Which is a fine message for the McCain campaign this week. Jay Smooth explains how, and how not, to talk about racism when you meet it.
Via postbourgie.
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The Edge of the American West 
21 comments
August 2, 2008 at 1:59 pm
neocynic
Perfectly put.
August 2, 2008 at 3:29 pm
blueollie
You know, those of us in the classroom know about this.
Student:
“But I know the material!”
Me:
“You still scored 55 out of 100 and you still told me that (x + y)^2 = x^2 + y^2”
Student:
“But I know it”
Me: “I can only go by what you did.”
:)
August 2, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Megan
I might be in love with Jay Smooth. If I watched it again, I would definitely be in love with Jay Smooth.
August 2, 2008 at 3:37 pm
It isn’t about what you are, it is about what you did. « blueollie
[…] Hat tip to Edge of the American West. […]
August 2, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Megan
Why, cruel world, does he have to live in New York? How am I supposed to
stalkwoo him all the way across the country?August 2, 2008 at 3:44 pm
eric
Follow your dreams, Megan!
August 2, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Megan
I’ve now watched four or five of his videos. He’s all sorts of great.
August 2, 2008 at 3:56 pm
eric
The Wall-E one is pretty excellent.
August 2, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Megan
Do you think other women are in love with Jay Smooth? Do you think he likes blogger-girls who do weightlifting? I’ve been waiting so long for the XKCD guy, but maybe Jay Smooth is The One. He looks more age-appropriate, anyway.
August 2, 2008 at 4:11 pm
eric
These questions I cannot answer. But the man has a website, he must have an email address.
August 2, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Megan
Dear Mr. Smooth,
Would you say that you especially like blogger-girls who do weightlifting? Because that is me! I’ve known we were meant to be together ever since I started watching your videos compulsively and playing them all night long so I can hear you in my dreams. Since you would definitely like me best if you knew I existed, please let me in when I find your apartment and knock on your door. It’ll be great, and those other girls aren’t nice like me. I’m not leaving.
Your soulmate,
Megan
August 2, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Jeremy Young
I can’t say I exactly share Megan’s feelings, but Eric, this is an awesome find.
August 2, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Megan
Also, did you see that the other love of my life, California Senator Darrell Steinberg, saved a kid from drowning? He never answers my letters either.
August 2, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Michael Elliott
Megan — I have a feeling it’s the weightlifting that will win him over.
August 2, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Megan
Well, playing Ultimate didn’t work.
August 2, 2008 at 4:51 pm
LizardBreath
Ooo. He is curiously compelling. There’s something about a man who can express a complex and often misunderstood point and make it sound simple…
On the other hand, I’m not in the market. Which is good, because fighting Megan for him is probably not a good idea.
August 2, 2008 at 5:06 pm
eric
Eric, this is an awesome find
Thanks, but really, all I did was read postbourgie. You should, too.
August 3, 2008 at 6:50 pm
G.D.
Megan,
Jay is a funny, smart dude; as such, all of my female friends prattle on and on about their crushes on the guy.
August 3, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Megan
*sighing* He’s too far away for me to make a serious bid. This is why life is unfair.
August 11, 2008 at 1:53 am
Truth and lies. « The Edge of the American West
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October 6, 2008 at 11:23 am
This is your brain on racial oppression. « The Edge of the American West
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