links for 2008-09-17
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"Spanish-language announcer Alvaro Martin's description of Jones' run consisted of one line, repeated once: "Nadie lo va a tocar!" Kornheiser said, "I took high school Spanish, and that either means 'nobody is going to touch him' or 'could you pick up my dry cleaning in the morning.'"
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"Indeed, the Library does not deny that it discriminated against Schroer because she was transgendered. The trouble for Schroer is that it's not explicitly illegal to discriminate against the transgendered, because no federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity."
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gatamala wrote:
And he’s probably wondering why there are months anyway…
Posted 17 Sep 2008 at 11:17 am ¶
Jus Plain Ol Me wrote:
RE: “Kornheiser’s offends*, apologizes”
Confession: I like Tony Kornheiser on Pardon the Interruption. As a result, it bothers me that he said this because I like him. I’m glad that he apologized, but (as suggested by King Kaufman) he may have only done so because a “suit” told him to do so. We may never know.
I think I am more bothered by King Kaufman’s assertion that “It would take some mental gymnastics to turn the dry-cleaning comment into something offensive to Latinos.” Really? It’s hard for one to make the connection between a dry-cleaning comment and the stereotype that expected role of Latinos in this country is as domestic help intended to perform tasks such as housework or errand running? While i have no problem with those tasks being performed by anyone, it seems tacky to equate such tasks with one group of people, and that’s just what the translation joke does. Why is this perceived as such a stretch?
Posted 17 Sep 2008 at 12:51 pm ¶
Lopez wrote:
@Jus Plain Ol Me: Well, I know for a lot of people in a privileged societal position, race-class presumptions aren’t consciously noted, just kind of simmering under the surface. I guess Kornheiser mean to make a class-related comment without explicitly making an ethnic tie-in? He’s still an ass, and I know I’m just arguing semantics.
Posted 17 Sep 2008 at 11:29 pm ¶