The Simpsons challenges Islamophobia

Dec 2nd, 2008, 02:51 am

So, dude, in the latest episode of The Simpsons, Bart befriends a Muslim boy who recently moved from Jordan to Springfield with his family. And Homer suspects them of being terrorists. It’s a pretty funny satire of the atmosphere of Islamophobia that has become so prevalent since 9/11. Watch “Mypods and Boomsticks” here.

Forgot what I said before about waiting until the semester ends to start posting again.

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That’s what you get for speaking A-ray-bic

Sep 1st, 2007, 01:48 pm

We got ‘em! An honorable American woman protects our great nation from scary A-rabs:

Flight 590, scheduled to depart at 11 p.m. Tuesday, left its gate about 11:15 but returned to the boarding area after the woman, who was traveling with at least one child, indicated she wanted to get off the airplane. The flight then was unable to make Lindbergh Field’s 11:30 p.m. curfew for departures, said Irene McCormack, a spokeswoman for the San Diego Harbor Police.

The flight, carrying 126 passengers, was rescheduled for midmorning Wednesday and arrived in Chicago in the afternoon, an American Airlines spokesman said.

McCormack said it is unusual for planes to return to the gate. She said it’s usually for medical and mechanical problems or a disturbance.

The woman first complained to the flight crew that four to seven men were possibly speaking Arabic in the boarding area. The woman added that they “had odd behavior.” The crew decided to return to the boarding area because the woman indicated she wanted off the plane. (Chicago Sun-Times)

And watch this ABC-7 clip.

Some may say this woman is an ignorant racist that ruined everybody’s flight plans, but I call her a true American hero. She was only defending our country from the savage Muslims who wanna take away our Playboy magazines and stone our women and make us pray to their moon god like twenty times a day. God bless America!

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Political incorrectness Uruguayan style

Aug 27th, 2007, 11:52 pm

When I went to Colonia, Uruguay on August 15, I walked passed a restaurant and noticed a curious little object. I’m pretty sure there would be massive protests and CNN coverage if a store in the US put this out front. Yeah, it was okay in 1927, but now? I don’t think so.

I wonder how Uruguay’s small yet visible black population would handle this.

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