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There's a lottt of them, they're called "woke" or something

 

Yeah I wasn't being serious lol....but someone was talking in this thread a few weeks ago about one of their white friends being like that. I mean, I understand being angry at white people, but trying to like, "disown" them, is weird.

 

There's nothing weirder than the white man on twitter tweeting "FUCK ALL WHITE MEN."

 

Speaking of ... this article was ... interesting:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/us/dna-ancestry-race-identity.html?_r=0

Race and identity in many ways define who we think we are, while modern genetics can challenge those notions. To delve into these issues, I am involved with a communication studies project at West Chester University in Pennsylvania that explores narratives at the intersection of race and identity.

For the last decade, I have invited hundreds of people to be part of ancestry DNA tests. But first I ask people how they identify themselves racially. It has been very interesting to explore their feelings about the differences between how they define themselves and what their DNA makeup shows when the test results come in.

Biologically, our ancestral differences reflect only a 0.1 percent difference in DNA. Yet we often cling to those differences — both in unity with our fellow people of origin and, at times, in divisiveness.

Over all, the experiment has provided a special opportunity to explore the lines of race. I found that as human beings, our strategies for survival are the same, and our similarities far outweigh our differences.

 

Do you ever stare at someone's stuff on social media, suspiciously to make sure they aren't like a far right psycopath?

 

I stare at posts in this thread that way.

 

I usually look at other threads that way, sometimes. There's key suspicious things that alarm my bells.

Anyway, I saw a girl I know who's a wannabe gossip journalist make light of the cheetoh eating Mexican food tweet and this alt right racist dude commented it (he also looks mentally challenged if I'm being honest) and she disavowed him saying he's a racist and to go away. I looked at her stuff because when I think someone knows someone like that I assume they are either complicit or really weak-willed because why the hell would you put up with POS like that. It took me like 20 minutes but I think she's a little loopy, has a weird sense of humor and I see that she follows leftists. It was just weird.

Also my mom told me that Chris Hayes looks like he has really soft skin.

 

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have the privilege of getting to ignore this topic on a daily basis, as you might expect.

 

Ahhh, I wanted to post this. Dave zirin is p.good and props to the Orioles owners son

‘We Must Actively Stand Up’: John Angelos’ Response to Racism at Fenway Park

 

i use humor as a coping method

 

I'm not great at the advice...can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?

 

same obviously

 

Also not re-litigating the election:

Is Live-Evil good enough to be worth fast-tracking in my jazz exploration?

 

This Coal-Country Socialist Fights for $15

 

This seems like a decent time to direct everyone to read Doc Strong's predictably terrible takes on Get Out in the horror thread

 

He still exists?

 

I can't do horror, glad i don't have to tolerate him

 

Just in terms of my opinion, definitely. That 70s stuff is underrated, or at least I didn't realize how good it was until earlier this year. He does build on Bitches' Brew throughout those 5 years. In A Silent Way is still my fav electric miles tho

 

how'd you figure out it was him? great job gumshoe

 

i was culling through our Records Center last week and found a box that was just labeled "Goth" on the index and I was like "oh, this oughta be good"

Apparently back in the early 2000s the City Council was trying to pass an Ordinance to put a curfew on people dressed as goths and they got a whole bunch of angry letters and emails from teens and oh boy there were some good ones.

 

lol omg that sounds amazing.

I can't think of "goths" anymore without thinking of South Park...but Bowling For Colombine was on tv last night and I forgot how many media clips there were of people blaming Marlyn Manson for the shooting...yeesh