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Monday, June 09, 2008
Stuff white people like
I purposefully cribbed the title of this post from Politico's Ben Smith, who is white, just to avoid any "confusion..." (smile).

So what's with white people going all ga-ga over Barack and Michelle Obama giving each other a pound (The NYDN says it shows they're "silly in love")? Why is there a Wikipedia entry?? Why is TIME explaining it to their nerdy readers? Why is every white politician in America doing it?

Two Sense points out that this is the way it works, my friends.
"First black folks do it ... then everyone starts doing it."
Case in point, the words "dissed, yo, dog (killed by Randy Jackson), mack, kid, and yes, even "nigga" ... all of which were quickly appropriated by white people after black folks started using them. To be fair, we've done it to you all, too. I don't remember when or how we started saying "dude," but damned if we're not saying it...

And by the way, if Kay Bailey Hutchinson is doing the "terrorist fist jab" now, does that mean we've lost the war on terror?






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