the birmingham black barons became the birmingham barons, and are the AA affiliate of the chicago white sox (famously, you may remember michael jordan getting some at-bats as a baron). their stadium isn't incredibly old, i'm gonna guess it was built in '89 or '90? it's in hoover, tho.
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:55 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Dan (Excruciating Back Pain) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
i'd like to reaffirm my "show your peers some respect or fuck off" stance.
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
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― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link
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― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
and I'd appreciate a cut'n'paste of dan's comment that thinking of minstresly when seeing a kid in blackface is racist, as I can't seem to find it.
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Dan (Excruciating Back Pain) Perry (djperr...), November 1st, 2005.
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― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― jdubz (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
xxpost
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
"pretending that theres no racist context for blackface" = You haven't explained how a kid dressing up as his favorite athlete is racism in any way, still.
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― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
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― _, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost wearing a freaking miniskirt was a controversial act at one time. Also there are plenty of white people and jewish people with "nappy hair," labelling them as assholes for choosing a hairstyle is a little odd. Please explain to me how someone can go in costume as Ben Wallace without sporting a wig.
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Remy (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost Ethan no one is condoning all people ever doing things for imitative purposes, is the thing here. I mean you just said you would maybe even laugh at a kid dressed up like that and I'd bet you wouldn't assume it was racism rearing its ugly head.
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
WHERE IS DAVID STERN TO MAKE SURE THE BAD BLACK BALLPLAYERS WEAR SUITS?!????!?
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
I find the rasta cap wig thing really offensive. Especially since it's usually paired with the "irie, mon. watch me smoke my big spliff" mock patois. I gave a lot of evil looks over that at the Halloween party at was at over the weekend. Kids, adults, whoever need to be confronted and set straight on that shit a lot more often.
xpost And the "jewfro" = an afro wig is totally ridiculous.
― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link
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― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― elmo (allocryptic), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― sfxxxx, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link
were you dressed up as .. evil?
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link
ts: comically overstated misanthropy vs. noblesse oblige
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link
No, I was Sarah Dash from Labelle. I'm naturally evil.
― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link
well I mean that's true.
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
cf. the miasppropriation of Joel Chandler Harris, etc.
― Remy (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
AHHHHHHHH
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
also we just split the bill and didn't argue.
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link
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― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link
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