tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post8655281590200301001..comments2023-04-23T13:10:44.188+09:00Comments on this is how she fight start: Silent Movieskamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-76679252421836283122014-04-12T08:27:59.231+09:002014-04-12T08:27:59.231+09:00Well, people (as groups or individuals) are entitl...Well, people (as groups or individuals) are entitled to describe themselves as they please, as you say. And others are, of course, free to disagree with those descriptions, but there are levels of permission necessary for that, I think. Public figures will always have their membership (or not) of various groups defined for them by the media, with more of less justification. The glass half-full interpretation is that we've finally reached a point where there are sufficient, and sufficiently powerful, people from 'minority' groups in the public eye where this becomes an issue. The glass half-empty interpretation is all too easy to see, sadly.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-15330817131983101452014-04-12T08:22:29.852+09:002014-04-12T08:22:29.852+09:00At least before smartphones you had to actually go...At least before smartphones you had to actually go to someone's house for them to show you that *hilarious* .gif of a cat playing the piano, eh? The onward march of technology definitely cuts both wayskamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-66888469173886791642014-03-07T10:34:37.656+09:002014-03-07T10:34:37.656+09:00Knowing as little as you do about her, besides agr...Knowing as little as you do about her, besides agreeing she's a fine looking woman, I'm just pleased that someone in American media looks African. What an idea to have someone playing a slave in America, brought from West Africa ostensibly*, not look like an Afro-American (20% 'white', on average) from centuries later. I am not picky that her parentage is the other side of Africa to where the Atlantic slave trade was, for the simple reason that it's some kind of improvement in authenticity.<br /><br />Yes, I'm thinking about Obama. He's as black or white as he wishes to claim for himself, but that he's only ever described as a 'black president' says much less about his DNA than it says about 'race' as socially constructed and the persistence of the 'one drop' rule. I'm also thinking of Zoe Saldana. I've got nothing against 'miscegenation', having enjoyed some myself, and am quite pleased her ancestors mated with whom they did to make such pretty: but she ain't (just) 'black'. And yet, guess how she's described.<br /><br />See also: http://hanlonsrzr.blogspot.jp/2012/10/shades-of-grey.html<br /><br />*Or her parents, or grandparents.Arististheneshttp://hanlonsrzr.blogspot.jp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-36954273482841817702014-03-07T10:30:05.904+09:002014-03-07T10:30:05.904+09:00But, we know that you read, and read, and read... ...But, we know that you read, and read, and read... Think of all the people who consume all this shit on TV and the internet, and then never put their noses between the pages of a real book. The nice thing is, you've got a house full of loved ones to keep you grounded. As a loner, I usually head down to the local bar and hope I see a familiar face or two. And hope nobody starts talking about something they saw on the interwebz...Will Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927492067445164618noreply@blogger.com