http://www.cocomment.com/comments/Thin_Black_Duke Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-23T17:29:15.858+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Thin_Black_Duke&conv=1352910&comment_id=25463412 Kevin BFP, I just wanted to say that I love and respect and admire and will always support you and everything that you do. Much Love, my friend. 2008-04-18T19:32:24.717+02:00 2008-04-18T19:32:24.717+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Thin_Black_Duke&conv=1172446&comment_id=22984967 Kevin Jose - I'm with you on Kucinich. I liked him too...until he declared that he would want Ron Paul as his running mate. WTF? Why would someone seemingly so progressive want someone so buddy buddy with white supremacists as his running mate? Or am I missing something here? 2008-01-07T02:50:13.003+01:00 2008-01-07T02:50:13.003+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Thin_Black_Duke&conv=868205&comment_id=16884293 (anonymous) SE, you're in my thoughts. Always. I'm so glad to hear that the Cymbalta withdrawal is almost gone. As I've said before, I had a bad experience with Cymblata too, and so I'm feeling you hard right now. And remember: YOU matter. The people who you owe emails, comments, etc. to understand that. If they don't, well, they probably aren't worth replying to anyway. You're not being self-centered; you're taking care of yourself and that's a good thing. Much love. Many hugs. 2007-07-09T04:23:15.273+02:00 2007-07-09T04:23:15.273+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Thin_Black_Duke&conv=852964&comment_id=16610312 Kevin I know understand that when I talk about "identity politics," I'm obviously not thinking the same things other people are talking about. I guess I've always thought of it as the new hip way to talk about good old fashioned civil rights; but the more I see people taking up the cause of identity politics, the more I see people behaving exactly as you were treated on the listserv, which is absurd and counter-productive. I get especially bugged when people start talking about "Black authenticity," as if some people are more authentically black than others. In your case, I'd add that there has long been a paternalizing attitude amongst the rest of the country towards the South. There's this attitude that "we understand Southern racism better than anyone who lives in the South because we've gotten over it." I have a good friend from Alabama that went to Cornell. He tells the story of when he first got here someone, upon hearing his thick Southern accent, asked him if his grandparents owned slaves. That, in my opinion speaks volumes (it also shows that the Cornell English dept. apparently doesn't care about poor math scores on the GRE). 2007-07-02T18:10:49.339+02:00 2007-07-02T18:10:49.339+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=Thin_Black_Duke&conv=739936&comment_id=14407283 Kevin This is great. So many blogs that I'm not familiar with. I can't wait to dig in. And thanks for including me here. 2007-05-23T02:19:49.142+02:00 2007-05-23T02:19:49.142+02:00