Whiteness in South Africa and a wee bit more

Here is a great article from ColorLines by a white American journalist/professor about his short stint in South Africa and his observations about the racial politics.

Check it out. Would love to talk with folks about it. Especially, my South African friends and my North American friends who've spent time in ZA. This is a discussion that could go on for hours.

Oh man, we are still at the point where just naming whiteness is half the battle.

Gooooo Shaners!

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The asian fetish chronicles continue...

Here's some pretty decent commentary on a book that I've previously only read wholly unsatisfying reviews for (including the salon one that is mentioned). Somehow the commentary makes me want to read the book even less. Do we really need another white dude commenting on his own fetish in so many words? It all seems a bit masturbatory on the author's part and a waste of my reading time when I could be nourishing my mind with Moby Dick or Toni Morrison's Jazz (my two reads of the mo).

One day, will do more homework on all this and write something more insightful. But sometimes, it's too painful to think about. For now, I just like peeking back at this site every now and then. I laugh every time, even if the humor is a bit broad.