Blog Entries by Walter Benn Michaels
If Only George Allen's Mom Were Black
You know that Allen wishes she were. We wouldn't be talking about the m-word anymore and that would totally take care of the n-word problem -- black people are allowed to say it, as in "Wassup, my N-wordz!" But, unfortunately, she was just Jewish. So, instead of strategizing for the...
Over-rating Diversity
Posted September 15, 2006 | 10:10 AM (EST)
When Survivor first announced they were organizing their tribes this season by race, everyone was outraged. But it was a little hard to see why. Americans love race. Every college and corporation in the country can tell you the racial make-up of their employees or their students. And everybody starts...
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Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
Al Franken's campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the Minnesota...
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I recently wrote an article entitled "Deepak Chopra on Mumbai:...
Arianna appeared on the "Daily Show"...
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President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
Jon Stewart declared MSNBC the new Fox News Monday night on "The Daily Show,"...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
Who says these are bleak times? On...
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On Monday, Arianna wrote a piece about the terrifying state of America's economy. So, just like we did...
Posted October 5, 2006 | 04:29 PM (EST)