Hood Pass

Cancer, John Mayer and "Please Don't Call Me Racist" : Diffusing the R-Bomb

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hood Pass, White Supremacists, Bull Conner, Chemotherapy, Racism, Entitlement, Cancer, Whiteness, Rush Limbaugh, Bart Motes, John Meyer, Tim-Wise, White People, Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, Healthy Living News
Molly Secours

It wasn't until recovering from stage IV uterine cancer that I began to notice the parallels between cancer and racism -- and potentially similar paths of recovery.

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John Mayer's Longing For Blackness Is a "Very" Wide-Open Window Into U.S. Race Relations

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mikhail Lyubansky

For most of us, the "pass" is obviously not anything tangible that one could, you know, keep on hand in case of a heated inter-racial exchange, but for Mayer it actually signified "group" endorsement.

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White People "Passing": John Mayer, Racism and The Arrogance Of Whiteness

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Michael Richards, Hood Pass, John Mayer, 12 Steps, Don Imus, White Privilege, Racism, White Supremacy, Rush Limbaugh, Black History Month, Healthy Living News
Molly Secours

At what point will we accept that without an intentional, determined commitment to disrupt our own internalized racism and the lingering effects of white supremacy, we will continue to replicate and reinforce the demonization and diminishment of non-whites.

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Hood Pass For John Mayer?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: King Anyi Howell Everyone wants one. ...

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