When Charlie Strong didn’t get a head-coaching job (See post: Can interracial marriage hurt ones chances of getting a job?), he claimed his interracial marriage was used against him. Today, I bumped into this: I recently turned down an interracial couple who applied for an apartment here. They were referred to our community by a [...]
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Archive for February, 2009
Do we over-blow the ‘discrimination’ whistle?
Friday, February 27th, 2009Have we become closeted racists?
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Are Americans cowards when it comes to discussing racial issues? Attorney General Eric Holder seems to believe so. Truth is, this doesn’t mean we don’t talk about race enough. Even when our comments comfortably hide behind practiced euphemisms, that counts as talk about race. Americans talk about race all the time. We live in two [...]
Why do they just look and not write?
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009The other day, a friend of mine asked me: “Why is it that men look at my profile so much but don’t write or send me a wink or something? Is it my face? Do I look like a freak?” Most of us run to online dating when finding a date offline fails. We get [...]
Beatings for those celebrating Valentine’s Day in India
Friday, February 13th, 2009Hindu extremists aren’t so eager to embrace Valentine’s Day. They have threatened to attack Indian couples who attempt to celebrate this holiday claiming it encourages sexual misdemeanors. Siri Ram Sena militants, who claim to be custodians of Indian culture, said the day is un-Indian. This threat comes after these activists stormed into the Amnesia Pub [...]
Attitudes towards Valentine’s day
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Valentine’s day is here again… a day that can make or break your relationship. Most men have been found guilty of either forgetting or even ignoring this day while some have sent Valentines to women who had no idea the men had crushes on them. So, how should you start this day? 2 in 5 [...]
Black men, marrying black, marrying white
Monday, February 9th, 2009“Barack Obama is one of the few men that we have seen who is a black man who has a very, very dark-skinned wife. She’s very dark skinned for normally what you see. And I wondered to myself, would he be electable if he had a white wife?” – Whoopi Goldberg confessed to having been [...]
Do we ever learn?
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009A woman grows up witnessing an abusive marriage between her parents which leaves the whole family miserable. She finally leaves home and meets this guy. As their relationship builds up, she sees flashes of violence in him, maybe even been struck once or twice. She knows she should run, but for some reason she just [...]
