that it's uniquely a signifier of black culture and non-black people can't wear it without being inherently offensive. I responded by saying that white people wear saris and kimonos and all kinds of other shit from other cultures all the time-- and at appropriate public events, for that matter. Wearing a du-rang is not racist as far as I can see, though as someone else mentioned, it might be "questionable judgement", though even that I'm not really sure why. Do some people just get to "own" certain fashion statements?
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, you're taking about the sheer stocking-looking kind. Yeah, idk, white people don't really wear those. I don't know if it's offensive as much as it'd just look weird because you don't have black person hair?
― mh, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
I'm weirded out by du-rag. I always see do-rag, as in it keeps your hairdo in check
― mh, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
:}
― 乒乓, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
also wondering where these white people with kimonos are wandering around
― mh, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
eminem fan forums have discussed this very issue
― Mordy, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
also wondering where these white people with kimonos are wandering aroundhttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md73v3Cyxm1ru41p9o1_500.jpg
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
I responded by saying that white people wear saris and kimonos and all kinds of other shit from other cultures all the time-- and at appropriate public events, for that matter.
Is this about you wearing a du-rag at an "appropriate public event?" Concert?
― mh, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
duragpolice
― buzza, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not going to run out and find pictures, but pretty sure well-known fashion houses have developed kimonos for consumption by the Western public.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
anyway, that's not the point. It doesn't really matter if white people wear kimonos or not. Is it racist for a white person to wear one?
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
history has taught us that it's cool for a white person to do pretty much anything they want to, don't fret about it imo
― 乒乓, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
i'd say that white cultural tastemakers have done a lot to propagate (or steal, if you prefer) other cultures' texts/fashion/music/etc, there's always kind of a sheepishness about it too
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
My local pub is having a New Year's Eve curry night with Indian-themed fancy dress suggested. The barman agreed with me that this was a poor idea, but I didn't determine whether he agreed with my unspoken subtext that it was a bad idea because it was (at the very least highly likely to end up being) fucking racist wtf.
Sorry, as you were.
― a panda, Malmö (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
btw, just to clarify-- I do not nor do I plan to wear a du-rag in public. The discussion came up as a result of a friend's "wear-a-funny-hat" party.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.lib.unc.edu/rbc/keats/img/keats-hand-on-chin.jpg
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
you realize this shit has been getting called out as racist for decades tho right
― passive-aggressive dn change (zachlyon), Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
um, not to suggest that du-rags are inherently funny, derp derp
sure. everything involving multiple cultures is called racist by somebody somewhere.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link