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October 07, 2003
Startling Revelations
Startling Revelation #1
But they were black. And my husband whispered that in a nation where 70 percent of black children are born into homes without fathers, it was great to see a picture-perfect black family dining together. "I almost want to go give the guy a high five," he said, somewhat sheepishly.
Somebody named Jennifer Graham is raising eyebrows in the blogosphere in the afterechoes of Limbaugh's NFL flap about the nice side of prejudice. That of pleasant surprise in meeting a black family which is not from the twisted imaginations of the UPN. Read the whole thing if you've got nothing better to do. Graham doesn't get out much, apparently. Or rather, she is living proof that diversity is good for white people. Whatever. Nobody's losing sleep over the clueless, although it would be nice for me to get my retarded stuff published at the NRO every once in a while.
Startling Revelation #2.
Graham told CNN's "Larry King Live" that he's made the judgement that he cannot be elected president. He said his campaign failed because he started too late and had trouble raising money.
Startling Revelation #3.
For a while when you were inside the industry (as I was) it would be easy to think: everybody is doing this. When the truth of the matter is that they weren't and they aren't. The vast majority of Americans are not online, and even those that are online only a small portion of them are reading blogs, and an even smaller amount are reading politically oriented blogs. That small percentage does tend to be quite influential (particularly if they're a part of the media) but it is our duty as bloggers to understand that we aren't exactly changing the world yet.
Posted by mbowen at October 7, 2003 09:46 AM
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The picture at the head of this item does not seem to fit any of the revelations? What's the scoop?
Ward
Posted by: Ward Bell at October 7, 2003 06:40 PM
Interestingly enough, this particular post gave me some headaches. I was going to be really snarky and post a picture of my picture-perfect family dining together and photoshop me with a scowling face that said 'go away, we're eating'.
then i said, it's really a stupid issue to be talking about since it's more class three racism.
then i found this picture which i found irresistable. it's still not quite right because i wanted to suggest that the majority of blackfolks don't care about this, but then it's just me sleeping. i could be saying it's interesting to older black men...
then i just said what the hell and posted it. these aren't startling revelations. i'm not losing any sleep about them, actually they put me to sleep...
this picture is the wrong 1000 words.
Posted by: Cobb at October 8, 2003 08:21 AM