J Smooth nails this.

Don Lemon made some really dumb comments on CNN this week about racism.  J Smooth responds:

So, you don't think being white gives you privilege, eh?

With a doff of the chapeau to KC Gibbons, this is nothing short of awesome.

 

Today is National Sputnik Monroe Day

Go read Chris Davis' article at the Flyer about a movie about Memphis wrestling that features the great Monroe prominently, and read why he was an important figure in this city's history.

It's time to think about a statue of Sputnik Monroe outside the Cannon Center, where Ellis Auditorium once stood.

Go to Newscoma NOW.

You're not going to want to believe this, but believe it you must, this is disgusting.

MOVED TO THE TOP FOR AN UPDATE: Newscoma has outed the staffer who sent this: Sherri Goforth, a staffer for Senator Diane Black (R-Gallatin). Good; let's see if she keeps her job.

NEW UPDATE: Christian Grantham of NashvilleIsTalking spoke to her, go read what she had to say.

If this is a day about peace, how about this?

I don't post very often. Heck, hardly ever. But I have a question out there for all of you. It is a very relevant question for the black population.

A large portion of the African-American population, especially male, refuse to accept that gay rights are civil rights. What is repugnant to me is that they use the same arguments virulent racists used to promote racism and seperation. They are one and the same, all people have rights, and to deny them to one, is to deny them to all.

Do you like when this is pointed out?