MarxSchmarx
18th February 2012, 03:11
Have a look at this article:
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/16/politically_lincorrect_rooting_for_your_own_kind/
was there any more inane, reactionary internalization of right-wing ideology to the complicated issue of race in this Jeremy Lin affair?
Jeremy Lin shows that we like to cheer for people who look like us -- and there's nothing wrong with that
It would be stupid to make too big a deal out of this. It’s strictly lighthearted. It’s a holiday from racial politeness, a bit of benign tribalism. I don’t usually hold with tribalism, but we all have a little of it in us, and as long as it’s innocent, we might as well enjoy it from time to time. Besides, as someone who has covered three Olympics, I can attest that national tribalism trumps racial or ethnic tribalism. Every red-blooded American, of whatever race, watching the finals of the 4×100-meter relays at Sydney or Athens was for that moment an honorary black person.
WOW. It is clear that this author would almost wish that they were a racist, sees some values in its very foundation.
An uncritical embrace of all the right-wing talking points, disguised as a supposedly "progressive" defense of the chatter around Lin.
Anyway I found this article to be incredibly pernicious from so many angles, disgusting.
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/16/politically_lincorrect_rooting_for_your_own_kind/
was there any more inane, reactionary internalization of right-wing ideology to the complicated issue of race in this Jeremy Lin affair?
Jeremy Lin shows that we like to cheer for people who look like us -- and there's nothing wrong with that
It would be stupid to make too big a deal out of this. It’s strictly lighthearted. It’s a holiday from racial politeness, a bit of benign tribalism. I don’t usually hold with tribalism, but we all have a little of it in us, and as long as it’s innocent, we might as well enjoy it from time to time. Besides, as someone who has covered three Olympics, I can attest that national tribalism trumps racial or ethnic tribalism. Every red-blooded American, of whatever race, watching the finals of the 4×100-meter relays at Sydney or Athens was for that moment an honorary black person.
WOW. It is clear that this author would almost wish that they were a racist, sees some values in its very foundation.
An uncritical embrace of all the right-wing talking points, disguised as a supposedly "progressive" defense of the chatter around Lin.
Anyway I found this article to be incredibly pernicious from so many angles, disgusting.