So, now and then, I read the posts at Stuff White People Like. It’s amusing, and clever, but I think the title is somewhat misguided.
My hometown, for example, is chock full of white people who would be mystified by this list.
It should be called “Stuff Educated Liberal Urban Hipsters Like,” or something of that nature. I realize that title is kind of unwieldy, so feel free to offer your suggestions. 😉
Have you seen the Wiki entry for our hometown? The percentage of non-whites is…well, it barely factors in. Not that you or I are shocked, of course, but tis a bit depressing!
Oh, crap…I’m a New Balance junkie myself. Left over from track days…still wear them!
The problem with someone identifying the likes of white folks is the underlying assumption that the authority of the writer on all things caucasian is to be trusted. As a 100% Irish import I have been called black by many black friends who quickly explain that it’s complimentary and that on second thought I might be the blackest white or possibly the whitest black they have ever met. I for one have a hard time letting the hipster andean indian hat wearing trustafarian types dicatating my likes as well as those of my pasty brethren. Now Goober who has been paged on the p.a. system at the Springville Wal Mart I think would be better qualified to dictate the likes of whitey than some Poly Sci degree bearing Comparative Lit grad student who blogs in between translations. Peace to you I love the name of your blog !!!
Sean