Posted on 04/15/2015 6:39:55 AM PDT by rightistight
According to a teacher at Cornell University, race is a determinant of "coolness."
Yesterday, Dexter Thomas, who is helping teach the course "Asian 1104 "FWS: let's talk about cool stuff, #swag"" at Cornell this semester, wrote an article in the Guardian titled, "Why white people aren’t as cool as black people."
According to Thomas, as opposed to whites, "Black people have an effortless cool about them, almost no matter what they do."
President Obama, Thomas continues, "seems to be the King Midas of political cool. Any topic he touches – whether it’s climate change, rap music, or health care – suddenly becomes hip."
"But this will never happen for Rand Paul, or most other Republicans," Thomas adds. Why? "This is because they’re white – and white people are not as cool as black people," Thomas writes unequivocally.
"Pity the conservatives: they will never win the cool war," he adds.
To be cool, according to Thomas, you must be part of an oppressed minority. "In the United States," he explains, "the most visible and easily understandable population of rejects is black people. This is why the bleeding edge of cool is always black."
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Being “cool” is important.
What a racist ass.
If that’s “cool”.....
Unfortunately “cool” doesn’t go very far to help income inequality.
And Cornell hired this nitwit. Why am I not surprised?
In that context, cool being poor, ignorant, and racist, I ‘m glad I’m not cool.
I guess that's why there are far fewer incarcerated and a much higher percentage working.
Thank God for that!
Yet nearly every black girl/woman he sees on Maury or Jerry has a wig with straight soft hair. What kind of “black cool” is that supposed to be?
Old news. The movie “Remember the Titans” taught us that all Whities have to do to get along is admit that their culture and traditions have no redeeming qualities and must be abandoned.
I was too damned busy taking care of my family to worry about cool.
The Obama “Wet Leg” syndrome.
Mug shots. So cool...
If, suddenly, it becomes cool to be conversant in Medieval theology, a different group of people would be cool.
I guess education, jobs and hard work, marriage, legitimate children, and personal and professional success are not cool, unlike an overpriced pair of tennis shoes and the arrogance to assume that the social contract does not apply to you.
Hmmm...you may have a point there.
They call the jail the “cooler.”
Maybe this dude’s right.
Racist statement not going anywhere.
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