White People in the News – Sept 10, 2008
September 10, 2008 by clander
Note the Apple Laptop (Photo: New York Times)
“In an Evolving Harlem, Newcomers Try to Fit In”
by: Timothy Williams. The New York Times, Sept. 6, 2008.
Overview
Recently the New York Times has been spending so much time covering stuff white people don’t like (Sarah Palin) that it has failed to live up to its duty of chronicling the experiences of white people in and around New York City.
In this latest installment, the paper takes a look at some enterprising white people who have decided to move into Harlem for its low rent, authenticity, and high potential for gentrification.
Jobs to enable you to live in Harlem
According to the article, the following jobs will allow you to live in Harlem. Amazingly all are Stuff White People Like:
- Lawyer
- Artist
- School Teacher (won lottery)
- Non-Profit Organization
White Plans for Harlem
The article goes into some of the plans and hopes that white people have for the neighborhood, and they include the opening of Thai Restaurant, A wine shops, hair salon, and a place that serves gourmet burgers and microbrews (implied).
White people are also hoping to close down things that they do not like, specifically churches. With over 100 houses of worship in the area, white people are concerned. Though the article does not mention why white people are upset at so many churches, it can be implied that they would feel more comfortable if they were to be replaced with condominiums, yoga studios, and white people churches (also known as Whole Foods).
Yet in spite of all these desired changes, white people would still prefer it if other white people did not move into the neighborhood.
One of the new residents says: “Harlem does have a character. I don’t want Harlem to become Union Square any more than anyone else does.”
Conclusion
Harlem had a good run.
Stuff Mentioned
- Apple Products
- Lawyers
- Gentrification
- Asian Fusion Food
- Microbrews
- Wine
- New York City
- Non Profit Organizations
- Dinner Parties
- Religions their parents don’t belong to
- Awareness
- Being the Only White Person Around
- Being On Time
- Being Offended
- Renovations
Stuff Not Mentioned:
Having Black Friends
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The picture that accompanies the NY Times article was not even taken in Harlem; its a coffee shop / bar on 110th street. The place is generally full of Columbia University students. I guess the photo editor mistook it for Harlem because there was a black man sitting at the bar.
white,no just a dick.
Im white and I LOVE SARAH PALIN !
lollzzzzzz “…… and white people churches (also known as Whole Foods).
Just read another riotous parody of Stuff White People Like at FreedomHaters.org.
Their SWL entries include: Sickle Cell Anemia, A Thesaurus, and the IFC sketch group The Whitest Kids U Know. Had me in stitches!
I recommend checking it here:
http://www.freedomhaters.org/content/once-again-yet-another-salute-stuff-white-people
gooooooooooooooood
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Big time fruads look how many people were suckered into the silly PET ROCKS i though the fad was rediculous and that phonie unicorn which was realy a surgicly altered goat
hey nick, you are a moron because “stuff white people like” is a book written by a white guy. read a book, any book, you ignorant, racist dolt
http://dummidumbwit.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/kashmir-paradise-on-earth/
I didn’t know that black people that would write racist shit like this were intelligent enough to use the internet.
damnit, i just got into an arguement with some haitian-american twentysomething solicitating at my house. I asked him where he’s from since i heard a slight accent in his english and doesn’t speak black english hard enough. he says he’s from Haiti, i say to him alot of scams come from from Haiti, then he start saying all this BS about Hating on Black americans and getting ghetto language on me.
I thought they come to ask for money not give me a lecture on what I should be. This kid just doesn’t know when to shut up. I was about to get bruce-lee on his ass.
Just because you live in free country don’t make it ok to insult people. Not all blacks are dumb, its just you dont understand them.
Today i learned when people say “not real, not real”
it means they’re just talking a dialect , like how italians americans tend to slurs and express their talking more as though they’re about to slap you on ur face, what mobsters normally do.
I meant to say “for real, for real”. It”s like when white girls say “no way?!” for meaning “really??”. This is a style of talking dialect i guess. The words are in English but the culture is different.
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