Racialicious on NPR’s Day to Day
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out some political commentary from me, Gustavo Arellano of AskaMexican.net, and Angela Shelton and Frances Callier of the comedy duo Frangela on today’s episode of “Day to Day.”
I woke up today mad at the world, and it’s probably a good thing that NPR edited out some of my angrier moments. (Which included something like “I want to punch a wall every time Geraldine Ferraro opens her mouth.”)
Sigh. I think I have a serious case of racism fatigue. Anyone else feeling it?
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
sylvie wrote:
i had the fatigue yesterday when i learned that none of the potential presidential candidates showed up to the APIA event in Irvine. Then I was uplifted by Beau Sia’s speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjJlDKrcze0
Posted 21 May 2008 at 1:45 pm ¶
deb wrote:
A little bit today. I attended a graduation luncheon where the majority of students are international. Yet, I noticed at least two tables where White Americans and White Europeans sat together. I should’ve integrated their tables; however, I sat among Africans and Asians.
Posted 21 May 2008 at 3:44 pm ¶
superchunk12 wrote:
I am feeling it too… a little bummed out about it.
Posted 21 May 2008 at 4:44 pm ¶
islandgirl550 wrote:
major fatigue here! the pundits are just now noticing that not only was sexism rampant in this primary season but so was racisim. ya think? sigh…
Posted 21 May 2008 at 6:38 pm ¶
heyhey wrote:
Goodness, I read that as “punch Geraldine Ferraro everytime she opens her mouth.” Damn. Hello, subconscious.
Posted 21 May 2008 at 7:52 pm ¶
Joseph wrote:
I hadn’t seem this clip of Ferraro.
Wow. Just…wow.
She seems to have gone completely insane.
Posted 21 May 2008 at 8:25 pm ¶
Elton wrote:
The division of whites into two stereotypes, the liberal, blue state, Volvo/Prius-driving, college-educated, elitist; and the conservative, working-class, red state, pickup truck driving, country music listening, redneck; has been mirrored in the media’s treatment of people of color–blacks and Latinos get lumped in with the lower class, and Asians get lumped in with the upper class. I’m glad that Obama has made challenging these stereotypes and uniting America (rather than dividing and conquering) something that he lives and breathes, not just mentions to get votes.
I’m a college-educated Asian-American from a working class background in a small, economically depressed, majority black town in the South. I lean left politically and right morally. Unfortunately, there’s no room to represent the nuances of reality in the media’s caricatured depictions of “voter blocs”.
Posted 21 May 2008 at 11:21 pm ¶
sfsinger wrote:
Yeah all the hate, greed and just EVIL is an exhausting fight, but we wouldn’t be in it if it wasn’t worth it. The pay off will be rooting them all out into the open, forging allies and getting to White House and making positive and definitive changes.
Posted 22 May 2008 at 1:59 am ¶
brad wrote:
I would have liked to have heard you comment on Ferraro. At this point, I could never vote for Hillary Clinton. The hatred she and her minions have unleashed is just as bad if not worse than the typical Republican Southern Strategy-based campaign.
I saw worse because not only does Team Clinton know it’s wrong but they don’t either care about the damage it does to the Democratic Party or condescendingly believe that the people they have disrespected will fall into line and vote for Hillary.
If, somehow, Clinton gets the VP slot, I will write in John Edwards or Claire McCaskil or Nancy Pelosi. I will never vote for someone who is this evil.
Comparing the plight of African-Americans to seating delegates from Michigan and Florida? That’s not hyperbole, that’s just a hyper-misrepresentation of history while spitting in the faces and on the graves of all those who suffered under Jim Crow.
Any politician who can do so with a straight face is not fit to serve in the highest office.
In the 1980s, Harold Washington ran for Mayor of Chicago. Loyal Democrats became Republicans and the anti-black racism that was unleashed was staggering. Hillary is doing a fine job of unleashing similar hate with her talk of “hardworking white Americans” and false claims of sexism.
Point blank: I will never vote for Hillary Clinton or anyone associated with her campaign. They should be shunned.
Posted 22 May 2008 at 8:13 am ¶
Joseph wrote:
@ brad
Amen.
Sounds like Clinton is exploiting our “racism fatigue” by inventing charges of sexism and leveling them against Obama. Unless…was there something he did or said that I missed? I keep hearing about sexism but no concrete examples that actually originate from the campaign itself. (Of course I can easily pick multiple examples of racism emanating from her and her campaign…)
Posted 22 May 2008 at 4:25 pm ¶
SolShine7 wrote:
I’m just glad you’re on NPR.
Posted 29 May 2008 at 10:49 pm ¶