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elehhhhna
elehhhhna's Journal
elehhhhna's Journal
April 3, 2018
Dad was the Dutchest looking guy...skinny, tall, angular, lipless (lol). He was a hillbilly wannabe, father of four, master mechanic, republican, proud union shop steward in the south suburbs of Chicago 50 years ago.
We could only refer to Dr. King as Dr King or Reverend Dr King in my dad's house. "Elehhhhna, this man won the Nobel Peace Prize and his own country doesn't respect him, but we do."
I was shocked to learn that this was not the norm in many white suburban homes at the time.
Anywho, when Dr King was killed (dad seemed to think the government was perhaps involved, maybe?), Daddy was shook. Half his co-worker co-union bros were African American. Said he hadn't seen grown men cry like that before, not even in Korea. He later had to tell off a few white co-workers and neighbors when they shit talked the Reverend, and if I recall correctly he shut a few the hell down by making them think.
He raised us to think of racism as weird and stupid.
Also, 50 years ago Republican didn't = @ssh0le.
My Dad, son of immigrants, hillbilly music fan, Nixon voter...and Dr Martin Luther King fanboy
Dad was the Dutchest looking guy...skinny, tall, angular, lipless (lol). He was a hillbilly wannabe, father of four, master mechanic, republican, proud union shop steward in the south suburbs of Chicago 50 years ago.
We could only refer to Dr. King as Dr King or Reverend Dr King in my dad's house. "Elehhhhna, this man won the Nobel Peace Prize and his own country doesn't respect him, but we do."
I was shocked to learn that this was not the norm in many white suburban homes at the time.
Anywho, when Dr King was killed (dad seemed to think the government was perhaps involved, maybe?), Daddy was shook. Half his co-worker co-union bros were African American. Said he hadn't seen grown men cry like that before, not even in Korea. He later had to tell off a few white co-workers and neighbors when they shit talked the Reverend, and if I recall correctly he shut a few the hell down by making them think.
He raised us to think of racism as weird and stupid.
Also, 50 years ago Republican didn't = @ssh0le.
March 26, 2018
If the strings fit...
Henceforth I shall refer to Trump as Pinocchio...the lying puppet.
If the strings fit...
March 25, 2018
Thots and players to Spanky Trump in advance of tomorrow's 60 Minutes airing. Silent thread.
😂
March 24, 2018
He's eleven and a happy Australian now. Thank god.
Our daughter as a TA last year had mandatory training on active shooter measures at in our campus carry state.
Enough.
Our nephew's first school lockdown (not a drill) happened when he was SIX.
He's eleven and a happy Australian now. Thank god.
Our daughter as a TA last year had mandatory training on active shooter measures at in our campus carry state.
Enough.
March 24, 2018
What do American Christians do when their children are begging for their own lives?
We shall see.
March 23, 2018
Joan Crawford in blackface in Torch Song omg wtf?
Plays a musical star, shows up at the finale of her show singing Two Faced Woman. In blackface.
On tcm now. I am shocked. How pervasive was this sh!+?
March 20, 2018
*** Sarkozy (ex President of France) in custody for taking Libya bribes. ***
Breaking. Dominoes falling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/frances-sarkozy-detained-over-allegations-of-bribery-by-libya/2018/03/20/a51dc6f1-7afa-421c-be87-e30801ed9e24_story.html?utm_term=.e50806fe9179
68MM bucks to finance his 2007 campaign . . .
March 19, 2018
We should reach out and understand Nazis and KKK members too.
Yeah. Fuck that Fuck them NO THANKS
