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fantasticbanana's interesting and engaging blog post from last March on otherness, ethnic and racial identity:
Passing for White: Other-ness and Judaism
Read Roi Ben Yehuda's article on zeek.forward.com
Roi Ben Yehuda demonstrates the rising racism expressed by mainstream Israeli authorities in the wake of the terrible Fogel tragedy. The quotations from Gilad Sharon are chilling and reminiscent of European racial anti-semitism from the previous century.
1958: America's blood supply desegregated
Jan. 18th, 2010 05:31 pmOn a C-Span book talk yesterday I learned that in 1958 President Eisenhower desegregated America's blood supply by executive order. Prior to that blood for transfusions in blood banks was segregated as "white" and "black," and the "white" blood was further segregated as "Christian" and "Hebrew."
1958: America's blood supply desegregated
Jan. 18th, 2010 05:31 pmOn a C-Span book talk yesterday I learned that in 1958 President Eisenhower desegregated America's blood supply by executive order. Prior to that blood for transfusions in blood banks was segregated as "white" and "black," and the "white" blood was further segregated as "Christian" and "Hebrew."
12 Year-Old Black Girl+Tight Shorts=Prostitute in Galveston, TX
Not the least bit surprised. So a 12 year old girl, in her own yard who goes outside to flip the breaker box after the lights go out gets tackled by three White PLAIN CLOTHES officers, gagged and punched in the face, screams “DADDY!” and Daddy comes running. Turns out the three would be kidnappers were Galveston police officers who thought the girl was a prostitute because she was “wearing tight shorts.” They were looking for WHITE prostitutes who were supposed to be hanging around in an area TWO BLOCKS AWAY!
Not the least bit surprised. So a 12 year old girl, in her own yard who goes outside to flip the breaker box after the lights go out gets tackled by three White PLAIN CLOTHES officers, gagged and punched in the face, screams “DADDY!” and Daddy comes running. Turns out the three would be kidnappers were Galveston police officers who thought the girl was a prostitute because she was “wearing tight shorts.” They were looking for WHITE prostitutes who were supposed to be hanging around in an area TWO BLOCKS AWAY!
12 Year-Old Black Girl+Tight Shorts=Prostitute in Galveston, TX
Not the least bit surprised. So a 12 year old girl, in her own yard who goes outside to flip the breaker box after the lights go out gets tackled by three White PLAIN CLOTHES officers, gagged and punched in the face, screams “DADDY!” and Daddy comes running. Turns out the three would be kidnappers were Galveston police officers who thought the girl was a prostitute because she was “wearing tight shorts.” They were looking for WHITE prostitutes who were supposed to be hanging around in an area TWO BLOCKS AWAY!
Not the least bit surprised. So a 12 year old girl, in her own yard who goes outside to flip the breaker box after the lights go out gets tackled by three White PLAIN CLOTHES officers, gagged and punched in the face, screams “DADDY!” and Daddy comes running. Turns out the three would be kidnappers were Galveston police officers who thought the girl was a prostitute because she was “wearing tight shorts.” They were looking for WHITE prostitutes who were supposed to be hanging around in an area TWO BLOCKS AWAY!
