Two Americas

The "Hillbilly" vs. the "Exotic"

A few things from The Huffington Post :

"If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs darn near 2 years and 3 major speeches to "get to know you." If you're white and from a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs 36 minutes and 38 seconds worth of an acceptance speech to know you're "one of us."

If you give your wife a dap on stage, it's actually a "terrorist fist jab." If your daughter licks her palm so that she can slick down your youngest child's hair on national TV it's an "adorable moment."

But in actuality the kid is a hillbilly. Why she spitting on her hand wiping it on her brother's head? And the other kid, she sister, is pregnant at age 17. And we've all seen that story a thousand time on Maury Povich, underage white-trash pregnancies (see video below).

A few things from Minority Thing :

"If you grow up in Hawaii you’re “exotic.” "Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you’re the quintessential “American story.”

"If you name you kid Barack you’re “unpatriotic.” Name your kid Track, you’re “colorful.”

Black teen pregnancies? A “crisis” in black America. White teen pregnancies? A “blessed event.”

"If you're 18, white, and get a 16 year old girl pregnant "life happens." If you're 18, black, and impregnate a 16 year old girl, you're a "registered sex offender. "

In reality, if you're 16 years old and pregnant, because no one taught you about sex education, you're bordering on white-trash.