Comments on: New York Times suggests gifts for the colored people in your life

By: dustbury.com » Let’s not call this a Kwandary

dustbury.com » Let’s not call this a Kwandary — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:41:46 +0000

[...] New York Times puts out a patronizing-as-all-hell list of Gifts for People of Color, and Dawn Summers is suitably unimpressed: As a black and latino woman, I’m as “of color” as you can get, but if anyone [...]

By: Pearatty

Pearatty — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:07:46 +0000

Crap. I already bought you that henna kit.

By: Pdov

Pdov — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:48:14 +0000

I want one too! re: “Pretty damn smart Whitey.”

By: some poster

some poster — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:33:13 +0000

How would you feel about a snuggie?

by the way, the safest gift for any white person is a gift card to Jimmy John’s.

By: Gib

Gib — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:31:38 +0000

I totally want to get Xander that Mix Master Chair. My kid would make an awesome DJ.

…you know, until after college, at which time he would get a haircut and a normal job. Right?

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:04:08 +0000

What the what?

So are caucasians even allowed to have any of this stuff? I always want to try Carol’s Daughter products, but now I feel like I’m not allowed. White girls have nappy hair too!

And if I had a kid (not likely to ever happen, but still) I totally would want the kid to be jammin to Baby Jamz. You know it.

And that “Wise Latina” t-shirt, that’s just ridiculous. I want a shirt that says “Pretty damn smart Whitey.”

By: dawn

dawn — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:58:49 +0000

Hahah word! And why don’t they do a “gifts for your white friends”? I guess you guys would get “Going Rogue” The Sarah Palin story.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:13:05 +0000

Guess I better return that Hill Harper book I bought for you.

; )

This guide is so silly. Do people really buy gifts based on the color of one’s skin? I always thought the gifts you give should reflect what you know about the person, and geez, skin tone seems to be a cop out.