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I'm not sure how I ended up at PopPolitics.com. But this resulted in Cynthia Fuchs goodness, namely The Race Reason:
As antic as the images [in an animated sequence in Bowling for Columbine] may be -- crowds of little white folks running from one section of the cartoon map to another, waving their weapons, with stricken looks on their flat little faces -- the point is made. Much fear in the United States is racially based. Moore goes on to point to a variety of examples, some more clearly related than others -- "Africanized" killer bees, racialized designations of the "evildoers," Willie Horton, Susan Smith (who accused a "black man" of carjacking the children she killed), Charles Stuart (who accused a "black man" of murdering his pregnant wife), and the ongoing fear of perps "of color" inculcated and promoted by the long-running series Cops.
and also "Breaking News" - Reflecting on black men as snipers:
Still, several major newspapers (among them, the Washington Post, The New York Times, the Baltimore Sun) have run stories on reactions of "black community" members to the news that the suspects are black. Black call-in radio shows (like Tom Joyner's) were inundated with responses, as was BET.com (read the messages here); Tavis Smiley plans to do a show on the subject, and it's a good bet that Ed Gordon will do so as well. (Johnny Cochran, however, has already begged off the case, telling Donahue that he felt "fear" when in D.C. during the period of the attacks, so he's no longer objective.).This is a discussion that "white community" members will never need to have. They don't feel that a Timothy McVeigh, an Eric Harris, or a Ted Bundy represents them, that others will perceive them differently because someone of their race commits atrocities. Rather, white folks tend to see these criminals as "evil," deviant or otherwise not like them.
So that's a plus.
Got to the Saturday Night Live Transcripts by way of digital down low. Specifically, this entry, and naturally I went straight for the Racist Word Association Interview transcript. Which I have a feeling I've either linked or at least mentioned before.
And I have a horrible feeling I'm forgetting something, and will look very rude for having done so.
No, other than thanking Inez for the link. I'm quite consistently rude about neglecting to do that.
Comments
I read that piece on the media and the snipers a couple weeks ago and meant to mention it but it flew out me brain...glad you brought it back.
Posted by: Jason | November 20, 2002 8:53 PM
Spearchucker...........
Posted by: Red Headed White Devil | November 20, 2002 10:15 PM
I also think Moore paints an overly rosy portrayal of racial relations in Canada. Yeah, we're all snuggly-lovey up here. Suuuure. That explains why Native Americans are so over-represented in our prisons (and subject to a lot of bias besides).
We've got a ways to go yet, too.
Though I also have to admit, I haven't seen anything here quite like my experience in the Dallas airport, where I found myself in a hallway, with a staff lounge on each side. I thought I'd stepped back in time to the days of segregation, because one lounge was all white, and the other lounge was black and latino.
And then I figured it out. Pilots and stewards were in one lounge, the other lounge was for the ground crew.
Which in a way is even more disturbing, when you think about it...
Posted by: Apathetic Crusader | November 20, 2002 10:39 PM
I refuse to believe you AC on the grounds that Affirmative Action has made everything equal...in fact, minorities have it better than everyone else.
Posted by: Jason | November 21, 2002 12:26 AM
Jason, Jason . . . you're forgetting your manners! Minorities and *wimmin* have it better than the poor, oppressed white male, remember?
Especially in college.
Posted by: garrity | November 21, 2002 6:20 AM
Wow. I sure do feel fortunate to be part of Wimminandminorities. Life's cushy!
I wonder if wimminandminorities.com is taken?
Posted by: hanne | November 21, 2002 6:52 AM
Um just in case anyone is interested wimminandminorities.com is completely available. Oh the fun we could have with that domain.
Posted by: Michelle | November 21, 2002 9:25 AM
Ooh! Somebody get it! (I obviously can't. I'm the Great Oppressor. I think.)
Posted by: Jake | November 21, 2002 9:31 AM
heh heh heh...that sounds like a fun little blog portal for all the "angry black guys" (tm Aaron) that post here.
Posted by: Jason | November 21, 2002 10:21 AM
Hm. Hm.
