A phrase that was unfamiliar to me

[substitute]

But I understood it as soon as I heard it.

"Mayor Nagin got his nigger wake-up call."

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[stimps.livejournal.com]

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[substitute.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I blinked about three times too and then thought "Yeah, I guess he about did." It's a fine, brutal phrase for a particular American experience.

[hexennacht.livejournal.com]

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I am not sure that I get it, and I'm not saying anything about what I do suspect until you tell me what it means. :P

[substitute.livejournal.com]

The "nigger wake up call" is the experience of suddenly fully realizing how totally fucked you are in American society because of your ethnicity.

[srl.livejournal.com]

Made complete sense to me.

I saw a post yesterday somewhere on LJ from one of the LGBT-focused medical centers in Texas. The gist was basically, "If you and yours are hurricane refugees and are afraid of homophobia from the Red Cross or church-based relief efforts, we're open and will take care of you."

[hexennacht.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[odradak.livejournal.com]

There is a link to a powerful radio interview with the poor man here.