Sardonic Sistah Says

For those who don’t know,  Corbin Bleu released a solo cd in 2007.  Here’s his song called Deal with It:

The K-Pop group SHINee  took the music and made a song called Juliette.

My verdict:  they’re both okay but makes me want to go pull out my Jackson albums circa 1986.  (Both videos had the hee-hees but not the ja’mons.  Ya gotta have a ja’mon.)

Corbin’s 2nd cd is in stores now.  Just a heads up.

hat tip to NewsOne

Terrorist fist jab to Whoopi and Babs for calling Glenn Beck out on the show.

I bet he was back in the green room with the real tears this time.

Fake Ass Tears from a Fake Ass Patriot

“I am a commentator who commentates on life. “

LOL

There are two books out this spring that deal with race and passing.  I have been meaning to read them but this damn J&K+8 fiasco is just sucking up my time.  Did he cheat on her?  Did she cheat on him?  And what about the chil-dren?!  Please will someone think of the children?

The first book  isn’t the usual passing story about a tragic mulatto trying to get into white society.  Actually it’s the opposite; a white male who lives his personal life as a black man. 

And it doesn’t help that the white man looked like this:

Clarence King, 1869

Clarence King was an American Geologist who was the first director of the United States Geological Survey.  But in his personal life his African American wife knew him as James Todd a Pullman porter.  It wasn’t until he was on his death bed that King revealed the true identity of his race to his wife.

Odd.

Martha Sandweiss’ book, “Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Colorline” recounts King’s life from the beginning and his double life.  Unfortunately Ada’s life is not as documented. 

The second book is about the history of whites passing as blacks in the U.S.  Baz Dreisinger’s book “Near Black: White to Black Passing in American Culture” looks at the fragility of whiteness and racial appropriation. 

But then I readily admit they are books I’ve been trying to read but haven’t had a chance to yet.  They are definitely on my short list of books to read, right after the season premiere of J&K+8; I am so sure he’s going to get his gonads back this season.

Didn’t I see something similar on Grey’s Anatomy?

The Washington Twins

Okay, woman has affair on her fiancee which results in fraternal twins and there’s a different father for each child.

The odds of this happening are rare.  When two different men father fraternal twins it’s called heteropaternal superfecundation.  It occurs when a woman releases more than one egg and has more than one sex partner in the same period.

“Uh, this is likely to be the only time that we will see this occur in the city of Dallas. It’s that rare,” said Dr. Chris Dreiling.

The song is addictive any way you slice it.  Here’s the original by K-pop band Super Junior:

And the contender, PumaShock

For me it’s a toss up, they both make me want to get up and dance.

Right now I’m watching the History Channel’s documentary, “How Bruce Lee Changed the World“. It’s pretty cool, but then it’s about Bruce Lee.   Check your local listings to see re-broadcasts.

Samantha Orobator

I am very glad that Iran opted to do the right thing by releasing journalist Roxana Saberi yesterday.  I was worried that this would drag on for years or end badly but luckily this story has a happy ending.

I am hoping the same for Euna Lee and Laura Ling who, as of today, have been prisoners of North Korea for 44 days and haven’t had contact with Western Officials since March 30.   As far as we know they haven’t been sentenced yet but they have been accused of illegal entry and allegedly carrying out hostile activities.

Another story that has been getting a bit of attention off and on in the press is the story of Samantha Orobator.  Orobator is a British citizen and is alleged to have been smuggling drugs into the country of Laos which is punishable by death.  Orobator made the news a few weeks ago when the country of Laos set aside her death sentence by firing squad because she’s pregnant.  She had arrived into the prison pregnant but lost the child shortly after and is now pregnant again.  The prison is known for guards who allegedly coerce female prisoners into sex.  A Laos government official is evasive when asked who fathered Orobator’s child saying, “It is a mystery — maybe it is a baby from the sky”. 

Laos authorities expect Orobator, who goes on trial this week, to testify that she was not raped inside the prison.

If she refuses, the London woman will be tried again after she has given birth — when she will not be immune from the death penalty because she is pregnant.

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So Orobator’s best chance of getting out is to deny she was rape.  Maybe she wasn’t; I could lean to the side she had sex with an unknown, possibly germ infested stranger if it meant it could save her life.  She could catch a disease that could take her life, but nothing takes your life faster than five guys with rifes shooting bullets at you.

Part of the reason why I think Orobator’s story isn’t getting much attention is she’s a mule.  Unlike Lee or Saberi, Orobator is not a journalist entering a country to get a story but instead she was (again that word) allegedly transporting drugs.  But then we don’t know whether she commited the crime or not because like Lee and Ling she has not been allowed to speak with her western lawyer.

Let’s hope that justice prevails in both these cases.

I was definitely worried about the state of whites in America with the rise of minorities. But with Larry Wilmore segment I can mind at ease.

hat tip to Disgrasian

Just because you are named after a city in Japan doesn’t mean you are up on all things Asian.

But, hey, someone has to be an ambassador to China to get them dollars– not on loan, that is.

Kobe Does China

hat tip to Siditty

It’s easy to say you want love and togetherness when you know everyone is watching, but what if you think it’s just you and one other person?  Would your tune change or would your inner racist come out?

The videos from True Colors are hilarious.  I’ve only watched a few and only one person let his inner Klan member come out.  Most people rose above the race baiting and dealt with the person in front of them, not the color.

What are your true colors?