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“The police said they believed that the man, Khiel Coppin, 18, had a gun. But when the gunfire stopped, it turned out that he had been holding a hairbrush.”
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Muslim students at Florida Atlantic University hold a silent protest, and this is what happens: “One of the audience’s members, an FAU employee, went so far as to spit on one of the young Muslim ladies outside, herself a student at FAU.”
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“There has already been a protest on campus and another is scheduled this Wednesday. The president of Geneseo says he’s disgusted by the students dressed in “black face” but says it’s protected speech.”
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On Asian fetish: “It is supported by not only myths and stereotypes, but the objectification of Asian women’s bodies through pornography that is focused on Asian women, the global sex trade”
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Why isn’t there more black satire? “It can’t be for lack of opportunity. Every week we get a new race-event begging for lampooning: Watson, Jena 6, OJ, Imus, Michael Richards, Vick …. all present unique opportunities…”
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“We have to realize that banning a word doesn’t ban racism. It shuts people’s mouths — some people’s, anyway — but it doesn’t change their thoughts. And we’re talking about a WORD here. “
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
deb wrote:
My aunt told me the other night she heard what sounded like a Gatling gun: a round of successive gunfire. Then she waited for the cops to come, but they were already there. She’s appalled by what’s happening in her Bed-Stuy. She’s lived there ever since I can remember, back when telephone numbers included letters like “GL” for Glenwood. It’s where I grew up. I don’t like thinking that the next time I visit her, I’d better leave before sundown. (And what are the gentrifying white neighbors thinking?)
When I first heard this story I immediately thought about that African American Wallet Exchange” video clip from Michael Moore’s “The Awful Truth.” I don’t how justified the cops were. Over the telephone Coppin is heard saying that he had a gun; yet, when he confronts them he reveals a hairbrush? How many times have black people been shot for holding what cops suspect is a weapon? Heck! I feel the need to be cautious when I take out my black mp3 player!
Anyway, suicide by cop is a possibility I suppose. But, why is contagious shooting necessary?
Posted 14 Nov 2007 at 10:20 am ¶
Roger Green wrote:
Apology in the blackface case:
http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S256085.shtml?cat=565
Posted 14 Nov 2007 at 10:28 am ¶
Roger Green wrote:
But no suspensions:
http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S255819.shtml?cat=566
Posted 14 Nov 2007 at 10:30 am ¶