Also, in real life, I have found that black people mention either race or shade, but white people mention nothing. It is actually pretty funny to watch someone try to describe a black person without mentioning they are black. But teh black people I know will say "Oh, Katie, she's white, has red hair". "Oh Jessie, the light skinned one, not the dark skinned one.". Meanwhile the white people are all like "Jessie-- she has brown hair and eyes, kinda short..."
River: I know you have questions. Mal: That would be why I just asked them.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 19, 2012 3:42:38 pm PST #1491 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jesse - Nov 19, 2012 3:48:57 pm PST #1492 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm not going to lie, I have made a point of describing people of white.
le nubian - Nov 19, 2012 3:49:23 pm PST #1493 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So I was talking to one of my students who is a White woman. She married a Filipino and many of his family flew to Pennsylvania where she is from for the wedding.
She is from a small town with little diversity and apparently many of the townspeople thought her groom and his family were Black! I guess they hadn't met too many Black people either.
I screamed with laughter! I couldn't help myself.
Jesse - Nov 19, 2012 3:51:46 pm PST #1494 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh lord.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 19, 2012 3:54:38 pm PST #1495 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think people are not that observant. I grew up in a small town with one black family, and it would seem kind of rude to single out their kids and say OH, you mean the BLACK kids. However, once I met a more diverse population and heard them speaking, I now use white, black, etc as a descriptor because it it actually seems sort of rude not to, like it is somehow this big shameful secret!
Amy - Nov 19, 2012 4:05:50 pm PST #1496 of 30001
Because books.
Weekend Update skit that didn't make it to air. It's faux!Guy Fieri responding to the review of his restaurant. I guess they taped the rehearsal.
sarameg - Nov 19, 2012 4:13:28 pm PST #1497 of 30001
There is serious conversation here. But my digital converter box is daid, my cats are insane, I'm doing laundry, took out the trash, but I AM HOME. Awesome neighbor picked me up, was actually in the house less than an hour after I landed.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 19, 2012 4:14:32 pm PST #1498 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm going to go out on a limb and say unless it's Halloween or you're Britney Spears, clothes that make people wonder whether or not you're naked are always a mistake.
Dana - Nov 19, 2012 4:18:55 pm PST #1499 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We're probably moving to Albuquerque. I'm busy having eighteen different feelings about this at once.
Dana - Nov 19, 2012 4:19:19 pm PST #1500 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Not the least of which is, Jesus Christ I'm going to get tired of typing Albuquerque.