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Scary Asian alert! “Some Chino Hills residents said they worry the store’s arrival could lead to a concentration of other Asian-oriented businesses and a proliferation of Asian-language signs and traffic similar to what exists in some Los Angeles County c
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First it was blipsters. Now we have blavers. “Black ravers sweeping the dancefloors of London, as coined by Vice. Black people seem to be displacing white people all over the place (presidential races, indie rock). And now the new rave.”
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Hat tip to Rachel. “what the show actually excels at, whether it intends to or not, is showing the sheer monotony, Orwellian sterility, and ultimately dehumanizing process of juvenile detention. We watch children being shuffled off to court hearings in ar
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” With Obama in the presidential spotlight, talking heads and politicians and scribes across the land will have countless opportunities to comment on race and thus chomp on their feet; I’m expecting serious feasts of pale toes. I just hope some of it’s fu
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“Comedian Michael Richards won’t attend a weekend mock trial with four black people he targeted during his racial rant at a comedy club because the gathering is open to the media and amounts to a publicity stunt, his lawyer said Friday.”
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“The purpose here is not to explore individual guilt…but collective responsibility…people will say, “We won World War II.” By contrast, those who say “we” raped black slaves, massacred Indians or excluded Jews from higher education are hard to come by
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Angel H. wrote:
(Also posted as a comment on WIMN’s Voices)
I work for the juvenile justice system, and I believe that “Juvies” isn’t doing enough. First of all, they reenact the crime from the kid’s point-of-view, which, I’ve learned from experience, is only truthful about 99% of the time.
And when the viewer is first introduced to the world of the detention center and sees the “cold, concrete rooms with bare-bones mattresses; page after page after page of rules; humiliating scrub downs with Lysol and body searches; and severe punishment in isolation if someone ‘talks back’ too much” the average person doesn’t realize that it’s all there for a reason.
The bare rooms and the disinfectant is because the child is entering a population with people who have abused drugs and may have infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis. The isolation for “talking back” is for the kid’s own safety. Imagine if that angry kid walked up to another child who was also angry or even emotionally disturbed. Isolation isn’t to punish the kid, it’s so the child can calm down.
If the child leaves the detention center and it’s determined he/she’s a danger to the community and that they need to be a secure facility or in a group home, then that child will receive counseling, an education, and lessons on how to cope with his/her environment once they are sent back home.
To make a long story short(er), don’t believe everything you see on TV.
(Especially if it’s on MTV.)
Posted 21 Feb 2007 at 1:29 pm ¶
gatamala wrote:
First it was blipsters. Now we have blavers. “Black ravers sweeping the dancefloors of London, as coined by Vice. Black people seem to be displacing white people all over the place (presidential races, indie rock). And now the new rave.”
I swear I’m going to hurt the next person who adds “bl-” to some corny word of the moment…
(siteadmin, sorry for the violence
)
Seriously, if “we” are not caricatures, we’re novelties in a peep show. My gut instinct tells me some folk are out to prove that they’re not the only cultural apropriators (?) out there……
Posted 21 Feb 2007 at 3:46 pm ¶
e wrote:
I’m originally from Chino Hills and witnessed with dismay and shock some of the community response to the coming of the 99 Ranch Market. I transcribed some of the newspaper commentary here:
http://www.racedays.blogspot.com
(scroll to bottom of page for last installment. entries start 9/9/06)
Posted 21 Feb 2007 at 4:17 pm ¶