Comments on: Connie Chung: The Racist Weed

By: Kris Lachs

Kris Lachs — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 16:01:43 +0000

typical yank demagogy.
just be free racism is natural and is good , imagine everything around you being same, colours , shapes , sounds etc is this the world you wana live in ?? i dont .Be (whatever you are) and be proud .

By: emily

emily — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:08:26 +0000

In reply to Alibi Pierce. it's hilarious but you offensive, yes. but also considering the demographic, you can't expect PC out of them....

By: Alibi Pierce

Alibi Pierce — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 13:35:21 +0000

In reply to Sean Ballard. Thanks for the comment, Sean. Anything is possible and this post is obviously pure speculation based on my knowledge of marijuana "pop culture," but I've yet to find anything that strongly supports any other theories. Would actually prefer to be wrong!

By: Sean Ballard

Sean Ballard — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:27:26 +0000

I actually figured it had to do with a parent strain being from thr Bay Area. She was a really well-known staple on the nightly news for years before she rose to national fame (and married Mairy Povich!). A serious journalist and one of the best — everyone was stoked to see her get some acclaim until that Newt Gingrich grandma flub.

So I just figured it was more of a local / Cali honor than a racism thing, which seems like a stretch.

By: Alibi Pierce

Alibi Pierce — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:06:07 +0000

In reply to Justin Price. Hey, thanks for the comment! I'd be interested in seeing any commentary you've seen from Connie Chung about this strain. Do you happen to have any links?

By: Justin Price

Justin Price — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 03:16:27 +0000

Connie Chung knows about the strain, she has even brought it on a talk show with her. I think she parties a little more than you know.

By: Alibi Pierce

Alibi Pierce — Thu, 01 May 2014 15:50:16 +0000

In reply to Oskar Thompson.

I never really gave much thought to the use of “pow wow.” But, yeah, I could see it being totally offensive. And not necessarily–in my mind, at least–because it’s simply the appropriation of another ethnic group’s language. The issue is that it’s the appropriation of the language of an ethnic group that we violently eradicated to build this nation. We don’t get to kill off a culture then appropriate the things we like and expect everybody to be ok with it.

Actually, we do.

And that’s the problem.

By: Oskar Thompson

Oskar Thompson — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:02:43 +0000

i worked with a guy whom happened to be of native american descent, from like south dakota or something. the project managers were convening a meeting using the ever popular ‘lets pow-wow’. he leaned over to me with the purest of sincerity, “i hate that phrase.” he knew i would be the only other one that would understand. he elaborated on it later, he really didn’t have to. ive since stopped using the phrase and would love to ask others to stop using it. this was 10ish years ago.. at the time and for a little while after, i mention it to people from time-to-time as being an apparently offensive phrase and everyone shrugged it off from ‘well, none of them are around’ to ‘everyone is offended by everything’ type-attitude. no one was ever inspired to stop nor showed any real sensitivity. i became too discouraged to bring it up anymore. lame-ass. maybe some specific details are just going to be there. i mean, the naacp’s “c” is “colored”.

However, now, we are square within the mashup culture as well as the culture of irony.. the 90s turned all concepts of appropriation on its head and now its a free for all.

context is dead

– oskar