Restructure is a Canadian anti-racist blogger (and she is immensely awesome, FTR). She has an LJ feed at restructurefeed if anyone wants to follow it. Anyway, she posted an entry about multiculturalism that I think is important enough that I want to repost it (because I know if I just provide the link, few of you will click through, but most of you will read it ( Read more... )

Frolic's been encouraging me for a long time to do a children's book. "I don't write for kids," I've informed him loftily. "I'm an adult writer ( Read more... )

On a cheery note, there was a lot of protesting against the Compton Cookout that I posted about earlier. Which of course sparked a privileged white jerkwad to make another offensive party to protest the protests. An excerpt of his ridiculous missive talking about his "Compton Cookout Part Deux" party: "If you truly care about civil rights, and you ( Read more... )

Some students at the University of San Diego (California) decided to throw a big bash called the "Compton Cookout", as a way to "honor" Black History Month. (Not shitting you. This is a direct quote from the Facebook page (which has since been removed, but the text was preserved here): As a time to celebrate and in hopes of showing respect, the ( Read more... )

I had this interaction yesterday that left me puzzled. I was talking with my son's occupational therapist, who is an identifiably Indian (SE Asian, not Native American) woman. She's Westernized (spent her whole life in Canada, save for seven years spent in the U.S.) So we're talking and she says, in the context of a discussion about the help my ( Read more... )

So this guy Andrew Stack - I'm sure you've all heard of him by now - flew a plane into a building. He did so deliberately, with the intent to hurt and kill others ( Read more... )

I have finally reached that glorious place where I no longer give a shit who I offend, when the target themselves are being offensive. Yes, I'll call you a privileged douchebag openly when you call something "retarded", and I point out that that's an offensive term, and you say "yeah, I know it is, I chose to use it anyway."* I will tell you you ( Read more... )

Periodically I bring you WTFuckery and lulz, just to spice up your day. Well, I've got some doozies for you.

America's first legal male prostitute thinks he's like Rosa Parks. An excerpt: "You can't necessarily say, "Oh, it's just a job." You actually have to say it's a passion. I think it's the same situation as with anything that happens when ( Read more... )

An exceptionally well-written post about the current drive to adopt Haitian children, and how racist and harmful it is. Airlifting children out is not the way to help them.

I've got a new guest post up at Stuff White People Do. It took me weeks to research and write, and I feel pretty good about it, since I think what it covers is something few people know much about. Stuff White People Do: obstinately support a racist death penalty. Somehow I doubt it's going to get that many comments, since there probably isn't much ( Read more... )