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Comment on Stuff White People Like: The A Train? by chad nardine

chad nardine — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:35:31 +0000

Hello.My name is Chad.I really enjoy this post!Thought Id chime in to say That Im white and I have taken interest in Bed Stuy.I currently live in sunset park but will be trying to find my own place soon(to rent).Why Bed Stuy and why Sunset for that matter???I really am glad you asked.I moved from CA and went directly to Bay Ridge,I worked there.Living in bay ridge was uninspiring for me personly.People reaguarly yelled faggot out the car window at me(im straight and often was holding my girlfriends hand while this happened).They cat called my girlfriend while I was holding her hand.They yelled the “N word”at my black friends.They looked at me funny if I walked hand in hand with a girl much darker than me.And on and on and on…….so to my point.If I cant afford to live in fort greene or Clinton Hill and find many areas of bed stuy breath taking and am not looking at a move as an eventual pay off but rather what I will enjoy now,then why not?Whats the alternative?Move to Bensonhurst or back to bay ridge???Hell no!And come on…what would you say if I did choose bensonhurst over Bed Stuy?Look at the end of the day Im trying to make it in ny.I dont think ive progressed beyond class systems or race but being a musician whose played with people from all over ,black white latin gay straight man woman etc,I guess I feel my dream world would be one where we could all live amongst each other as well.I really have nothing to prove to anyone.I dont have a trust fund I dont make alot of money and the money I get goes towards my vinyl collection.So knowing all this what train station do you think I should get off at?

Comment on about me by KandyKane

KandyKane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:22:33 +0000

how do I subscribe? :o)

Comment on Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch Military Leader by defining we. my thoughts on capitalism: a love story and related rants «

defining we. my thoughts on capitalism: a love story and related rants « — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:15:53 +0000

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Comment on defining we. my thoughts on capitalism: a love story and related rants by the black scientist

the black scientist — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:14:16 +0000

right. ‘why capitalism sucks’ pulling in blahmillion at the box office this week. sponsored by .. private donors.

i promise, you will be disappointed. although i kinda want you to see it just to hear your critiques.

Comment on defining we. my thoughts on capitalism: a love story and related rants by dalia

dalia — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:33:45 +0000

i have yet to see it, am constantly pulled each weekend into really feeling the need, and then feeling the the pre-emptive utter disgust and confusion at being annoyed and saddened by a critique of capitalism…that is actually like “HITTING THE MAINSTREAM” [relatively] in a fucking chicago movie theater.

thanks for putting words to feelings that are often too knotted in my belly for me to even bring myself to fork over the $11 to see it. thanks. i mean it.

Comment on Red Flag on Nostalgia by Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:01:06 +0000

Came over to this post through PB. Agreed on being wary of nostalgia. Generally, I’m better off and have more opportunity as an adult woman now than I did as a daughter of a single mom long ago, and so on into my working-class, gendered past. I think I’ll take the present and future, thank you very much.

Though I do like a good chuckle over “kids today” as I teach undergrads this fall. ;)

Comment on Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch Military Leader by Defining ‘We.’ Thoughts on Capitalism: A Love Story and Related Rants. « PostBourgie

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:12 +0000

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Comment on Red Flag on Nostalgia by Defining ‘We.’ Thoughts on Capitalism: A Love Story and Related Rants. « PostBourgie

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:48:18 +0000

[...] days and they had been for decades. Then he goes on to talk about how things were just better then (red flag), you know, when there were industrial jobs. We could deal with a little bit of this, he says, as [...]

Comment on Red Flag on Nostalgia by defining we. my thoughts on capitalism: a love story and related rants « the black scientist

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:58:37 +0000

[...] days and they had been for decades. then he goes on to talk about how things were just better then (red flag), you know, when there were industrial jobs. we could deal with a little bit of this, he says, as [...]

Comment on Revisiting Bill Cosby’s “Pound Cake Speech” Pt. I by the black scientist

the black scientist — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:55:06 +0000

what’s great about this speech?