The White Ale House or The White Public House

The White Ale House / The White Public House: The (unfortunate?) collision of The White House with Public House or Ale House. We know, we know, 'The Beer Summit', 'Beer Diplomacy', we believe we've heard it all too. And, we know 17th century humor doesn't translate well to our time.

References: Obama more bartender than mediator at beer summit, Hopes for 'positive lesson' from beer chat, Ale House or Public House, The White House, Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates arrest.




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Gating

Gating: The very unfortunate redefinition of severe restrictions placed on a gated community or a non-gated one. The rather ironic eponym for the infamous incident/arrest experienced by Dr. Gates and others related to egocrimes and EWB or RWB.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming, Gating.







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American Apartheid

American Apartheid: [Though vastly different from the real Apartheid once practiced in South Africa, we vigorously argued the publication of this definition with our senior editor. But, our editor was alive and very much aware of the practice in his younger days. He argued that this kind of (negative) awareness is a very powerful tool for fighting racism and its proponents. Witness the election of Nelson Mandela to the Presidency of South Africa]. The very visible yet -surrounded by an 'invisible barrier' - of active racial discrimination by an emerging (?) police state in the USA. The American equivalent of Apartheid. See the case of Henry Louis Gates, Ph. D. - who was arrested and prevented from entering his own house the other day.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming








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EAST or PEAST

EAST / PEAST: The acronym for Ethnic Awareness Sensitivity Training or Police Ethnic Awareness Sensitivity Training. The proposed sensitivity training for police forces in the public eye for racial profiling arrest cases.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming.







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Egocrime

Egocrime: Literally, the 'crime' of being who you are. Being singled out as a 'criminal suspect' by a police state for being a diverse or otherwise ethnic person or persons. A result of racial profiling where/when there is no real guilt nor crime having been committed - except perhaps by the authorities...

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming.









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EWB or RWB

EWB / RWB: (Not to be confused with Engineers Without Borders nor Reporters Without Borders). Literally, Entering-While-Black or Residing-While-Black. Similar to the semi-urban myth egocrime (the 'crime' of being who you are) of DWB.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming, racial profiling.

Please Note: We are completely on the side of Professor Gates. We believe that he (an eminent man) was wronged and that the arrest/incident was a travesty.







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