So. Group blog, or blog portal, or both?
I could use another project.
Really.
Posted by: VASpider | November 21, 2002 10:26 AM
Angry black guys? Hmm....where does that leave me?
Posted by: Michelle | November 21, 2002 10:26 AM
At Snarkfest, apparently.
And it was my evil parallel universe counterpart John Hawkins what called everyone here angry black guys if I remember right.
He's not just evil, he's also not terribly bright.
Posted by: Aaron | November 21, 2002 11:48 AM
Michelle, I'm pretty sure you're an Angry Black Guy.
Posted by: Jason | November 21, 2002 11:50 AM
Michelle, in my portion of the action plan for wimminandmiorities.com, you and your lovely partner and any other wimmin who care to help are out sacrificing men on college quads, preferably *after* having ritually castrated them.
That way, we'll STILL be in the business of fuflfilling white male fantasies. Always good to have that extra pinch of legitimacy, neh?
Any other suggestions for feild trips, kids?
Oof. I'm bitter today. Best head off for a spoonful of sugar.
Posted by: garrity | November 21, 2002 12:45 PM
*sigh* a domain name and a place to put it. who could do such a thing? who, i ask?
if you don't mind it pointing to a subdomain on my servers, it shall be yours. the Fucking White Oppressor has their place, we shall have ours. if we want it that is. let me know.
Posted by: kd | November 21, 2002 5:25 PM
Garrity: Excellent!
kd: Oh the fun we shall have, the fun we shall have.
Posted by: Michelle | November 21, 2002 6:01 PM
well, that was all the encouragement i needed. so do we get one of the famed VASpider template designs for this? hmm?
Posted by: kd | November 21, 2002 6:35 PM
I'd pretend and be all coy, but, uh, yeah.
I'll brew a big pot of coffee sometime soon and make insanity occur.
Posted by: VASpider | November 21, 2002 6:41 PM
Yay! Actual site design!
Which should not be taken as a criticism of the MT templates. After all, if I could do better, I would. And should therefore shut the hell up.
Posted by: Aaron | November 21, 2002 7:25 PM
alrigty then. i have the golden debit card of doom clutched in my sweaty little fist, and i'm off to godaddy, then to do a little mt installin'. i'll be mailing Miss Spider the keys to that kingdom shortly, and then let the mayhem begin!
Posted by: kd | November 21, 2002 8:40 PM
the domain is purchased. the forwarding is pending, and will happen at about the same time as the subdomain resolves within the server. MT is up and running and VASpider has all the info needed to create her particular brand of magick.
we're all completely insane, right? just checking.
Posted by: kd | November 21, 2002 9:09 PM
Some kinda bannerish things. I hid it in my archives.
Chai! It's like coffee, only not!
Posted by: VASpider | November 21, 2002 9:09 PM
Oh hooray hooray hooray!! Now I get my very own government file!! This WILL be fun, hm?
Posted by: garrity | November 22, 2002 6:08 AM
Yippee! Another classic domain lives!
Posted by: Jake | November 22, 2002 7:45 AM
How very very much you all rock. I'm tickled as hell about this. Whee!
Posted by: hanne | November 22, 2002 7:46 AM
garrity, i'm sure we've all already got nice thick government files.
Posted by: kd | November 22, 2002 11:41 AM
More mucking around can be found here. I managed to frustrate myself by having both my Web stylesheet and that one open at once.
"Why isn't this changing anything?"
And then suddenly my own blog looks horrible because I've been making random changes to it. Oi. I think I'm kinda done for now, but it's nowhere near done... I'm liking the basic colors, but pretty much everything below the header still needs to get gutted and redone.
Posted by: VASpider | November 22, 2002 2:41 PM
Okay, now is the time to holler if you want to be an author. I'll be emailing out login instructions and passwords within 12 hours after you holler.
For some reason www.wimminandminorities.com is not resolving for me, but the site is up at the moment at this address.
Posted by: VASpider | November 26, 2002 3:41 PM
Hollerin'
Posted by: Laura | December 4, 2002 10:16 PM