Sherman Alexie was on The Colbert Report last night, where he managed to be witty, intelligent, gracious and generally stupendous in the face of Stephen Colbert's buffoonish mockery. Alexie's repartee... where he just shook his head at Alexie, smiled and ended the interview. Given Alexie's masterful performance, I am interested to see if his book reflects the same keen mind and incisive word use.

After yesterday's psychology class, I have concluded that SEX, my friends, is the answer to ALL the world's ailments. Follow my logic here: Alcoholism Some alcoholics drink not for the sedated feeling...by their culture eh?" "I've gotten Korean before, and some Asians can't even tell what I am - I'm impressed!" "No you're too light to be Korean. Taiwanese girls have a unique look." kick ass .

Last night I went to see author Joseph Boyden . I loved his first book, which was about First Nations soldiers fighting in the First World War. It was a very daring and poetic book. His second book... "Alexis, Fantastic to meet you." Joseph Boyden. I thought that was pretty funny, since I only talked to him for about three minutes. Still, nice man, humble, sweet, and a great reader and writer

I always said that America would more readily accept a black male leader than a white female one. I seem to have been more or less proven right. However, I never said that the process wouldn't be fraught... If elected, what bill would he be on????? Food Stamps, what else!" [...] Kirk said these kinds of depictions hurt the party's ongoing efforts to reach out to minorities. Gee, do you fucking think

Collected at Newspaper Rock.

...by-product, of Zionism as an ethnoreligious strategy: by defining the Jewish people within an ethnic construct and creating a homeland where both secular and religious Jews could reside as a majority ethnicity, the Jewish people (who have long been stuck within an ethnoreligious identity that was felt by non-Jewish citizens, for whatever anti-abstentionist reason, as a stumbling block to the greater...

So, some guy asked me where he could get - some weed. The guy didn't know me. He just figured I'm black... So, I'd know. Fact is - I've never done an illegal drug. Ever. That doesn't matter... So that means I must be Baptist. 'Cause all black people are. Right? * They also assume they know - what music I like... what foods I eat... And - How I will vote. It's insulting.

- via spiralsheep : It's Black History month in the UK. She has posts here and here . - Thanks to deepad , eid_fic is possibly still running? I especially enjoyed this story by fresne . - Aaminah Hernandez, of Writeous Sister Speaks has started the Winter Scarf Project . - via filmi_girl : Top Ten Bollywood Films For Beginners .

I have a confession to make. Let's just say, I'm of a certain ethnicity that just so happens to speak a certain language. Well, there's a certain kid who just moved to America a month ago who only speaks that certain language. Now most people assume that I speak that certain language, because I do...only a little eensy, teensy bit. I am not fluent in any way, shape or form, but somehow I have led...

Last night I dreamed that I had killed a dragon, and was being honored for the deed at some sort of swanky event with a red carpet, and swarms of paparazzi crowded the edges flashing photos of me. In a...another as "nigga." They weren't quoting anything. They weren't being ironic. And I know they know non-white people, so why they haven't gotten punched in the damn mouth yet is beyond me. Thoughts