This American Life did a segment last year for their Showtime show on the Wiener Circle here in Chicago. I’m glad they don’t gloss over the obvious racist dynamic at work there. I think that’s why i’ve never gone there. That and the fact that i don’t like Chicago style hot dogs.I guess I’m naive enough to be rather shocked by this. Maybe I think too highly of people. But between this and some of the things that Britt has written on her blog, I guess I just don’t see this stuff happening at all. It’s so funny how I’m from a part of the country that a majority of Americans consider a wasteland of racism and intolerance, and yet this happens in a northern metropolitan city, in the state of our first successful black president candidate. The irony is astounding, but I can tell you this much: this would never happen where I come from.
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Although it was recommended, I missed this stop on my Chicago trip. Sucks I had to eventually see this anyway.
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Spreading some love to my Chi-town friends, especially...south side. A little alcohol
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i’m so glad someone posted this. my roommates and i were utterly nauseated a few months back when we watched this...
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Wow. (Language alert)
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These bad-service-on-purpose joints scare me. That and those pre-show clowns at Cirque du Soleil. » ericlodwick:
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I have no words for how I feel about this video. Part of me is glad that it’s making the rounds on Tumblr so that all...
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Oooh, I saw this a month or two ago with Andreas. It depressed us both so much that we had to force ourselves to watch...
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I lived just a short walk from this place for a few years, and it was always enjoyable to walk down here, sit on a stool...
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naive enough to be rather shocked by this. Maybe...too highly of people. But between...
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