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Archive for January, 2007

Is There Such a Thing as White Privilege?

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in January 31st, 2007  
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I remember back when I wrote an opinion column in my college newspaper and I got into a heated e-mail debate with another columnist, a black dude whose first name was Jason but whose last name escapes me, about White Privilege.
He had written an expose about White Privilege and how it was still prevalent in [...]

The Dangers and Demons of a Minton Political Life

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in January 30th, 2007  
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I got an e-mail the other day from an old bong buddy I’ve regrettably lost contact with through the years in which he said:
we need an honest person in office. someone who is completely ignorant of how corruption works. you keep coming to mind. how in the fuck does one get the funds to run [...]

Stripping the Bark Off Hoobie Bone’s Tree

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in January 30th, 2007  
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I was a rotten damn kid sometimes. There was this kid who lived across the street from me in Decatur, Illinois when I was growing up. His name was Jamie Bone. His dad’s name was Hoobie. I don’t know if it was a nickname or not but it sounds now to me [...]

Windows Vista and the US Constitution

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in January 29th, 2007  
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Not even I am dumb enough to purchase a new Microsoft operating system the day it launches although I must admit that I got sucked into the hype machine. Just the idea of operating under a new system must stoke the same pioneer spirit in me that existed in millions of Americans throughout history. [...]

Is It Time for a Black President in America?

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in January 28th, 2007  
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I received the following scare mail from a buddy of mine about Barack Obama which many of you have likely received as well:
Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack TH Hussein Obama, Sr., a black Muslim from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white atheist from Wichita, [...]

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