tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230571352342106146.post950267938311069346..comments2012-02-01T19:21:15.774-08:00Comments on Thoughts on books: Stuff White People LikeSJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610771042243931922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230571352342106146.post-38188251173339240332008-05-11T11:10:00.000-07:002008-05-11T11:10:00.000-07:00Gary Dauphin from theroot.com has a good answer to...Gary Dauphin from theroot.com has a good answer to that one:<BR/>Borrowing from the Hot Ghetto Mess playbook, SWPL not just monetizes dime-a-dozen and banal observations, but relies quite directly on an uncredited, nameless class of people of color. Landers grew up in Toronto's Chinatown and credits the experience as having made him "aware of whiteness right away." In a Los Angeles Times interview, he goes on to explain that he "came up with the idea for the blog after talking to a Filipino friend about how much they both liked the HBO police drama "The Wire."" That's a great secret origin, securing Landers' bona fides as a whitepeoplecoloredpeoplelike, and yet the SWPL entry on The Wire (#85) summarily disappears (or is that assimilates?) the Filipino friend, this even as Landers seems to write in his non-white voice. (I guess stuffmeandmyfilipinofriendslike.com didn't have that magic ring.)SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610771042243931922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230571352342106146.post-20190493878037148132008-05-11T10:28:00.000-07:002008-05-11T10:28:00.000-07:00Good post, but it should be noted that Lander conc...Good post, but it should be noted that Lander conceptualized the site with his Filipino friend (while discussing the merits of HBO's "The Wire." When I first started reading the site, the general tone led me to believe that the posts were written by an Asian American male, and I was actually surprised when I found it was a white guy.arnold | inuyakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961878730329540923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230571352342106146.post-53727813461740625532008-05-11T00:31:00.000-07:002008-05-11T00:31:00.000-07:00Damn you for making me think! I posted a response ...Damn you for making me think! I posted a response at <A HREF="http://maichan808.livejournal.com/2303.html" REL="nofollow">my LJ</A>. My brain hurts now :PChristelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467801141035440262noreply@blogger.com