things i have learned from television

[rmd]

during the fifties and early sixties, there were so many earnest white folks who weren't racist but merely surrounded by racists that it's amazing racism lasted as long as it did. [1]

also, "house, md" has taught me that every medical diagnosis requires breaking into someone's apartment and looking through their underwear drawer.

[1] racism's over now that obama has been elected, isn't it? sorry? what's that? ... oh. nevermind.

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The importance of being ...

[jymdyer.livejournal.com]

=v= I grew up amongst virulent racists, so seeing earnest white people on teevee actually gave me the type of role model I was desperate for. Even as a child I could tell that they were hokey, and that I would be hokey for emulating them, but it was better than nothing.

You know me, I'm no fan of half-measures and centrist pablum and I'm highly critical of mediocre media. But sometimes it's better than nothing.

P.S.: I'm also a fan of searching through underwear and drawers.