Comments on: Guilty pleasures http://www.carmenvankerckhove.com/2008/08/21/guilty-pleasures/ on race, diversity, work, and life Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:35:38 -0800 hourly 1 By: Daniel http://www.carmenvankerckhove.com/2008/08/21/guilty-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Daniel Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:00:54 +0000 http://www.carmenvankerckhove.com/?p=43#comment-41 Carmen, it is quite an amusing show and I like the way that Wendy just says whatever she feels. When are you going to be on the show?? Sadly I rarely see it as I have to go to work! Minotaar, I have not heard that one yet, but I have heard many, many of my fellow New Yorkers complain that "Obama's not really black like us." "Obama didn't have the experience that we did." etc, etc. Mind you, this comes from the perspective of those who mostly grew up in the city and faced constant discrimination and poverty. Carmen, it is quite an amusing show and I like the way that Wendy just says whatever she feels. When are you going to be on the show?? Sadly I rarely see it as I have to go to work!

Minotaar, I have not heard that one yet, but I have heard many, many of my fellow New Yorkers complain that “Obama’s not really black like us.” “Obama didn’t have the experience that we did.” etc, etc. Mind you, this comes from the perspective of those who mostly grew up in the city and faced constant discrimination and poverty.

]]> By: Carmen Van Kerckhove http://www.carmenvankerckhove.com/2008/08/21/guilty-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Carmen Van Kerckhove Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:09:42 +0000 http://www.carmenvankerckhove.com/?p=43#comment-26 Really? I haven't really heard that, though I'm not as much of a TV news junkie as other people I know. Really? I haven’t really heard that, though I’m not as much of a TV news junkie as other people I know.

]]> By: Minotaar http://www.carmenvankerckhove.com/2008/08/21/guilty-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Minotaar Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:32:39 +0000 http://www.carmenvankerckhove.com/?p=43#comment-25 Is this just my hypersensitivity, or does it bother everyone else too when newscasters talk about Obamas in comparison to the Huxtables. (sp?) African American model minority myth? Is this just my hypersensitivity, or does it bother everyone else too when newscasters talk about Obamas in comparison to the Huxtables. (sp?) African American model minority myth?

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