Slog - Comments on This Week In the Stranger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14 Brendan Kiley interviews his (sort of) racist Virginian relatives. Racism in the South is also changing, receding from the public sphere while staying in the private sphere. Meaning: You can keep your prejudice and still vote for a nonwhite politician. "If Colin Powell were running, I'd vote for him in a heartbeat," one of my aunts said. Then, later in the conversation, "I don't want any of my kids marrying outside their race." What if one of your kids wanted to marry Colin Powell? "No. I know it sounds un-Christian, but I have certain expectations. Black people just aren't... Copyright 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:16:53 -0800 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:03:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by just a thought I don't read the stranger anymore; just the slog.

]]> just a thought http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177141 Housekeeping Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:25:20 -0800 Comment by wow Wow I'm so impressed at how just because the Stranger SAID SO, transit is back on the ballot. Good to know the meetings, lobbying, arm-twisting, and activism were redundant. Thanks, guys.

]]> wow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177144 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177144 Housekeeping Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:31:29 -0800 Comment by John Bailo The biggest crime around the Puget Sound is ageism.

People all over the region make ageist comments in a senophobic version of the Deep South.

In the workplace, it's ok to let loose with any number of comments, verbal assaults, and innuendos with impunity.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177155 Housekeeping Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:37:02 -0800 Comment by Meabsolutely What about Brandon Kelly's conversation with his family was "sort of" racist? It seemed all around racist to me. And saying that it was only sort of racist dismisses the pervasiveness of white privilege and systemic racism in this country, and was evident in this conversation.

Sure, it might be hard to call your family racists in a public sphere, but that is how many of our families act. We can't dismiss people's behavior just because they have restrained from killing any black people lately.

]]> Meabsolutely http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177175 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177175 Housekeeping Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:54:20 -0800 Comment by thickturd hey, and an old consolidated works image on the cover from jason puccinelli and adam l weintraub! woohoo!

]]> thickturd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177209 Housekeeping Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:35:38 -0800 Comment by flinga I visited the folks in Oregon this weekend- every time I changed the channel past MTV, and there were black rappers singing, Dad would say- "Hey! Is that Obama's Inaugural Party you just passed up?" Did half of me REALLY come from a man that would say crap like that?

]]> flinga http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177269 Housekeeping Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:37:10 -0800 Comment by Greg Lick my hairy asshole, SECB. There was NO guarantee that Sound Transit would be able to turn around and get a ballot measure together for this year; you were running on nothing but smug arrogance.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177466 Housekeeping Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:56:37 -0800 Comment by Jiberish what the hell is up with the cover of this issue? it's apparent that the stranger is mostly an all white paper. i guess it's also fitting if your going to have an article about racism in your paper to also have it on your front cover.

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/this_week_in_the_stranger_14#c1177542 Housekeeping Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:03:47 -0800