Tag Archives: Chris Rock

Thaddeus and Slocum: Black-White, White-Black

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Richard Guzman

In his great essay “Junior and John Doe,” James Alan McPherson says, “There used to be the basic, if unspoken, assumption that identity in America is almost always a matter of improvisation, a matter of process…and that, given the provisional … Continue reading →

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Nat X: Top 5 Reasons Brothers Don’t Play Hockey

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live.  David Letterman’s Top 10 lists.  Go Hawks! (for Chicagoans, at least). After the Hawks’ triple-overtime victory over the Bruins in the first game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, I couldn’t help but think of … Continue reading →

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Chris Rock: Racism Almost Over?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Only a liberal with a mind like Chris Rock would like “sh*tstorms of race hatred.”  Here’s what he said in an interview with Scott Raab in Esquire, March 2011. Scott Rabb: “Like many nice Caucasians, I cried the night Barack … Continue reading →

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