My 8-year-old daughter is a huge Beatles/Sir Paul fan, and recently discovered Stevie Wonder. I showed her the video for “Ebony & Ivory” and she almost exploded! (if there is an existing clip of Paul with Elvis she would DEFINITELY explode)
Unfortunately the idea of “white pride” has been co-opted by unsavory people who have been known to kill, hurt, and harass non white people. There’s a negative connotation to it now.
To the whimpering right-wingers: The reason that a “white people only” magazine isn’t progressive is that there have been exclusively or almost exclusively white people magazines for 200 years or so. If you have ever been oppressed, shunned or undermined, it has been by your fellow whites.
LOL. “Progressive” means embracing ignorance, bigotry, and racial discrimination. It means using violence to force all people to live however the “progressives” think people should live. It means hatred for the intellect, for any mind that DARES to think outside the “progressive” box.
No, it isn’t redundant. (I’m also specifically talking about the KKK when I refer to unsavory types.) To be proud of being white isn’t shameful in itself any more than someone who is proud of being hispanic/latino/asian/black/etc. mrssaskfan is right though in that whites have been widely represented in culture/media/government/etc., whereas nonwhites have not – thus the creation of Ebony.
White is actually something of an artifical construct, which, in the historical US at least, gave a particular legal set of rights. Some immigrant groups, such as Italians, were not originally considered white, but were legally changed to that status later on. I still remember being told about an Italian child who was, along with her grandmother, forced to ride in the “colored” car of a train. If they were fairer skinned, that probably would not have happened. (Please note, of course, that I don’t think that should have happened to anybody, certainly not the African Americans on the train.) As for Breathed, this cartoon takes me aback somewhat. Clearly he never experienced the “white power” magazines that were prevalent in the late ’70’s and early ’80’s, and which actually used to be slipped into customer’s bags at a record store I once had the misfortune to patronize.
hawki79 almost 11 years ago
If you’re ever in Iowa City, IA, be sure to visit Prairie Lights. It’s a great independent book store. 8-)
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
Ebony and Ivory? Where have I heard that before?
tripwire45 almost 11 years ago
Progressive means biased?
Wren Fahel almost 11 years ago
My 8-year-old daughter is a huge Beatles/Sir Paul fan, and recently discovered Stevie Wonder. I showed her the video for “Ebony & Ivory” and she almost exploded! (if there is an existing clip of Paul with Elvis she would DEFINITELY explode)
hancel almost 11 years ago
Progressive means equal advancement for all…right, left or center.
Oldbutnotstupid almost 11 years ago
Only white people are racist . . . . all other colors are not boy have we become a stupid world
BloomCo almost 11 years ago
Progressive means "our version of what we say is equal’
BluePumpkin almost 11 years ago
Unfortunately the idea of “white pride” has been co-opted by unsavory people who have been known to kill, hurt, and harass non white people. There’s a negative connotation to it now.
TheAuldWan almost 11 years ago
Semantics! Bluster and blarney bombastically ballyhooed.
mrssaskfan almost 11 years ago
To the whimpering right-wingers: The reason that a “white people only” magazine isn’t progressive is that there have been exclusively or almost exclusively white people magazines for 200 years or so. If you have ever been oppressed, shunned or undermined, it has been by your fellow whites.
Michelle Morris almost 11 years ago
Progressive: Insurance sold by Flo. :D
Harrison_Bergeron almost 11 years ago
LOL. “Progressive” means embracing ignorance, bigotry, and racial discrimination. It means using violence to force all people to live however the “progressives” think people should live. It means hatred for the intellect, for any mind that DARES to think outside the “progressive” box.
BluePumpkin almost 11 years ago
No, it isn’t redundant. (I’m also specifically talking about the KKK when I refer to unsavory types.) To be proud of being white isn’t shameful in itself any more than someone who is proud of being hispanic/latino/asian/black/etc. mrssaskfan is right though in that whites have been widely represented in culture/media/government/etc., whereas nonwhites have not – thus the creation of Ebony.
Mitchtheone almost 11 years ago
The Progressive Movementhttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1061.html
kauri44 almost 11 years ago
White is actually something of an artifical construct, which, in the historical US at least, gave a particular legal set of rights. Some immigrant groups, such as Italians, were not originally considered white, but were legally changed to that status later on. I still remember being told about an Italian child who was, along with her grandmother, forced to ride in the “colored” car of a train. If they were fairer skinned, that probably would not have happened. (Please note, of course, that I don’t think that should have happened to anybody, certainly not the African Americans on the train.) As for Breathed, this cartoon takes me aback somewhat. Clearly he never experienced the “white power” magazines that were prevalent in the late ’70’s and early ’80’s, and which actually used to be slipped into customer’s bags at a record store I once had the misfortune to patronize.
shipl14 almost 11 years ago
At your own expense
shipl14 almost 11 years ago
At your own expense
wrwallaceii almost 11 years ago
The progressive movement’s favorite phrase…“…but it’s not fairrrrr…” Funny, I never was promised ‘fair’ when I was born.
hoosiertechguy about 10 years ago
@hancel…Easy, there…I almost peed myself laughing…this laptop wasn’t cheap, y’know!