Obama’s win has been hailed by many political commentators as the end of the “politics of grievance.” Their argument goes like “now that a black man has come to power, blacks can no longer blame the administration for not listening to their grievances.” Just because a black is in power, doesn’t mean Afro-Americans are going [...]
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Obama to end “politics of grievance”?
Posted in Racism, tagged A P J Abdul Kalam, Advani, black, browns (Indians), Chinkies, first woman Indian President, Gujarat riots, Hindu 'mahasabha' leader, Hispanics, Indian President, Jews, Ku Klux Klan, Latinos, Mahatma Gandhi’, Muslim, Obama, Poles, politics of grievance, post-racial, Pratibha Patil, race neutral, race transcendence, state-sponsored genocide, UN, Vajpayee, Veer Savarkar on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving; Thanks for what?
Posted in Racism, tagged Afghanistan, Afro-American slaves, America, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Betty Ross, BPOs, brain drain, British imperialism, cowboys, Europeans, Florida, French Protestants, heliocentric cosmology, immigration, Iraq, John Winthrop, Native Americans, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pilgrims, Plymouth Harbor, puddings, red Indians, settlers, Spaniards, Spanish, Thanksgiving, turkey, Washington, white man on November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanksgiving seems to be making its presence felt in India. Because of the great brain drain or the large-scale immigration, I find too many of my friends in the US; all of whom are making elaborate plans to celebrate this festival with their families. Some of my other friends, working in BPOs in India, have [...]
Gone with the Wind
Posted in Cinema, Racism, tagged Add new tag, Afro-Americans, Ashley Wilkes, Atticus Finch, Birth of Nation, Blacks, Butterfly McQueen, Ellen, Gerald O Hara, Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, integration, Ku Klux Klan, Malcolm X, Mammy, Margaret Mitchell, Melanie, negroes, Pork, Prissy, racist, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O’ Hara, Selznick, sexist, slavery, slaves, South, Southern black man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Uncle Peter, Uncle Tom, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, white Southerner, Yankees on November 13, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Gone with the Wind, both the novel and the book have won wide-spread appreciation and acclaim. But the danger lies, because of its popularity. Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean its right. Birth of a Nation was popular. Does that mean it was morally right? Margaret Mitchell might be the best story-teller ever and Scarlett O’ [...]
