So Tell Us What You REALLY Think…
Mar 26th, 2008 at 2:32 pm by Susie
From Wampum, who would like Democrats to remember there are other oppressed people of color (who knew?):
For anyone who doesn’t understand why the national discussion of race needs to be addressing more than just African-American concerns, here’s exhibit one, from today’s LA Times editorial page:
Are the Tibetans doomed to go the way of the American Indians? Will they be reduced to being little more than a tourist attraction, peddling cheap mementos of what was once a great culture? In Tibet itself, that sad fate is looking more and more likely.
Of course, the Left is so completely outraged that they’ll spend many hours directing endless pixels at the LA Times, expressing said outrage, no? Yeah, didn’t think so.
How fucking oblivious can you get? This is the kind of lazy thinking the media does best.
There’s a typo that I fixed in the original (removed the “be”)…
And thank you for the shared outrage, nidobaskwa.
I have to admit, every time I read those first two sentences in the editorial, I want to either cry or throw up. Actually, both, right now. And, yes, I’m so outraged I’m shaking, as this will not even raise a whimper from those who feign outrage over the Pittsburgh editorial board meeting.
What’s “nidobaskwa”?
And may I extend my heartfelt commiseration as a non-white, non-black American, mbw.
nidobaskwa is Abenaki for “girlfriend”. And thanks for the commiseration, VM.
Btw, the author is Ian Buruma, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights (for everyone except us sad-shell-of-a-people Injuns) and Journalism at Bard College. His email is buruma@bard.edu.
“reduced to being little more than a tourist attraction, peddling cheap mementos of what was once a great culture?” Excuse Me? What a total lack of knowledge. Apparently the writer has never managed to visit any of the more than 500 Native American Nations or actually have a conversation with any community member at random. Fuck him. What a shit-for-brains. What an incredibly stupid way to try to call attention to Tibet and the horrors taking place there. I sure wouldn’t want him on my debate team.