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Comment on Fill an SUV or feed a human? by Samia

Samia — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:32:45 +0000

People don’t think enough about that.

Comment on Einstein on conformity; knowledge and awareness by Report shows Bush was in fact lying through his teeth « latin american princesa {LAP}

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:29:26 +0000

[...] told everyday. Dismissing us as not credible or as crazy liberals is just another lie, much like calling extreme environmental activists ‘terrorists’. I don’t see blogs as a replacement for journalism, but as serving a check and balance role [...]

Comment on My black is not your black by Race and gender in the proper political perspective « latin american princesa {LAP}

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:16:46 +0000

[...] me may love Gravel’s frankness and audacity, but Obama could be what America needs to help us recognize and fully include multiple facets of our identities: black, white, immigrant, hopeful, energetic, ambitious, and complex. Obama as president would [...]

Comment on Bill Richardson for Secretary of State by stephen fox

stephen fox — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:15:14 +0000

Two Important Press Releases from Santa Fe: 1. Governor’s Foreign Policy Ideas in Pa. Commencement Speech, 2. Sen. Ortiz y Pino on Restoring Democracy in next White House

http://www.prlog.org/10073153-restoring-democracy-must-top-agenda-bush-must-be-denied-requested-11-billion-in-new-helicopters.html

http://www.prlog.org/10073331-in-pennsylvania-law-school-commencement-richardson-lays-out-steps-for-renewing-us-relations.html

Comment on About by John

John — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:57:05 +0000

I thought you might be interested in our latest topic:
http://redblueamerica.com/topic/2008-05-05/should-congress-create-a-national-museum-american-latino-3417
Below the topic summary you will find the democratic and republican perspective about the subject.

I though you might enjoy participating in the discussion or blogging about it.

Thanks.

Regards,
John Stancliffe

Comment on Bill Richardson for Secretary of State by gasdocpol

gasdocpol — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:51:04 +0000

Not only that , but he is speaking with Chavez in Spanish. Richardson also speaks French fluently. (he majored in French and political science as an undergraduate)

Comment on Slavery: A Global Investigation by Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:56:48 +0000

Everyone who’s interested in cacao, slavery and your non slave free chocolate bar, take a look at Tony Chocolony’s three year effort to producer a slave free chocolate bar:

http://www.chocolonely.nl/index.php?page=1_3

Comment on Dude!! What’s my role? by SuddenWorld

SuddenWorld — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:30:22 +0000

Since whites are for the nonce the dominant ethnic group in the United States, it stands to reason that they might be perceived, for better or for worse, as the de facto standard-bearer for success.

I very much agree with LAP’s comment about class being muddled up with issues of ethnicity. In fact, it brings to my mind an incident several years ago when affluent New York publicist Lizzie Grubman ended up backing her SUV into 16 local nightclub patrons in Southampton.

The story goes the bouncer asked her to move her SUV out of a fire lane, to which he alleges that she responded by using an epithet than calling him “white trash.” She then backed up her car in a huff, hitting the patrons. She fled the scene in a friend’s car before police could perform a Breathalyzer test, but ultimately served a couple months jail time and several years probation.

So what’s my point? Well, if the bouncer’s testimony is true, I find Ms. Grubman’s alleged use of the slur quite intriguing, since both she and the bouncer were white.

I suspect that in cases such as this one with white-on-white usage of the slur “white trash,” there is an attempt to somehow “racialize” socio-economic distinctions, as if there were some heretofore unknown genetic marker to distinguish the affluent from the working class.

The incident actual raised resentments among year-round working class locals in the town, who felt that the “Hampton crowd” would breeze into their town on weekend trips with an innate sense of superiority. I think it’s one of the potential social diseases of wealth among socially insular circles, a “manifest destiny” on an individual scale, with all the inherent sense of entitlements and rationalizations that come with having that much socioeconomic power.

And I’m not saying all affluent whites are guilty of this, or that even only affluent whites are guilty of this. Wealth can go to anybody’s head, regardless of color or creed.

But back to the point of whites being a measure of success, I don’t know, but if I had to consider Lizzie Grubman as a measure of success, I think I would look for my role models elsewhere.

Comment on Dude!! What’s my role? by latinamericanprincesa

latinamericanprincesa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:07:56 +0000

oh yes and about the dog thing, african americans are thought to be afraid of dogs because they were chased by them in the slave times. i don’t know about that really, but again stereotypes generalize minorities as being afraid of dogs. i think though that dogs as domestic pets is more of Western thing and in developing countries more of an upper class thing (a luxury). in the past dogs served a purpose like herding. now they are just pleasure objects for us. if you travel to someplace like thailand or colombia dogs run free on the street and can be rabid and dangerous. certainly a good reason for some “minorities” to be afraid of them. we however grow up with totally tame dogs that are afraid of their own shadow. again i was being sarcastic, playing on these stereotypes.

Comment on Dude!! What’s my role? by latinamericanprincesa

latinamericanprincesa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:58:13 +0000

no the “someday” having kids I refer to implies not having them too early (before career and financial stability). i am sarcastically alluding to the white American “stereotype” of 2.2 kids, in the ‘burbs, in a house with a white picket fence. AKA the middle class American dream. boring and statistically probably not even true anymore. it was a big thing in the 80s when I was a kid, but since your foreign you wouldn’t know that.