About 12:01 on the afternoon of January 20, 2009, the white American mind began to unravel....
What was going on? Had decades of sucking down so much high-fructose corn syrup not only made Americans incredibly obese, but also messed with white brain chemistry to the point that some sort of tipping point had occurred?
Not a bad theory, but no, there's a simpler explanation, with two parts: For the first time in their lives, baby boomers are hard up against it economically, and white boy is becoming outnumbered and it's got his bowels chilled with fear....
At the same time, the baby boomers are getting older. At 80 percent white, boomers have gotten pretty used to dominating nearly every field of endeavor in this country since they came of age—politics, business, education, the arts—just about everything but MTV programming.
Maybe I grew up to be more tolerant of other races. Maybe it's my apathy. Maybe it's my belief that the Tea Party is the single most frightening and yet ridiculous 'organization' I have ever seen. Maybe, despite my whiteness, it's my core belief that voting for Obama was a much better decision than voting for McCain. Whatever the reason, I love everything Steven Thrasher says in this article.
..via Village Voice
1 comments:
it's nothing new, really.
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