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“Judaism’s not solely a religion. It’s not a politician’s demographic category, either, equivalent to “Muslim” and “Christian.” It can be a social condition, an intellectual persuasion, a subset of a community.”
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Lots to dig into here in terms of gentrification, policing, and DC specifically. I’ll write about this a little later. - LDP
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“Each year Native American women travel into the mountains of the Pacific Northwest to dig edible roots for ceremonies and subsistence. Historically roots are one of the staples of a native diet, but the food only makes it to the table with a lot of hard
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“Hispanic workers in the United States are killed at work at a 25 percent higher rate than other U.S. workers with many deaths coming in construction, federal health officials said on Thursday.”
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“The rumor in question is one that’s been circulating in recent weeks to the effect that there’s video out there of Michelle Obama saying something derogatory about white people. Not a single shred of evidence has surfaced to support this claim.”
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“But the U.S. government, apparently, doesn’t think our country could use smart, driven people like Arthur. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deport Arthur and his family back to Armenia ten days after his graduation.”
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“Principal Robin Lowe allowed CAIR to make the presentation because a few weeks before, a Muslim student had been bullied and beaten at the school. But criticism from Leago and other parents, which was echoed on local talk radio programs, resulted in Lowe
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“The Indian vote definitely contributed to our victory,” said Matt Chandler, a spokesman for the Obama campaign’s Montana efforts. ”We performed a lot of Native American outreach here throughout the campaign, and we think it paid off.”
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“In the same week that a black man clinched the Democratic nomination for president, the current white, Republican vice president was forced to apologize for making a crack that played on the myth that poor white folks like having sex with their cousins.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
gatamala wrote:
That Cheney comment deserves more attention than it’s getting. Greg Rodriguez’ article is pretty interesting.
Posted 11 Jun 2008 at 8:22 am ¶
Slush wrote:
Re: Cheney Talks Trash
That article was really interesting. I didn’t know the idea of ‘white trash’ was a vestige of the same blood-based theory of human hierarchy. I guess it’s really obvious now that you think about it.
Then the author suggests that “For too long, we’ve spoken of social tensions almost exclusively in terms of race. Perhaps the nomination of a black man for president will let that story line fade so that we can finally focus on the ever-present, easy-to-miss issues of class.”
I don’t know about that. Easy-to-miss? I think class issues in America are pretty in your face, just like racism.
Posted 11 Jun 2008 at 8:26 am ¶
Matt wrote:
Slush, I remember watching an episode of Dallas in an English Lit. class on television, with the instructor swearing it was rare for American media to acknowledge class. I think we mock the rich when they become seen as a “class” with values and disdain for ordinary people, but we celebrate them when they act “just like us.” What we’ll almost never admit is that class is an issue.
Posted 11 Jun 2008 at 9:16 am ¶
Slush wrote:
I have never seen Dallas, so I’ve got no insights there. We talk about wealth obsessively in America, especially who has it, so I see that as a discussion of class. But maybe mythology about social mobility makes people think that wealth is different than class.
But I thought it was a funny - perhaps unfortunate - twist in the article to argue that America makes all its social tensions to be race issues, when many of them are class issues. That’s kind of an old argument usually employed by racism-deniers. This author did not sound to me like a racism denier in the rest of the article. But maybe that’s because he’s trying to talk about intra-race classism, which allows you to sidestep the sticky balance of race and class and just pick one.
Posted 11 Jun 2008 at 10:45 am ¶
Tara K. wrote:
About Principal/Muslim Presentation article:
Disgusting. An informative presentation such as this is grounds for FIRING someone?? If it goes through, I hope that this principal takes this school board to court.
The acceptability of Islamaphobic and anti-Middle Eastern prejudice in this country blows my mind. As a white girl from eastern Kentucky, I’m so sick of all these “socialization” bullshit excuses for this crap. These “concerned parents” who cite the war and the ever-elusive threat of “terrorism” (read: Others) as legitimate defense of their prejudice make me ill.
I know I didn’t say anything new, but I appreciate the blasting space.
& thanks to Racialicious for the post.
Posted 13 Jun 2008 at 11:50 am ¶