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T-Paining Too Much: The Meme-ification of Charles Ramsey
So many big questions to ask about Cleveland, so much to grapple with. So much that is unthinkable but needs so direly to be thought about. I feel like it’ll be a while before I can say anything intelligent about it. But in the meantime here are some thoughts about the side questions around the Charles Ramsey phenomenon.
I’m not sure “weird” is a good euphemism for “heartless” or “dehumanizing” here =/
Debunking the oldest and worst argument ever about the “N word.”
This guy’s last point is flakey. To say ‘Group A may use this word, Group B may not’ is not ONE standard - the standard being set is ‘Can word X be used?’ - saying one group can and can’t IS the double standard.
Okay. No. This is a perfect example of someone who isn’t thinking clearly about how “standards” work. There are countless examples of standards we apply in our everyday lives that do not simply say “everyone can do it or no one can do it.”
When we set standards about driving a car, do we say “either everybody can or nobody can”? No. We agree that some people can do it safely and some people cannot. In addition, we agree that most people who can drive a car still cannot drive certain vehicles (taxicabs, 18-wheelers) unless they are part of a smaller sub-group that has a special license. We have a standard that brings different results for different people, depending on the situation. Nobody finds strange about this, it’s what a standard is supposed to do.
When we set a standard for who can take various medications, do we say “either everyone can take it or no one can take it?” No. We agree that some people can take it safely and some cannot. And within the group of people who can take it safely, we agree that some people can take different amounts, at different times, than others. Nobody finds anything strange about this. It’s what a standard is supposed to so.
And then there are all the similarly nuanced standards that we apply constantly in our social interactions, which I won’t detail here because, umm, I already covered this in the video.
But, yeah. No. A standard doesn’t have to say “everybody can or nobody can” in order to be a fair and proper standard. And all of us usually understand that. So I wish we could understand it about this word, just like we do for everything else.
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Jay Smooth is my internet boyfriend
have no words
awesome people are awesome
mako is my new TV boyfriend
engagement is hard yo
i will go down with this ship
also star trekking across time and generations
Well that was fun.
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The Hidden Truth About Hip-Hop Conspiracy Theories
Always on point, my man Jay — with whom I did indeed have a series of top secret conspiratorial meetings (okay fine, a bunch of bloggers were invited and attended) in various shady East Village and midtown locations on the murky matter of how to best use social media to address racism. As you can see, it worked, mwuaaahahaha…
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Jay Smooth, founder of New York City’s longest-running hip hop radio program, WBAI’s Underground Railroad and video blogger. (via spunkywarcannon)
Gotta reblog. This is on my favorite quotes list on Facebook for goodness sakes.
Jay Smooth is probably the most insightful person on the internet. Chech out his vlogs at youtubr.com/illdoc1 . Love the guy, seriously
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Plus the fact that he is fine as FUCK doesn’t hurt either.
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YES INDEED! Jay Smooth, you preach it! These oppressive ass violent masculinity restrictions need to GO!
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I remember this quote! It’s still awesome. ^^
(Source: youtube.com, via telegantmess)
:Because when we find ourselves believing that killing a man makes us more of a man, but loving a man makes us less of a man, it’s probably time to reexamine our criteria for manhood.
A Brief Note About Not Feeding The Trolls.
i did not know jay smooth had a tumblr! what a discovery.
Jay Smooth is so hot and awesome.
haha, yes! i always feel weirdly bad about talking about how hot i find jay smooth. and how much i like his voice (SO MUCH). i mean, he’s just so wicked smart and thoughtful and HE LOVES HIS CATS. OKAY YES, THAT IS BASICALLY ALL IT TAKES FOR ME TO LOVE YOU. so yeah. but jhameia said it first, now i can too. ; )
er, jay smooth, i hope you don’t read your tumblr notes. like ever. just sayin.
Or the tags to the reblogs *coughcough*
