Archive for September 18th, 2007

Just so white!

Does it matter that this video is like a half-year old? No. Why? Because it’s still funny and because it’s sort of good journalism too. From the race file, a contemporary American whiteness: identified, acknowledged, personified and mocked. Adorkable!

Reverb: NYOIL, Earlimart, MBV

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Gettin lynched at the grammys and presenting a soundtrack for a first-night stand.

A jew-bu marriage

Multiculturalism sounds magical and exciting, an example of the best part of globalization.
My husband is Burmese Buddhist. He worships idols. I’m an American Jew. I spent my childhood attending weekly Hebrew school classes and saying the Sh’ma every night: “Sh’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the [...]

Pushing Off: the jew-bu marriage

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Multiculturalism is great, except that my husband worships idols.

Photo: GOP on Election Day
Slideshow: Nov. 5 Newspapers
Photo: Election Day in LA