Sasha Frere-Jones' penis is a white man's penis.
― Miss Anus Regrets (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
You could argue that Jake Delhomme was the most important quarterback since Johnny Unitas.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
can't believe chronic 2001 was slighted like that
― d-_-b (mh), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
wait till this guy gets the kendrick album we'll show him
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
early in my mid-90s trance days, I assumed that
http://www.julieb.net/images/Music/DJ%20Sasha%20large.jpg
might have looked something like
http://djsolano.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/dj_rebecca_saforia.png
― how's life, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
i used to think baseball player michael bourn was white because of matt damon
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know how to break this to everybody, but Eli manning is a white man
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
I'm flabbergasted by this article tbh
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
can't wait for the guy writing about how stunned he is that Ira Glass is a Jew
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
In related news, Kelsey Grammer is also a white man.
― s.clover, Thursday, 25 October 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
Madeleine Albright isn't British
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Thursday, 25 October 2012 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
i am not even sure if this is racist (first time i have ever said that on this thread) as much as dumb as balls.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 October 2012 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
poor balls
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 October 2012 05:41 (eleven years ago) link
Sasha Frere-Jones' penis is erect because he's blind.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 25 October 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit lol
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Thursday, 25 October 2012 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
tbh I always default to thinking of Sasha as a guy's name, and I always pictured SFJ as a kind of Safran-Foer dude, which as it turns out was kind of in the right ballpark... black woman!? wtf. That has to have been a trolly article having a dig at his writing, right?
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Thursday, 25 October 2012 08:42 (eleven years ago) link
Many Americans first exposure to the name Sasha was through Supermodel of the World, which may be where all the confusion stems from.
― how's life, Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
Granted, most Americans don't read Russian literature and therefore don't know it's a unisex diminutive for Alexander/Alexandra (or Natasha, if your name is Sasha Obama).
― ella fingerblast hurls forever (suzy), Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
When I was growing up I only knew two Sashas: one was a boy at my school and the other was my friend's cat. My default is to think cat before male or female.
― Sug ban (Nicole), Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
I would probably be more forgiving towards SFJ's writing if he was a cat, that would be adorable.
― Sug ban (Nicole), Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
Would pay hard cash to see an all-white funk band fronted by a cat
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
Just as long as it wasn't frigging Jameowquai
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
how would you know the cat was white?
― s.clover, Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
― ella fingerblast hurls forever (suzy), Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:17 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that's true, although i think in russian it's more commonly a boy's name? i think it's a great name for a dude.
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
Male and female Sashas in my college class; guys' names pronounced Sash-a (as in window), women's names pronounced Saaaah-sha.
― ella fingerblast hurls forever (suzy), Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
why were they screaming, were you throwing them out of windows?
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
sash-a sounds more like a britishism than anything
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
a friend just gave his car a 'typical black female name', i don't know what to think of it.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
"Michelle"?
― pplains, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Michelle wouldn't be a problem in a french speaking province.It's Mo'Nique. They insist on the apostrophe and use the accent. I was fine with it until I realised it wasn't a particular hommage to Mo'Nique.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
if the naming has more to do with racial caricature than francophone africa than yes, def racist imho
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
the "I was fine with it until" sentence is killing me. good work.
― s.clover, Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
I get annoyed by people who name their cars, but that's more for the irrational thread than this one.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
Great racist car names corner: in the distant 1980s, a relative's brown Mercedes-Benz 240D, which did 0-60 in about 18 seconds and was named Steppin Fetchit. Took me about a decade to figure out that that was extremely uncool.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Care to explain so we don't all have to wait a decade? I have no idea what that name means.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit ?
― Mordy, Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
I hope they had personalized plates and frequently broke down in mixed neighborhoods.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
STPNFCHT
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
If that's irrational, then I don't want to be rational.
― Sug ban (Nicole), Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
Here is some Stepin Fetchit. His work has to be seen to be believed; I also think it's worth knowing that this was mainstream Hollywood once up a time, and he became a very rich man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10OFvL75Ww0
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
According to Wikipedia, he was the first black millionaire; he also eventually declared bankruptcy with a net worth of less than $200 dollars
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
wikipedia incorrect there, i know ernest hogan was a millionaire well before thathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hogan
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
The Fetchit wiki says first black actor, while Hogan appears to be a song-and-dance entertainer. Maybe they're differentiating that way.
― nickn, Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
surprised we're not talking about Palin's "shuck and jive" comment ITT
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone knows that was racist
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, no question.
― *triumphant sauce horns* (crüt), Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
Sarah Palin makes me feel ill. She is a creepy, evil person.
I don't know that Sarah Palin necessarily had a racist intent with that! I just think that she is:a. cluelessb. doesn't understand that racism isn't about intent, it's about effect and perceptionc. doesn't get the idea of institutional racism giving her words greater weight and context
but, upon judging her reaction:so this "well, it wasn't racist when.." crap that she's being totally clueless on just leads me to the fact she'll never, ever get b&c so is probably personally racist
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think you need racist 'intent' to actually be racist. like you can be a lot of things despite your intent. 'intent' is an awful big compliment in itself to give to certain people, because sometimes it seems like they don't have intentions at all so much as passing spasms of neural activity that appear purposeful from a distance.
― s.clover, Thursday, 25 October 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link