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speaking of…

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…the “white man’s burden”….

Remember that movie of the same name with John Travolta and Harry Belafonte? If I recall correctly, I liked it. I think the film was intended to be thought-provoking, leading us to ponder what it would be like if the tables were turned and maybe even to point to the absurdity of the race game in America. But  I also remember being kinda horrified thinking, “If this was the reality of the race chain, with blacks on top and whites on the bottom, I’d still be royally screwed!”

I did a google image search for  “white man’s burden” and here’s what I found…

 

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Outrageous! Like, I’m literally in an outrage. How about we paint the real story and depict the black men and women carrying the pious white people on their backs while they till the fields and pick the cotton in the hot sun with little nourishment all the while making the white man richer, fatter, heavier!  I think Kara Walker got it right…

 

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i don’t like

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almost makes me mad at pears the fruit…
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the text reads:

the first step towards lightening 
The White Man’s Burden
is through teaching the virtues of cleanliness
Pears’ Soap
is a potent factor in brightening the dark corners of the earth as civilization advances, while amongst the cultured of all nations it holds the highest place – it is the ideal toilet soap.

 

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anti-miscegenation 2009

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Some of us haven’t come very far….

A recent picture on the cover of Go! magazine, a regular section in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

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The photo of a couple kissing corresponded to the story “The 7 Best Places To Smooch.” 

Many readers did not seem interested in the kissing locations.  They could not see past that insidious, hideous photo. Some reader comments:

From 1buschstadiumplz: “Haven’t read the story but dont like to see blacks and whites kissing;”

From taxpayer came this remark: ”This doesn’t surprise me at all. Libs take every opportunity they can to shove miscegnation in our faces. Now that TV has to show blacks in every commercial, notice that they are always posed beside a blonde woman. Not a brunette, a blonde. Its done for shock value. Sickening that a once proud newspaper would resort ot this. Joe Pulitzer is turning over in his grave in shame.”

Reader greggh tried a middle-of-the-road approach:  “I’m not judging the concept of biracial couples at all, but in a city as racially polarized as St. Louis, I’m shocked that the PD would go so out of its way to be so gratuitously provacative. This completely undercut the message of the article.” 

Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch

Gratuitously provocative?! And all that other stuff!? How can this be in this lovely “post-racial” society we’ve cultivated? Oh dear…

partially reblogged from: http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/04/black-man-kissing-white-woman-on-cover.html

Here are a few provocative photos I found on the internet. Viewer discretion is advised.

 

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the other day i took my first flight since the miracle on the hudson. of course it was a us airways flight. out of laguardia. some of you may have seen a little video i made about the cause of my flying anxiety. well, this has added a whole new dimension. that plane in the water spoke to so many of my irrational fears! i have to do it again on wednesday. i find it mildly amusing that i select a seat in a row closest to the wings so that i can be first in line to stand on them. i no longer want the exit row tho. too much pressure.images-20