Ask a black man.

There's been an awful lot of talk about racism lately spurred by an awful lot of awful. It's a conversation that needs to be had but a lot of the people getting the most press about it don't seem to actually understand what the conversation is supposed to be - or even understands what the ground rules are supposed to be.


Or even know what racism actually is. Almost every single person making the mistakes is white. Even one of the greatest Uncle Tom's in our present day gets it - so we're not talking about left vs. right here although it does seem to fall along these line all too often.


So here is a quick Primer on what qualifies as racism.


"Nigger." That's racist. Okay, that was an easy one. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


Making a joke about hanging the current President of the United States is racism. You might not remember much about lynching but I do and so does every black man in this country. Hanging = Lynching. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


A confederate flag. That's racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.



Running a new report on gun violence and framing the conversation as being about gun violence and yet only talking to convicted black men is racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


Putting in a contract that Spider Man must be a white heterosexual is racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


Calling Floyd Lee Corkins II a terrorist and Dylann Storm Roof just a criminal is racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


Receiving money from well-established racists for your political campaign and not recognizing that it taints everything you stand for is racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


Changing your stance to recognize a political trend just to appeal to the black community for their votes is racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


If you are a member of the C of CC then you're a racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man. (Replacing you K's with C's only works in a Monty Python Sketch)


That fact that you can't even recognize that these things are racist is racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


Your confederate bumper sticker is racist. There are no qualifiers. Ask a black man.


Ask a black man.


Or ask a black woman. Oh, and that A&E joke you just told yourself in your head is also racist.



Cheap Shots (on my wife's recommendation, today's spirit is aquavit):



Nigga Please. (ooh, I'm going to get flack for that one - and I should)


Um, I think the takeaway is that while yes, it does happen in other countries when it does everyone drops what they're doing and changes things. Australia enacted nationwide gun control after it's FRIST mass shooting. There hasn't been a second. The key point that you're missing is that he said "it doesn't happen with this kind of frequency." And he's right.


Ooh, that's gonna leave a mark.


HowWeFamily


It's not Vrbana Bridge, but still impressive.

And now some gratuitous violence with a GREAT song, Dumb Luck by We Are Scientists

Not 2/3 but 1/2.


Enjoy your retirement, Captain.


Damn. I got to see this man work. He was gifted.


Good lord John Oliver is just amazing.

Love him or hate him, he's not wrong.


Francis kick ass. Again.


If the world were a just place the first species to go would be the Over-protected Right-Wing Bloviator. Alas, the world is not a just place.


Big Blue tells Baton Rouge to go fuck itself, and rightly so.


Bill, Bill, Bill. What the ever-lovin' hell happened to you? Face it, this don't look good.

And now, your moment of Zen...

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