there’s no black beach towns in SC. plus some of other notable beach towns do not want bike weeks. HHI wouldn’t and Charleston wouldn’t. What’s galling is that there’s another bike week that doesn’t have aggressive policing.

Stacey Abrams is about to be elected on not just getting PoC out to the polls but also a sizable chunk of white people well outside the ~30% of the Southern Democratic electorate that is white progressive.

I see what you’re saying and in any other case like Starbucks I wouldn’t. But this is a long standing tradition held by Black bikers. This is lunch counter, swimming pool racism and it needs to be dealt with toe to toe. Not allowing people to have enjoyment and disrupting their pursuit of happiness is terroristic and…

I feel like you have a chip on your shoulder about centrists, Bernie, etc. which sucks because I usually 100% agree with you or at least see your point, even when we disagree.

A lot of the white working class and anti-government types and even Sanders’ own personal stuff give me pause too. The driving force behind…

Good god, that is in horribly bad taste. Disgusting.

Ok so...if anyone wasn’t already on an anti-Kanye stance after that ‘slavery is a choice’ bs, the degradation and lack of humanity that made him think it was acceptable to use this photo in ANY way should do the trick. Lordttt he disgusts me. Oh and Pusha-T; just because your monies didn’t pay for it doesn’t make you…

15 years as a cop. It took me 15 years to figure out what Michael says is true. You cannot be a good and honest person and still be a cop because you will be hounded out of the job. You will be left without back up because you cannot be “trusted”. You will be branded a “rat” for trying to do the right thing. I left…

Good points. For me personally, Nicki’s performance relied solely on really cheap and confusing stereotypes which included the fetishization of Asian women while I think Wu actually like various aspects of Chinese and Japanese culture. Even if their understanding of those cultures may be somewhat basic at times it,…

Here I was defending her when the cover for this single came out as more cosplay than appropriation.

Oriental is absolutely the proper term to describe architecture, rugs, etc. Objects. It is incorrect when applied to people. That’s a pretty basic concept in English; one need not live abroad or study any Asian cultures to know it.

So is Wu-Tang’s obsession with Shaolin monks cultural appropriation? I mean especially when you consider they often conflate Chinese imagery and culture with Japanese culture.

Also this song really has nothing to do with Street Fighter other than the name. Hell you could even call out the actual Character of Chun-Li as…

Actually, I would never use the term “Oriental” to describe a person. However, it is the common and differentiated term for describing inanimate objects, which is what I was doing.

I appreciate the discussion and thoughtfulness behind this, but Michael, did you really need someone else’s input. The performance was offensive af. It’s ok to call out one of your own.

Chopsticks in their hair?? Oh no baby what is you doing...

This is a 100% mess, which is usually a sign of appropriation in a bad way. I’m Chinese and there are elements I recognize as Chinese, some are Japanese, some are . . . I guess what Americans consider one or the other?

She had fucking chopsticks in her hair.

See Sino- Japanese War in general and Nanjing massacre in particular to get a feel for why it’s not cool to mash the two cultures together. It’s no more such a thing as Asian culture as there is African culture. Or as one of my Chinese students related to me as she was showing me pictures of her home in Nanjing. We…

That cornball Katy Perry was called out for less than what Nicki did so, yeah, she guilty of the appropriation/mashup of Asian culture. No pass for you, Nicki

I had no clue that “Chun-Li” was a Hit. Furthermore if it’s a nod to the Street Fighter mainstay, why are the backup dancers dressed like Raiden??