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Interracial Privilege?


How many of you watched this and said: 'Ive GOT to get one of those watches!'?


"Interracial intimacy is subversive of the racial order."
 Rachel F. Moran, Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance

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Labels: ethnicity, infiltration, interracial marriage, PG, race, the only, these are my white people, Undercover Brother, white dance circle

(Black) Cookout Etiquette

Obviously my husband isn't the only person who thinks cookouts are a "unique" cultural experience.

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Labels: 4th of july, barbecue, black cookout etiquette, Emily Post, interracial, Peggy Post, picnic, take home plate, water gun
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