Thomas Seay:
> Yes, I do see these thing as a present, ongoing
> problem. I think that website potrays some of the
> circumstances very well.
The web site is satirical fiction. By "circumstances" I was asking for locale, timeframe, _dramatis_personae_, e.g:
Dennis Perrin:
> Didn't visit the website, but know the disease. Saw it on a reg basis at
> FAIR, a lefty org run by white males (less so now, I understand). Whenever
> we got an "intern of color" (yes -- that was the term used), whitey pwog
> fell over him/herself to "prove" his/her antiracism. It was paternal and
> oftentimes hilarious, as if said intern were from another, special planet
> where certain words and customs had to be used.
>
> Once, in the weekly political meeting, we had I think two or three black
> interns at the table -- a real coup for FAIR. One by one the staffers
> presented their media outrage of the week, and after I heard one that was
> borderline racist (the coverage, I mean), I said, "Those crazy Negroes are
> at it again!" Well, whitey pwog froze -- omigod, he said the second N word,
> just under you-know what! But the black interns laughed. And it loosened
> things up for a moment. But soon it was back to the grim biz of corp media
> crit.
You shouldn't miss the web site. If you have tensions about political correctness, I imagine you'll bust a gut with relief as PC is Exposed and Derided! Someone's on the case at long last!
I know some funny stories, too, like when one of my colleagues at BigNatCorp told the salesmen he was a mulatto, but but that was in the '70s and we were hardened New Yorkers. It's discouraging to find that it's still going on at this late date. I'll bet those interns were from out of town, like from West Orange or Oregon or something. I mean, in 2002, how can you tell a Negro? Purge them all, I say! The incorrectly politically correct, I mean.
-- Gordon