US Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney had a serious foot-in-mouth episode that was captured by a hidden camera. Speaking at fundraiser in Boca Raton, Florida, some time in May this year, Romney made some disparaging remarks about President Obama’s voting base, insinuating that African Americans and the Hispanic population carried an entitlement chip on their…
Month: September 2012
Of iPhone5 and The Great Digital Divide
A product launch is headline news if you are company with reputation as large as Apple. So when Apple launched a taller and thinner iPhone5 there was such a media buzz one would think the phone could whiten teeth. There was a rumour mill spinning for days and industry insiders were speculating furiously. They got…
The Invisible Man
I am invisible. A native Kenyan in the midst of cheerful expatriates. I am the only black person in this house party excluding the servants tinkering around in starched white uniforms. They all switch to sheng whenever they have to speak to me. The party of guests is seated on a garden patio that pans…