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Saturday, July 5, 2008 12:00 AM

The unbearable whiteness of being

The author of "Stuff White People Like" skewers the sacred cows of lefty Caucasian culture, from the Prius to David Sedaris.
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Saturday, July 5, 2008 10:26 PM

    Wrong blog name

    Should be titled "what fairly well educated, fairly comfortable, middle-brow semi-hip semi-intellectual white people like."

    I know, too long. But none of the white people I know play kick-ball or Red Rover. We play hacky-sack, backgammon, and pool.

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