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Site News: What Happened Over My Summer Vacation (UPDATED)

Ethnic Will — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:33:06 +0000

My "extended summer vacation" has been cut short by a recent, albeit short-lived, spike in interest in Ethnic Avenue and a smattering of complaints from somewhat loyal readers (mostly lurkers). It doesn’t take that much encouragement to get me to start talking shit again. Frankly, it took a fair amount of restraint to not comment on some of the past two months’ happenings--and, as you know, there were some good ones. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

Smackdown Alert: Craig Sager Hits Back

Ethnic Will — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:21:21 +0000

Anyone who watches the NBA on TNT knows that roaming reporter Craig Sager has long been the butt of everyone’s jokes--mostly because of his flamboyant style of dress (and his overall goofy demeanor). You know that some of it is part of the show, but some of it isn’t. But you have to hand it to the guy: he takes all of the shit in stride and goes out every night and does his job—dressed to the nines. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

Don Felix’s Corner: Asking the Right Questions

Ethnic Will — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:42:31 +0000

I’ve always thought beauty pageants were pointless. Sure I watch them, but they just don’t make a whole lot of sense to a guy like me. If you want to showcase beautiful women, why not have them parade onto the stage in the nude? Or, in you must have some competitive element to the whole thing, why not have them wrestle in mud, guacamole, or another similarly viscous substance? (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

Latinos and Blacks Can’t Help But Look Sneaky

Ethnic Will — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:02:38 +0000

Everybody knows that American jails are disproportionately packed with Latinos and blacks. But unlike my asshole Republican ex-boss, I think there are more sophisticated reasons beyond “they commit most of the crimes” behind this statistical phenomenon. One of those reasons is pretty obvious. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

Introducing: A Step in the White Direction, Featuring Guy White

Ethnic Will — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:35:09 +0000

Today’s entry comes courtesy of Ethnic Avenue’s newest contributor, Guy White. His column “A Step in the White Direction,” will address the topics of the day from what he calls, “the white-dude perspective.” In a world where we minorities are quickly narrowing the gap, Guy is a powerful voice of a people. According to Guy, his goal is to show that “being white isn’t as easy as it looks.” (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

Burning Freddy Krueger, Again

Ethnic Will — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:54:50 +0000

One of my favorite horror-movie characters of all-time is Freddy Krueger. Now, I’m not a huge fan of horror movies in general--since shit’s scary enough already--but as horror characters go, Freddy’s the one—hands down. And I don’t think I’m alone. Actually, I think he’s quite popular among ethnic people. Even the Fresh Prince made a song about him once upon a time. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

What an Illegal Immigrant Looks Like

Ethnic Will — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:23:23 +0000

The big thing in the news these days is an Arizona state bill, signed into law by appointed hag-governor Jan Brewer (see below), that basically requires regular-ass police officers to go around asking people for proof of citizenship if “it looks like they could be illegal.” I’m not making this up. What’s more, if police don’t do their (new) job, they can be sued by regular people for not enforcing the law. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

The Weekly Mop-Up: You Throw Like a Girl

Ethnic Will — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:42:05 +0000

Apparently, I picked one helluva week to ignore the news. Some funny shit went down last week. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

White Girls Find Way to Study Abroad, Locally

Ethnic Will — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:06:24 +0000

I don’t know what’s going on, but the Los Angeles Times is quickly becoming the leading source for fish-out-of-water stories about privileged white girls crossing paths with poor, ethnic people. The latest installment in the transformation is this story about how two brave “journalists” (one writer and one photographer) decided to--just to see what happens--move into one of those apartments packed densely with several families of FOB Central Americans and/or Mexican immigrants, in a torn-up neighborhood. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)

Cool at First, Obama’s Bowing Getting a Little Racist

Ethnic Will — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:05:11 +0000

You know, for a while I thought it was pretty cool how Obama was enhancing the regular, boring-ass presidential handshake with a subtle, and culturally appropriate, sign of humility. (CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ COMPLETE STORY.)