Weblog Entry - 04/19/2002: "globally, reporting and racism. locally, my own little roller-coaster."

04/19/2002 Entry: globally, reporting and racism. locally, my own little roller-coaster.

Of *course* a bunch of privileged overpaid designers think these offensive t-shirts are "cheeky, irreverent, and funny" -- they've likely never had their complaints of real, live, hurtful racial discrimination met with laughter from those-in-power.

The problem with a sensitized political consciousness is that I'm churning through an awful lot of antacids.

On other fronts, my new boss is leaving the company in the summer (boo!) and Z & I are buying a house (yay!).

update, 11:30 a.m.
Molly just pointed out the "objective" sneer-quotes CNN put around the word 'racist' in their headline. On the other hand, in their article Japan blasts IMF as unprofessional, they don't put 'unprofessional' in quotes. Somebody's copy-editors have an agenda, perhaps? A quick scan of CNN business indicates that the sneer-quotes show up in headlines that, without them, might challenge the Conservative American.

I have a smart girlfriend.

Posted by sev @ 10:57 AM PST |

Replies: 2 comments

i've read about those t shirts everywhere now... not being asian american myself, i can't say i'm offended by them, but i am surprised that a fairly high profile company would put out something that could be potentially hurtful to a large population of their customers. not smart, not smart at aaaall.

Posted by Gina @ 04/23/2002 03:25 PM PST

Why is it that "not being asian american" is stated as if it's a reason for not being offended?

I'm not asian-american; I'm offended because a society which lacks a basic level of respect for all its members reflects poorly on all members.

Posted by sev @ 04/24/2002 12:50 PM PST

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