Saturday, April 10, 2004
schizophrenic tendencies
ok, so the white in me is feeling a little unloved after the last post, and the black, mexican, and native american in me are telling him to quit whining cuz he has it pretty good in this world. i guess i can see where he's coming from, so i will just point out that i wasn't hating on all white people, or even "white" culture (which is still the most nebulous and undefineable term i've heard in a looooong time). i was simply trying to make the point that "white" culture is not the source of all things cool and not all "non-white" cultures draw their essence from aspects of "white" culture. all cultures borrow from each other, that's a natural byproduct of interaction and information exchange, and "white" culture is no different from any other in that regard.
to recap: i don't hate white people, "white" culture, or anything else, just because it's associated with caucasians (which is good, cuz then i'd have to hate myself, which is never fun). i think cultural exchange is a good thing, a positive thing, a knowledge expanding experience. "white" culture borrows from others just as much as any non-white culture borrows from it. i can't get over how poor a term "white" culture is....does this bother anyone else near as much as it does me? i mean really, there are so many social, linguistic, norm, cultural & other categorical differences just among the human population that is grouped into the white/caucasian category that the term just really doesn't form a clear picture or definition in my mind when i hear it. i honestly do wonder what it means be culturally white, beyond the woefully insufficient stereotypical definitions that we all (including myself) thrown around an a half-joking manner (i think). sadly, reb's prof hasn't proved that the last episode was due to a brain fart, there's more where that came from (april 9).
the white in me would like to apologize for being genetically linked to the great white oppression that secretly and continuously oppresses all members of non-white cultural groups for the sake of world domination and satisfying our collective inferiority complex.
the black in me says that's not enough, and it will never be enough to make up for 255 years of state sanctioned slavery and another 109 years of jim crow laws. and y'all are my friends, but i wont hesitate to take you out when the revolution comes. rise up!
the mexican in me is quietly plotting a civilian uprising that will return texas and everything west of the rockies back to the motherland (that would be mexico) where it rightly belongs. have you noticed the hispanic population growth in california over the past 10 years? yes, he is using the white man's own tactics against him, how ironic!
the native american in me wants to know why small pox and tuberculosis aren't considered germ warfare. he wants to know why the other minorities are complaining since he definitely got the worst deal of all (let's be honest, semi-autonomous reservations in the wastelands of south dakota and oklahoma don't exactly fall into the "high demand" category. and casinos don't even come close to making up for it). also, what the hell happened to all the buffalo?
finally, my collective being would like to point out that i already know it must be weird that i've divided myself by heritage, almost as if there are four separate beings/voices in my mental structure. i can assure that is not the case, there are way more than four, hehehe. the joy and wonder of being a person with mixed heritage. hopefully you figured out that the last few sections were satirical/sarcastic in nature. if you laughed, good. if you're laughing now that you know i was only joking and not serious about taking you out during the revolution, that's cool too. if you're offended, i guess you can stop reading this? i don't know what else to tell you.
ok, i dont know what the post time is going to say, but i'm finishing this at like 3 in the morning after galavanting around buenos aires all day, so you'll have to excuse me while i regenerate my mental funcionality for a few hours. outtie 5k.
symphonic melodies: ben folds - fired
brain eats: can man live without God: anguish and influence by ravi zacharias
ok, so the white in me is feeling a little unloved after the last post, and the black, mexican, and native american in me are telling him to quit whining cuz he has it pretty good in this world. i guess i can see where he's coming from, so i will just point out that i wasn't hating on all white people, or even "white" culture (which is still the most nebulous and undefineable term i've heard in a looooong time). i was simply trying to make the point that "white" culture is not the source of all things cool and not all "non-white" cultures draw their essence from aspects of "white" culture. all cultures borrow from each other, that's a natural byproduct of interaction and information exchange, and "white" culture is no different from any other in that regard.
to recap: i don't hate white people, "white" culture, or anything else, just because it's associated with caucasians (which is good, cuz then i'd have to hate myself, which is never fun). i think cultural exchange is a good thing, a positive thing, a knowledge expanding experience. "white" culture borrows from others just as much as any non-white culture borrows from it. i can't get over how poor a term "white" culture is....does this bother anyone else near as much as it does me? i mean really, there are so many social, linguistic, norm, cultural & other categorical differences just among the human population that is grouped into the white/caucasian category that the term just really doesn't form a clear picture or definition in my mind when i hear it. i honestly do wonder what it means be culturally white, beyond the woefully insufficient stereotypical definitions that we all (including myself) thrown around an a half-joking manner (i think). sadly, reb's prof hasn't proved that the last episode was due to a brain fart, there's more where that came from (april 9).
the white in me would like to apologize for being genetically linked to the great white oppression that secretly and continuously oppresses all members of non-white cultural groups for the sake of world domination and satisfying our collective inferiority complex.
the black in me says that's not enough, and it will never be enough to make up for 255 years of state sanctioned slavery and another 109 years of jim crow laws. and y'all are my friends, but i wont hesitate to take you out when the revolution comes. rise up!
the mexican in me is quietly plotting a civilian uprising that will return texas and everything west of the rockies back to the motherland (that would be mexico) where it rightly belongs. have you noticed the hispanic population growth in california over the past 10 years? yes, he is using the white man's own tactics against him, how ironic!
the native american in me wants to know why small pox and tuberculosis aren't considered germ warfare. he wants to know why the other minorities are complaining since he definitely got the worst deal of all (let's be honest, semi-autonomous reservations in the wastelands of south dakota and oklahoma don't exactly fall into the "high demand" category. and casinos don't even come close to making up for it). also, what the hell happened to all the buffalo?
finally, my collective being would like to point out that i already know it must be weird that i've divided myself by heritage, almost as if there are four separate beings/voices in my mental structure. i can assure that is not the case, there are way more than four, hehehe. the joy and wonder of being a person with mixed heritage. hopefully you figured out that the last few sections were satirical/sarcastic in nature. if you laughed, good. if you're laughing now that you know i was only joking and not serious about taking you out during the revolution, that's cool too. if you're offended, i guess you can stop reading this? i don't know what else to tell you.
ok, i dont know what the post time is going to say, but i'm finishing this at like 3 in the morning after galavanting around buenos aires all day, so you'll have to excuse me while i regenerate my mental funcionality for a few hours. outtie 5k.
symphonic melodies: ben folds - fired
brain eats: can man live without God: anguish and influence by ravi zacharias
