Thanks to Racialicious, now we know where all those pudgy, glistening-faced young Republicans that infest Washington like naked mole-rats get their hard-faced trophy wives from.
What does an ambitious young Harvard man want in a woman? Here’s a Craig’s List ad from one of America’s “best and brightest”:
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No Black, Asian, overweight or unattractive women for Harvard party
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
What woman could resist such a charming invitation? (Thanks Christopher!)More commentary on this CraigsList ad here, here and here. And if you never read Wendi Muse’s classic post analyzing the racism of CraigsList personal ads, what are you waiting for?
Far be it from me to condemn dating classifieds, but if you ask me, (you didn’t, but I’m telling you anyway – isn’t the internet grand?) any self-respecting woman who’s ambitious and greedy enough to respond to such an overtly racist, classist and sexist ad as that deserves all the connubial bliss that’s coming to her.
UPDATE: It occurs to me that this guy’s a wannabe who’s just too cheap to spring for a paid escort.
I wonder, could this advertiser be one of these eligible bachelors?
