Tag Archives: racism

Notes on “Get Out” (2017)

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I finally caught up with GET OUT, writer-director Jordan Peele’s racial satire. A box-office smash beloved by critics (well, most of them), Peele takes Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “black bodies” rhetoric and recasts it into a horror-thriller. Chris Washington, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Allison Williams, antiracism, Daniel Kaluuya, horror, Jordan Peele, LaKeith Stanfield, Lil Rey Howery, racism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, thriller | Leave a comment

Linkage

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: British tax payers are still paying off debt from the First World War. Worth it? So now I have to leave Facebook to get a Facebook message? Did your favorite documentary make this list of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Adolph Hitler, Armond White, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Donovan, Jesse Owens, PC, racism, Woody Allen | 22 Comments

Linkage

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Bill Kauffman praises Jesse Walker’s new book. World’s toughest women? Should AP classes be open-access? Is anti-racism worse than racism? The Golden Age of the Moustache. Lloyd Fonvielle thinks “Two Weeks in Another Town” may be “the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Bill Kauffman, cocktails, Lloyd Fonvielle, Martin Doudoroff, race, racism | 3 Comments

I Was a Second Grade Racist

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’m not sure how you feel about racial and ethnic stereotypes, but I’m going to take a deep breath and confess that I mostly don’t mind them. Sometimes I even get a kick out of ’em. … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics | Tagged Asians, booger-eatin' moron, diversity, France, racism, someday the NSA will find this and I will be arrested for having made Polish jokes in 1983, stereotypes | 23 Comments

Linkage

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Listen, I’m the last guy to complain about a statue of RoboCop, but isn’t it kind of amusing that Detroit — the postercity for fuckupitude — is getting such a monument? While the city crumbles to … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons, Movies, Politics and Economics, Science, Sex | Tagged Detroit, John F. Kennedy, juggalos, racism, RoboCop | 3 Comments

Back to the Present

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This satirical video shows what might have happened had the Europeans arrived in the New World armed with some of the more effective devices in the modern ideological toolkit. It seems to me that the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Politics and Economics | Tagged Colonialism, Globalization, immigration, Nazis, racism, you're a racist! | 1 Comment

Linkathon

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Harsh. The era’s most crucial debate rages on. Steve Sailer wonders what’s up with Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam. (Putnam has done studies showing that increasing “diversity” decreases trust levels in neighborhoods and societies — yet he remains a … Continue reading →