Kevin

Kevin has written 19 posts for Playing in the Dark

Immigration Fail

This is from the Facing South blog, a great blog that everyone should be checking out daily. Immigrant advocates say immigration enforcement worse under Obama Prominent immigrant advocates launched their most sharply worded public critique yet of the Obama administration’s immigration policy. Advocates who spoke at a press conference Monday in Washington, D.C. angrily pointed [...]

I Want To Blog Again Even Though The Internets Make Me Sad

So, after all that fanfare about starting a new blog and whatnot (which obviously didn’t work out too well, seeing how I haven’t written anything here since, what, October of 2009?) I’m ready to give this another try. Why yes, I’m gonna give it a go at being a blogger again. I’m going to put [...]

This Kid Is My Hero

For real. Period. (h/t Tiger Beatdown) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJtojqqUmg[/youtube] Class is in session, and it’s being taught by a ten-year old.

How To Ruin What Should’ve Been An Amazing Freestyle

[Trigger Warning: This is about more than just Hip Hop] This should have been amazing. You have DJ Premier, arguably the best DJ to ever live; you have Mos Def, Black Thought, and Eminem, three incredibly talented Hip Hop artists; but leave it Eminem to ruin the whole thing with a rape joke. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDfo0O7CPsc[/youtube] “My [...]

People Act Like This Is Surprising?

This isn’t much of a surprise at all, but since Boston has been on my radar of places that I may live one year from now, I took notice. It’s not like 1989 was that long ago. And as you surely remember, there was that thing over a black professor and white cop there recently. [...]

Random Nostalgia That Makes Me Happy

What’s Happening! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rDgZWqvhY[/youtube]

I’m Not a Racist. I Just Play One on TV

Good news, racists! Apparently White Supremacy Inc.™ will give you a get out of racist-asshat jail free card for having a picture of Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela on your business’ wall (and, you get to charge 700x normal rent on unimproved property if you can produce a dubious membership card to the NAACP!), [...]

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