Tea and Vitriol

Remember when White entertainers put on blackface to perform in minstrel shows, like Al Jolson did in the original version of "The Jazz Singer?" Or when Fanny Brice ("Funny Girl") recorded "The Man in the Moon is a Coon?" All of this is a part of American entertainment history, reflecting the cultural mores of the time, good or bad. It was considered an offensive portrayal of Black folk to some and has become increasingly viewed as racist by progressive liberals in the 21st century. Even wearing blackface for a masquerade ball or Halloween as a kid now earns the quick condemnation of White politicians, actors and prominent people, even if the attempt was not in mockery of Black folk. In short, even in a high school theatre group, any White person attempting to play the role of  Shakespeare's Othello would be branded as a racist. The tender consciences of progressive liberals has gone to that extreme and taken leave of their senses. On the other hand, d

  WARNING! Woke progressives and liberal Democrats might want to give this blog a skip, since the subject matter is about biological facts that they deny and protest against. Trans activists and their woke progressive allies have been creating quite a furor in modern society lately, in the media, in government and in our school systems. The attention they are receiving is completely out of proportion with the tiny fraction of the population they claim to represent and the ensuing chaos they produce in our society. Transsexuals claim to be trapped in the wrong bodies, bodies that don't correspond to the sexual identity they want to be associated with mentally. Some undergo torturous sexual reassignment surgeries so that they might outwardly resemble the sex of their choice, while others might simply claim that they are members of the opposite sex and demand to be treated as such while remaining physically intact. Frankly, I do not care how people choose to identify themselves as lon