"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -Oscar Wilde |
"The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." -- Proverbs 11:25 |
Playwright Lillian Hellman discovers mayonaisse by accident. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
In 1958, the Bruins signed their first black player the year before the #RedSox, beginning Reconstruction in the NHL. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
@giantsweettart 1787: Thomas Jefferson rapes Sally Hemings, pioneering the proud southern tradition of miscegenation. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
Martin Mull's WHITE AMERICA premieres in 1985, debuting with "White Stress" locatetv.com/tv/martin-mull… #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
1961, Affirmative Action begins when Rita Mae Jefferson is made the manager of the sneaker bin in the Mobile, AL K-Mart. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
1948, Strom Thurmond runs for the presidency on a segregationist platform that didn't include his own penis. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
Ancient Rome institutionalizes slavery but, unlike in the American south, slaves are empowered to elevate themselves.#whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
2001-2007, George W. Bush courageously refuses to bow to political correctness & ignores the NAACP for 7 straight years. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
Mass shootings by GOP targets blacks, Latinos, women & gays kept to 0 by patriotic, well-regulated, white @nra gun nuts. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
In 1977, the KKK produces its own version of ROOTS, is denied right to revise history and miniseries never airs. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
1793: Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, thereby not making the lives of slaves harvesting in the fields one bit easier. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest founds the KKK in 1865, thereby starting the black craze of nighttime jogging. #whitehistorymonth
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) February 2, 2013
No one should tell Victoria Jackson that several Roman Emperors were African. (e.g Septimius Severus).