Month: August 2011
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“Eating While Black: How I Navigate Watermelon, Fried Chicken, and Frozen Yogurt” [FFT]
Oh, post-racial America…It’s almost silly to think we’re even there, isn’t it? Being accepted as a member of white suburbia comes with a complex set of challenges that extends down to my daily diet. Because they have coded me as “not that black,” the white people in my life are comfortable airing their deepest insights […]
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White Guilt and The Help [FB]
Listen, this isn’t going to be a detailed, well-researched piece on white guilt. Heck, it isn’t even slightly researched at all. I have neither seen the movie nor have I read the book, but I find this kind of thing troubling, so I’m gonna speak on it for a few seconds. The Help is being […]
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August Movie Preview [FB]
Let Ryan Davis and Matt Rorie school you in what’s coming out in theaters this month