"Insurgents think of things we didn't think about or were too lazy to mull over much. They have the spirits of street fighters. But whether you like them personally doesn't really matter. That economy that flattened dreams all over? It emboldened them," says today's Observer, delivering their end-of-year list of 56 or so hot young-ish people (under 40) making inroads in our various economies. Okay, well, here we are on the Internet, which is the department of petty complaints, so: While the economy may have emboldened these great people, it sure didn't emblacken them. Of the 56 people included, there's one Southeast-Asian-American, one lone black man, one African-born woman of Indian descent, one Indian-American guy, one Australian of Sri Lankan descent, one biracial Mexican-American and two gay dudes. Plus one lady that at least looks lady-loving but probably is not. That's 90% white and 97% straight. (Though, to be fair, there are also two dude business partners who used to work for Scott Rudin on the list, so you know: let's just put them down as questionable. Heh.) Also? Not very many Jews, which is actually the weirdest thing of all.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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I'm really busy - Wall Streeters are spending money again! Could you give me a link to just the gay ones? (If they're fug, don't bother.)
Heh. Robert Hammond and that nice man from Tasting Table.
ROWR!!11!1 http://web1.famegame.com/mediaObject/909652/?profile_id=181840
More importantly, that's Bess Levin?
I know! She's been harder to get a picture of than Equity Private. Very disappointed, I have to say.
Show us your picture, sigerson!
I think she's hot!
Great galloping scions of scions, can us unemployed state schoolers get in the advanced euthanasia line, or do we have to wait 'til the Meat Hook is ready to turn us into date-night sausage?
Let's see the list of the people who are too avant to be on this list.
Vishaan Chakrabarti, is reportedly 43. Why did the editors/owners of T.O. make an exception for him?
I was just happy there were a few people on there who are older than I am.
Wait, listicles have diversity quotas? Are you sure this story isn't from the dot com crash?
"emblacken" lof'nl. We coloreds don't care if the white man puts us on his list baby, if anything it's a badge of honor not to be a token on this thing.
While we're on the subject: Molly Crabapple, take me out?