Posted on 01/05/2002 5:24:58 AM PST by Check_Your_Premises
Cool- you gonna buy a dashiki too? LOL.
I could give you sites on this minor figure if you need information on a looser that ran the central aisian tribe into the ground....but I think I've made my point.
As for me ever living in Africa, fuhgedaboudit! Ain't happening. Marxist dictatorships are not my forte.
But I do keep food a supply of PERI PERI on hand and we have braais, now. OTOH, my daughter has a collection of guinea fowl related items,S.A. indigenous animals charms on her braclet, and her sister-in-law sent her South African Christmas tree ornaments. As I have said, it is a good thing to keep one's cultural heritage alive, at home. I just think that , as AMERICANS , we all should stop aiding the Balkanization this country , and stop this hyphanated stuff .
While I agree that institutional racism towards people of color still exists, I believe it is mostly aimed towards conservative black people. For example, did you see that thread that someone posted about 'African-American Heroes and their kids homework'? On that thread, a variety of people were mentioned....but no modern conservative/libertarian black role models. We have 2 very powerful black people basically running the country - Powell and Rice, of course - and they weren't mentioned. Why? It is marginalizing kids when heroes are divided into 2 categories - black and all others, as if black heros aren't good enough to be in a study of 'American Heroes' and we just need to think about them in February.
The media also contributes to institutional racism - labeling anyone (black, white, everyone) who doesn't believe in the liberal/socialist doctrine of a particular issue a 'racist', a 'traitor' and etc.
Well, I'd like to discuss this some more with you but right now it's getting late here in AZ.
Let's talk about affirmative action. Why does conservative propaganda against it focus entirely on race based affirmative action but never on gender based ? In fact, one could say that if affirmative action were solely gender based it would not be a political issue at all. The reason to the black community is obvious. To the white conservative, the white woman is mother, wife, sister, lover, daughter, friend. White families depend on the paychecks of white women. So how can he campaign against them ? On the other hand it is very easy to campaign against "those people". The white conservative's personal happiness depends on his relationships with white women while there has never been a black person he gave a rat's ass about. It's a whole lot easier to focus on Them than it would be to focus on white women.
I can't begin to tell you how insulting I find such comments and I do let folks know they ain't flattering me when they say stuff like that.
For whom conservatism is a way of saying that they identify with white people.
If that's conservatism they can keep it as far as I'm concerned.
Why does conservative propaganda against it focus entirely on race based affirmative action but never on gender based ?
That's a good question- wonder if anyone will answer it.
Good post.
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