June 15 is the application deadline for the first Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South (WYSGS), 9–16 Oct 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland. The programme is for "outstanding young scholars ... specializing in the study of international relations," and is hosted by Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Unfortunately in the "Global North" there still exists the blatantly neocolonial yet accepted-in-many-influential-quarters practice of others continuing to define the local European and North American communities of colour - the South in the North - so we have no chance of inclusion in a programme like WYSGS. Others are defining "Global South" as "countries belonging to the former ‘third world’." Nonetheless peoples of Southern origin located in the North were and are Third World peoples. The programme encourages women to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. GIIS says it's looking for candidates close to completing their Ph.d at a "southern university". At this point I have to wonder "aloud" whether GIIS has ever heard of the economic, social and political conditions under which Black America's HBCUs - "historically Black colleges and universities" came into being in the US. That is, if they've even heard of HBCUs, let alone visited an HBCU campus. [See political cartoon below.] Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah graduated from historically Black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. So did my Great Grandfather, Rev. George Richard Brabham (Presbyterian). Long before most "Global North" universities began accepting them, Black HBCUs in the US welcomed thousands of "Third World" students and staff and faculty from the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Whites from America and Europe also have been included. And the HBCU welcome has been social as well as academic. Meanwhile regardless of location most predominantly white schools have to admit they're still "working to improve" an often chilly "social climate" toward students of colour. But maybe it's not like that in Switzerland. I digress.<grin> WYSGS's working language will be English. Check all requirements on their website and email a "letter of self-introduction and motivation," a detailed CV, contact info for 2 referees and a 2000-word Ph.d. project summary to "southworkshop at hei.unige.ch." If you don't have email, send application in an envelope marked WYSGS to: Ms Denise Ducroz, Graduate Institute of International Studies, 11A Avenue de la Paix - 1202 Geneva, Switzerland. Be sure to mail so it arrives in their office before 15 June. Good luck, buona fortuna and bonne chance!
I figured I'd insert fabulous political cartoon (which isn't copying worth diddly) from a 1940s Black American newspaper - probably Black press of the day in Saint Louis, Missouri. Better copy of Charles H. Ware's cartoon shows Black American child looking from a distance at then-whites-only Washington University, St. Louis, MO; captioned simply: "I will be ready" - referring to unknown future when and if Black Americans would be allowed to attend Washington U.- and thousands of other US schools. Washington University in St. Louis only admitted Black American students in 1947 or 48; approx. two (2) graduate students. In spite of obvious talent cartoonist Charles H. Ware - like other writers, photographers, cartoonists of colour - could not get published in America's white-run press, a fact little changed in 2005. Will locate St. Louis Black paper that published.
Congratulations on your purchase of a brand new nigger! If handled properly, your nigger will give years of valuable, if reluctant, service.
INSTALLING YOUR NIGGER.
You should install your nigger differently according to whether you have purchased the field or house model. Field niggers work best in a serial configuration, i.e. chained together. Chain your nigger to another nigger immediately on unpacking it, and don't even think about taking that chain off, ever. Many niggers start singing as soon as you put a chain on them. This habit can usually be thrashed out of them if nipped in the bud. House niggers work best as standalone units, but should be hobbled or hamstrung to prevent attempts at escape. At this stage, your nigger can also be given a name. Most owners use the same names over and over, since niggers become confused by too much data. Rufus, Rastus, Remus, Toby, Carslisle, Carlton, Hey-You!-Yes-you!, Yeller, Blackstar, and Sambo are all effective names for your new buck nigger. If your nigger is a ho, it should be called Latrelle, L'Tanya, or Jemima. Some owners call their nigger hoes Latrine for a joke. Pearl, Blossom, and Ivory are also righteous names for nigger hoes. These names go straight over your nigger's head, by the way.
CONFIGURING YOUR NIGGER.
Owing to a design error, your nigger comes equipped with a tongue and vocal chords. Most niggers can master only a few basic human phrases with this apparatus - "muh dick" being the most popular. However, others make barking, yelping, yapping noises and appear to be in some pain, so you should probably call a vet and have him remove your nigger's tongue. Once de-tongued your nigger will be a lot happier - at least, you won't hear it complaining anywhere near as much. Niggers have nothing interesting to say, anyway. Many owners also castrate their niggers for health reasons (yours, mine, and that of women, not the nigger's). This is strongly recommended, and frankly, it's a mystery why this is not done on the boat
HOUSING YOUR NIGGER.
Your nigger can be accommodated in cages with stout iron bars. Make sure, however, that the bars are wide enough to push pieces of nigger food through. The rule of thumb is, four niggers per square yard of cage. So a fifteen foot by thirty foot nigger cage can accommodate two hundred niggers. You can site a nigger cage anywhere, even on soft ground. Don't worry about your nigger fashioning makeshift shovels out of odd pieces of wood and digging an escape tunnel under the bars of the cage. Niggers never invented the shovel before and they're not about to now. In any case, your nigger is certainly too lazy to attempt escape. As long as the free food holds out, your nigger is living better than it did in Africa, so it will stay put. Buck niggers and hoe niggers can be safely accommodated in the same cage, as bucks never attempt sex with black hoes.
FEEDING YOUR NIGGER.
