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Paula Deen: Southern Fried Racism with a Side of White Privilege

Jun 21, 2013 3 Comments by

Unless you live under a moist rock or just don’t have any excess time to stay abreast of viral news, Paula Deen has come under fire… again. And this time the type of flame that’s been ignited is ferocious enough to take out an entire forest. In the event you’re reading this and still happen to be perplexed, [...]

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Farm Workers Fired for Leaving Fields During California Wildfire

May 09, 2013 4 Comments by

Okay, so here is a story that’s bound to get my right-wing-leaning, anti-union, anti-immigrant pro-slavery readers full of joy. According to reports, fifteen farm workers in California were fired for walking off the job earlier than they were supposed to last week. Why did they leave, and why did they expect to have jobs when [...]

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Middle School Denies Students Lunch, Food Tossed in Trash

Apr 05, 2013 5 Comments by

I’ve never been to Massachusetts, but from what I hear it’s a pretty nice place. Like all northeastern states, I suppose living in Massachusetts can be pretty expensive. Yep, I suppose in Massachusetts there are no poor people. After all, from what I’m hearing, in Massachusetts it’s takes a Bachelors Degree to get a job [...]

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Manhattan Whole Foods Removes “Racist” Obama Chicken Ad

Feb 22, 2013 1 Comment by

We’ve seen this before, right? Okay, so it hasn’t happened more than once in American history; but, the novelty of having an African-American president hasn’t worn off. And why should it? Barack Obama’s most significant political success to date, came as a consequence of successful branding. Yes, it took more than a few eloquent speeches [...]

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Papa John’s Pizza Set to Reduce Workers Hours Because of Obama Win

Nov 10, 2012 6 Comments by

A couple of days ago I wrote about the Las Vegas small business owner who said he had to fire 22 employees because President Barack Obama was re-elected. As evidenced by the many threats levied by various business owners prior to the election, many business owners are using Obama’s re-election as an excuse to sever [...]

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