Comments on: Some of my Best Friends are Racists http://frankfurterschool.com/2008/03/24/some-of-my-best-friends-are-racists/ the meat of the matter Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:17:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jane http://frankfurterschool.com/2008/03/24/some-of-my-best-friends-are-racists/#comment-63 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:01:49 +0000 http://frankfurterschool.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-63 jon, kudos on a really lovely, well-written and nunaced commentary on the commodified circus of identity politics that the election looks like to this recent expat in the southern hemisphere. it’s been difficult for me to articulate concisely what makes the battle between clinton and obama so distasteful to me – maybe because everyone seems to expect me, as a woman of color and an academic that works on race – to automatically endorse obama. i cannot tell you to what extent this pisses me off – that we seem to have arrived at a point, after the culture wars (during which time we were trained to speak in the various “isms”), the post-structuralist turn (and its demise), and the seemingly endless reign of post-911 psychic terrorism – where one’s political choice is predetermined – not by some fascist regime, but by our own sick addiction to the ways in which we are led to see ourselves and others in the media (that other fraught thing i study, teach, and write about). apologies for the long rant. props again on the entry and the blog more generally … really enjoying it. hope to see you next time i’m stateside. kisses from oz -jp

]]> By: samantha http://frankfurterschool.com/2008/03/24/some-of-my-best-friends-are-racists/#comment-50 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:13:28 +0000 http://frankfurterschool.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-50 Here! Here!

Well, said Mister.

You keeping bleekly predicting the Democrats aren’t going to win in November. This skirmish and these two rock star, amazing, inspiring candidates is the best thing to happen to the Democratic Party since Bill Clinton’s first run. You do realize that your predictions are supporting and perpetuating the Corporate Media Agenda. Look at the facts: people are registering vote like crazy. And they’re registering Democrat! How can 4 million new, registered democrats in Pennsylvania be a bad thing? People are interested. I don’t think this engaged electorate, despite our society’s plague of A.D.D., is going to lose interest for the big dance in November. In fact, I would argue that the longer this battle goes on and the closer to November it gets people will be more likely to stay focused on the election and vote Democrat. The news cycle is dominated by every Hillary and Barack belch or fart. They’re where it’s at! McCain can’t get a smidge of air time unless he does something retarded. And from what I know of Mr. McCain, he’s only going to make things worse on himself as November nears. The art of the Democrats winning in the Fall is all about how the loser of this dogfight handles it. The Loser has got to campaign voraciously and passionately for the other. If so, the Democrats are unbeatable. I think you should consider that the glass might be half full, Mr. Pessimism!

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