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(sub required) “Nascar could be taking a big step toward changing its image by announcing that Max Siegel, a black gospel-music executive, will become the No. 2 executive at Dale Earnhardt Inc.”
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Thanks Jason! “These days, the more sophisticated way to get the N word across loud and clear is to simply act it out. That’s what this woman’s intense stare was about while she gathered her bags close to her.”
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Animelee/Andrew wrote:
Totally love that Black Man Walking article. I see it happen all the time — either to me, or other people.
Posted 15 Dec 2006 at 12:56 pm ¶
Kim wrote:
I was completely disturbed by the Black Man Walking article. I find no subversive tactic, no route to salvaging the human dignity of both players in the author’s actions.
Turning around to look back, thereby having the person acknowledge that he knows what motivated their self-protective gesture, seemed more an expression of the right to self-protect, than crossing the street. People are often embarrassed to have been “found out.” Often, this embarrassment can be instructive.
Peace to the man, but I think he’s lost in a reverie.
Posted 15 Dec 2006 at 1:32 pm ¶