rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

my impression is that everyone she deals with is more racist than she is; she is a weird mix of naive and world-wise

I mean, my sporadic visits to Harlem 16-17 years ago felt exactly how she is describing her neighborhood to be; I just didn't write a breathless piece about how magical it felt

I like to pretend we’re Lady Gaga and Usher taking a stroll, just living our lives.

just living our lives, dude

I dunno man, there def seemed to be a air of exoticization bordering on fetishim that made the piece super uncomfortable for me; naive, def, and that's why she shouldn't be submitting her piece to 'hiremegrantland.com'

xp

The only point where that line was crossed for me was when she was talking about the awesome homeless woman on the street corner as if she was a badass scrunchie she'd picked up at the mall

what the fuck is this website

that is a great question

oh god the comments

That’s my girl scout! Living the dream in NYC! I am so happy and proud of you, Ivy

Former Girl Scout leader of Ivy! Barbara!

I guess they have a lot of uppers in Tampa

this entire thing

I mean don't get me wrong, that was a painful article to read, but it was more in the sense of "is she still going to be waxing rhapsodic about her neighborhood if she gets mugged by that homeless woman?" than anything else

the sad thing is that for as gross as this piece is, it seems like a pretty garden variety, like, naive white journalism student pitch

i'm more taken aback by the entire existence of "hire me grantland" -- my life has been permanently changed more or less

the comments from her relatives and stuff just made me really sad for a number of reasons actually & now i kind of feel bad even making fun of it

i dont

Loved this article! Ivy is a talented writer- very witty and fun! I know you love your neighborhood but Ivy remember Mama Marty’s words of wisdom #42, Walk with a purpose!

I desperately need to know Mama Marty's other words of wisdom now

i think she'd be a good fit for grantland

#43 always wear clean underwear

Semper ubi sub ubi

#37 grass on the infield, play ball

#22 you can never have too many pairs of socks

This could be the first time someone has commented under the username "Your Mom" and actually be the person's mother

#74 they don't like it when you call them "articulate"

haaaaaa

"Sports and culture analysis by the underemployed."

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feel like i maybe dodged a bullet here?

hahahahahahaha

http://ecimages.kobobooks.com/Image.ashx?imageID=1cVOYZVr0k6RUg4vrT93Qg&Type=Full

what the

its true every white girl Ive ever seen in harlem was naked and handcuffed

Looks like we have a new ilx bookclub selection!

I'm not going to google it up, but I'm guessing grantland doesn't have anything to do with grantwriting.

Rory's father is a naive liberal pacifist, who moves to New York and finds the rent cheaper in a place called Harlem. Rory is even more naive than her father, but finds the locals considerably less color-blind than she. From her first day, the lovely young blonde becomes the target of lust for her black neighbors, her schoolmates, her principal and teachers, and every other man who sees her.

well that's inconvenient

ok i am going to go out on a limb and say that i suspect that might be racist

it's like that pearl vs coal debacle from upthread, only with more boning

a place called Harlem

hmmmmm

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That was quick.

are they going to change the name of their website to "Yell At Me, Internet"?

and who will start the website "hiremehiremegrantland.com"?

http://news.yahoo.com/shooting-death-black-teen-puts-florida-law-back-004720741.html

http://hiremegrantland.com/?page_id=223

yeesh

nifty graphic design

imagine sharing a dorm room with these guys

borat and walken voices, morning noon and night

not featured in The Rafters: http://www.zazzle.com/everyone_loves_a_harlem_girl_t_shirt_hat-148384453912034227

all the movie reviews contain family guy references

i'm not riffing, that was reportage