no. 376

"It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white, but in my city more than half of the people on bike are not white. I was once talking to a white activist who was photographing “bike commuters” and had only pictures of white people with the occasional “black professional” I asked her why she didn’t photograph the delivery people, construction workers etc. … ie. the black and Hispanic and Asian people… and she mumbled something about trying to “improve the image of biking” then admitted that she didn’t really see them as part of the “green movement” since they “probably have no choice” –

I was so mad I wanted to quit working on the project she and I were collaborating on.

So, in the same way when people in a poor neighborhood grow food in their yards … it’s just being poor– but when white people do it they are saving the earth or something."

comment left on the Racialious blog post "Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)"


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no.193

"Think about it, the conditions are perfect. You have the attention of millions of people, you have your liberal, atheist opponent in front of you, and your goal is to make them all rage, while making your oafish, unimaginative supporters hoot and holler behind you. Bill O’Reilly unleashed the perfect storm of internet trolldom. He didn’t just invoke the god of the gaps. He won it. He won God of the Gaps. Don’t ask me how. You can’t explain that."

Maki, refering to a interview of David Silverman by Bill O'Reilly.

Go to the page, read the comic, watch the video the quote is about.

But really, if you've ever watched much Bill O'Reilly, you know exactly what he's talking about

no. 179

White Liberals: “Charity first…after personal wealth and power.”

Because how are you going to tell everyone how we should help Africa if you can’t fly on a private jet to get to the 4-star resort / convention center?

At least when Republicans charge $5,000 a plate, they look you right in the eye and tell you it’s because they just really like money.

I’ll take callous assholes over callous assholes who fucking lie to me about it.

Oh, and while I’m on the topic: if the head of your “international charity” makes as much as a vice president of Wal-Mart, I’m not giving you any money. I make $400 a week. At least funding the Wal-Mart exec’s salary nets me a “Who Farted?” trucker cap and an industrial-sized can of Cheez Balls. If the only way your charity can find a qualified individual to run it is to bribe someone who otherwise wouldn’t do it, it’s not a charity. It’s that asshole’s ticket to a nicer house. And I’m not funding that.

Besides, in 2011, Wal-Mart gave almost a billion dollars to charitable causes around the world. Sure, they funded it with Chinese serf labor. But again, they’re fairly up-front about it.

The Virgin Prince