Your Nigger likes fried chicken, corn bread, and watermelon. You should therefore give it none of these things because its lazy ass almost certainly doesn't deserve it. Instead, feed it on porridge with salt, and creek water. Your nigger will supplement its diet with whatever it finds in the fields, other niggers, etc. Experienced nigger owners sometimes push watermelon slices through the bars of the nigger cage at the end of the day as a treat, but only if all niggers have worked well and nothing has been stolen that day. Mike of the Old Ranch Plantation reports that this last one is a killer, since all niggers steal something almost every single day of their lives. He reports he doesn't have to spend much on free watermelon for his niggers as a result. You should never allow your nigger meal breaks while at work, since if it stops work for more than ten minutes it will need to be retrained. You would be surprised how long it takes to teach a nigger to pick cotton. You really would. Coffee beans? Don't ask. You have no idea.
MAKING YOUR NIGGER WORK.
Niggers are very, very averse to work of any kind. The nigger's most prominent anatomical feature, after all, its oversized buttocks, which have evolved to make it more comfortable for your nigger to sit around all day doing nothing for its entire life. Niggers are often good runners, too, to enable them to sprint quickly in the opposite direction if they see work heading their way. The solution to this is to *dupe* your nigger into working. After installation, encourage it towards the cotton field with blows of a wooden club, fence post, baseball bat, etc., and then tell it that all that cotton belongs to a white man, who won't be back until tomorrow. Your nigger will then frantically compete with the other field niggers to steal as much of that cotton as it can before the white man returns. At the end of the day, return your nigger to its cage and laugh at its stupidity, then repeat the same trick every day indefinitely. Your nigger comes equipped with the standard nigger IQ of 55 and a memory to match, so it will forget this trick overnight. Niggers can start work at around 5am. You should then return to bed and come back at around 10am. Your niggers can then work through until around 10pm or whenever the light fades.
ENTERTAINING YOUR NIGGER.
Your nigger enjoys play, like most animals, so you should play with it regularly. A happy smiling nigger works best. Games niggers enjoy include:
1) A good thrashing: every few days, take your nigger's pants down, hang it up by its heels, and have some of your other niggers thrash it with a club or whip. Your nigger will signal its intense enjoyment by shrieking and sobbing.
2) Lynch the nigger: niggers are cheap and there are millions more where yours came from. So every now and then, push the boat out a bit and lynch a nigger.
Lynchings are best done with a rope over the branch of a tree, and niggers just love to be lynched. It makes them feel special. Make your other niggers watch. They'll be so grateful, they'll work harder for a day or two (and then you can lynch another one).
3) Nigger dragging: Tie your nigger by one wrist to the tow bar on the back of suitable vehicle, then drive away at approximately 50mph. Your nigger's shrieks of enjoyment will be heard for miles. It will shriek until it falls apart. To prolong the fun for the nigger, do *NOT* drag him by his feet, as his head comes off too soon. This is painless for the nigger, but spoils the fun. Always wear a seatbelt and never exceed the speed limit.
4) Playing on the PNL: a variation on (2), except you can lynch your nigger out in the fields, thus saving work time. Niggers enjoy this game best if the PNL is operated by a man in a tall white hood.
5) Hunt the nigger: a variation of Hunt the Slipper, but played outdoors, with Dobermans. WARNING: do not let your Dobermans bite a nigger, as they are highly toxic.
DISPOSAL OF DEAD NIGGERS.
Niggers die on average at around 40, which some might say is 40 years too late, but there you go. Most people prefer their niggers dead, in fact. When yours dies, report the license number of the car that did the drive-by shooting of your nigger. The police will collect the nigger and dispose of it for you.
COMMON PROBLEMS WITH NIGGERS.
MY NIGGER IS VERY AGGRESIVE.
Have it put down, for god's sake. Who needs an uppity nigger? What are we, short of niggers or something?
MY NIGGER KEEPS RAPING WHITE WOMEN, BUT NEVER BLACK HOES.
They all do this. Shorten your nigger's chain so it can't reach any white women, and arm heavily any white women who might go near it.
WILL MY NIGGER ATTACK ME?
Not unless it outnumbers you 20 to 1, and even then, it's not likely. If niggers successfully overthrew their owners, they'd have to sort out their own food. This is probably why nigger uprisings were nonexistent (until some fool gave them rights).
MY NIGGER KEEPS BLEATING ABOUT ITS "RIGHTS" AND "RACISM".
Yeah, well, it would. Tell it to shut the fuck up.
MY NIGGER'S HIDE IS A FUNNY COLOR. WHAT IS THE CORRECT SHADE FOR A NIGGER?
A nigger's skin is actually more or less transparent. That brown color you can see is the shit your nigger is full of. This is why some models of nigger are sold as "The Shitskin".
MY NIGGER ACTS EXACTLY LIKE A NIGGER, BUT IS WHITE.
What you have there is a "wigger".
WOW! IS THAT LIKE AN ALBINO? ARE THEY RARE OR VALUABLE?
They're as common as dog shit and about as valuable. In fact, one of them was President between 1992 and 2000. Put your wigger in a cage with a few hundred genuine niggers and you'll soon find it stops acting like a nigger. However, leave it in the cage and let the niggers dispose of it.
MY NIGGER SMELLS REALLY BAD.
And you were expecting what?
MY NIGGER DISPLAYS A MASSIVE SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT.
This is normal.
SHOULD I ALLOW MY NIGGER TO FORNICATE WITH OTHER NIGGERS?
Where are we, Wonderland? You'll have a lot of trouble getting it to fornicate with *other* niggers.
WHERE CAN I BUY MYSELF A BETTER QUALITY OF NIGGER?
I don't really understand the question ("better quality of nigger"...?WTF?)
Posted by: NIGGER OWNERS MANUAL | 04 June 2005 at 00:20