Comments on: “Meet a Black Guy” (and an Iraqi) http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/06/13/meet-a-black-guy-and-an-iraqi/ YA reviews and book geekery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arun http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/06/13/meet-a-black-guy-and-an-iraqi/comment-page-1/#comment-52584 Arun Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:50:10 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/06/13/meet-a-black-guy-and-an-iraqi/#comment-52584 I don't have a single friend who is black. And that has been true for a number of years. I don't know why. Sometimes, I wonder if I have some sort of implicit racism. I don’t have a single friend who is black. And that has been true for a number of years. I don’t know why. Sometimes, I wonder if I have some sort of implicit racism.

]]> By: Sam http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/06/13/meet-a-black-guy-and-an-iraqi/comment-page-1/#comment-52583 Sam Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:03:56 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/06/13/meet-a-black-guy-and-an-iraqi/#comment-52583 <b>Deborah:</b> <i>Hey, you crazy farmer's market-shopping liberals who live in non-diverse neighborhoods? GET OFF MY SIDE.</i> Hee. I think you just described *us*, though. It's conceivable that that line (which isn't a quote) could have been said in a reasonable way, in context. But it's still hilarious. Deborah:

Hey, you crazy farmer’s market-shopping liberals who live in non-diverse neighborhoods? GET OFF MY SIDE.

Hee. I think you just described *us*, though.

It’s conceivable that that line (which isn’t a quote) could have been said in a reasonable way, in context. But it’s still hilarious.

]]> By: deborah http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/06/13/meet-a-black-guy-and-an-iraqi/comment-page-1/#comment-52582 deborah Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:40:14 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/06/13/meet-a-black-guy-and-an-iraqi/#comment-52582 good lord. When I saw your initial quotation there about "and we are voting for Barak Obama", I assumed the link was going to be to the Onion. Hey, you crazy farmer's market-shopping liberals who live in non-diverse neighborhoods? GET OFF MY SIDE. good lord. When I saw your initial quotation there about “and we are voting for Barak Obama”, I assumed the link was going to be to the Onion.

Hey, you crazy farmer’s market-shopping liberals who live in non-diverse neighborhoods? GET OFF MY SIDE.

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