Happy Holidays!
Okay… let’s do this. It’s Christmas Eve, the fourth day of Hanukkah (I wouldn’t have known if it weren’t for Facebook status updates) and two days before Kwanzaa. I think this is the perfect time to address this issue, and I’m sure lots of other people are blogging about this as well. How do you … Read more
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Athletically Inclined
Posted by Anonymous on December 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I was sitting at my desk when my co-worker decided to use my garbage can as a basketball hoop for his garbage. He shoots, he scores. I told him that I couldn’t have done that because I don’t play basketball, and he tells me that I didn’t look athletically inclined. I told him I hadn’t … Read more
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Blacks, whites show prejudices along racial divide
Posted by Anonymous on September 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I think that it is very important that everyone read this article! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080928/ap_on_re_us/the_racial_divide By RON FOURNIER and ERRIN HAINES, Associated Press Writers DETROIT – The Classic Creations barber shop sits empty, surrounded by drunks and shuttered storefronts just two blocks from the manicured lawns of Grosse Pointe Park. The contrast isn’t lost on LaVar Anthony, … Read more
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Elevator Etiquette
Posted by Anonymous on September 9, 2008 · 2 Comments
I live in a building that is diverse, but still mostly composed of Caucasians. When I get up in the morning to go to work, it is pretty early, so we don’t usually run into too many people. If I’m dropping the dog off, I get on the doggy elevator and there is this one … Read more
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