http://www.metafilter.com/tags/HeadRub Posts tagged with 'HeadRub' at MetaFilter. Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:08:14 -0800 Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:08:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31697/Come%2Dhere%2Dboy%2Dand%2Dlet%2Dme%2Drub%2Dyour%2Dhead <a href="http://www.seeingblack.com/x071202/wegotjokes071202.shtml">Charges of racism have been leveled</a> against this president <a href="http://dir.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/10/20/texas/index.html">in the past</a>. But <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040303/480/ksd10603032323">this stunt</a> even surprised me. Then I remembered a <a href="http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0046z0">similar scene</a> on the Capital steps. There hasn't been <a href="http://www.counterbias.com/news001.html">much media</a> about it, so I'm wondering...is this a regional racism, such that it slid under the radar of the east and west coast news machines, or has the myth of rubbing the head of a black man for luck thankfully faded from the cultural unconscious? tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31697 Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:08:14 -0800 AfricanAmericans Blacks GeorgeWBush GoodLuck HeadRub HeadRubbing luck racism USPresident dejah420