tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post8254514009195108882..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: The AccusedElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-9923927696798047692012-09-09T11:55:46.248-04:002012-09-09T11:55:46.248-04:00I think you may be confusing Azoreans with the neg...I think you may be confusing Azoreans with the negro and mulatto population of Cape Verde. Here in Portugal, which includes Azores and Madeira, there are no apparent physical/racial differences between Azoreans and other Portuguese. Cape Verdeans, on the other hand, have been independent since the mid 1970s when Portugal grantes independence to its African colonies and they have their own nationality and unique African culture. Portuguese, Azorean or otherwise, can be dark skinned and curly haired like all other Mediterranean nationalities, such as Greeks, Lebanese, Sicilians, etc.Setting the Record Straightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-80249232051101688092012-04-02T10:08:50.430-04:002012-04-02T10:08:50.430-04:00Bateau - I would argue that the reason there is vi...Bateau - I would argue that the reason there is violence in the Black Community is because of the dominant social paradigm. <br /><br />I would heartily agree that the paradigm needs to be changed. I think it is changing. I think what we're seeing from the Political Right is intense resistance to the change. <br /><br />The only way I know how to bring about change is to keep pushing for it - especially against the resistance.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-63927672021242183612012-04-02T00:17:43.234-04:002012-04-02T00:17:43.234-04:00How great it would have been if Zimmerman pulled u...How great it would have been if Zimmerman pulled up and said, "Hey I'm George with the Neighborhood Watch - it's raining, you need a ride?"<br /><br />It isn't just the dominate white male paradigm - it is the black male paradigm too according to Jesse Jackson: <i>“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”</i> <br /><br />But paradigms are made to be shifted and changed - the question is how?Bateau Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641991475361553674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-87244956694394998652012-03-31T20:05:12.167-04:002012-03-31T20:05:12.167-04:00Hi, Dave,
In the dominant white male paradigm, an...Hi, Dave,<br /><br />In the dominant white male paradigm, any young black male is a threat.<br /><br />You're right: it's not rational. That doesn't mean it's not true.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-55384452051838948472012-03-31T15:50:55.387-04:002012-03-31T15:50:55.387-04:00I understnd part of your reply, Elizabeth, but I a...I understnd part of your reply, Elizabeth, but I am not sure I understand what "threat" this particular young man presented to the "paradgim" you posit.<br />Dave GolubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-3235630975726614432012-03-30T20:21:09.781-04:002012-03-30T20:21:09.781-04:00Nobody's kid is perfect. Nobody was perfect as...Nobody's kid is perfect. Nobody was perfect as a kid. That's what adolescence is all about. <br /><br />I think we also need to reexamine our gun laws. Why would someone like Zimmerman need a gun for a volunteer neighborhood watch <br /><br />Lots of soul searching still left to do, America.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-26482073057146466992012-03-30T19:55:42.210-04:002012-03-30T19:55:42.210-04:00I am mother to a 17-year-old, hoodie wearing, Afri...I am mother to a 17-year-old, hoodie wearing, African-American boy who likes Skittles and occasionally walks down to the convenience store near our home in a predominantly Caucasian (but not gated) community with an active neighborhood watch program. Part of me just shakes every time this story comes up.<br /><br />And the worst part is what you note here: blaming the victim- clothing, past errors, or anything but the actions and events of that night. My kid isn't perfect either, but nothing justifies feeding the vigilante bloodthirst of public opinion.<br /><br />If people want to blame something, try considering a "stand your ground" law that does not permit a shooter to be arrested, even pending investigation.Jane Ellen+https://www.blogger.com/profile/07930706962327994732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-77155294217859534672012-03-30T14:34:10.582-04:002012-03-30T14:34:10.582-04:00Hi, David. Good to hear from you again. I'm gl...Hi, David. Good to hear from you again. I'm glad you asked the question.<br /><br />What I mean by that is that, since Obama's election, the racism that was already in this country has reached all time highs. The Southern Poverty Law Project, which monitors White Supremacy Groups, has documented the rise in the activities of these groups. Indeed, here in Sussex County, the KKK tried to "adopt a highway" so they could get their name more visible. The State of DE wisely refused their application, so they re-applied using "The Liberty Party". No one was fooled. <br /><br />Zimmerman may have had a gun but it was racism that pulled the trigger. The notion that a young black man with a hoodie is a 'hoodlum' is part of the dominant while male paradigm. <br /><br />You may not agree with me, and that's okay, but I think I've got a great deal of documented evidence to support my claims. <br /><br />As I recall, you are a deeply committed Christian. As such, you are not part of the 'dominant white male paradigm'. So, you can relax. Unfortunately, White Supremacy groups use their Christian heritage in perverse and hateful ways. You are not one of them, but the unspoken standard of value in this country are White, Male, Heterosexual and Able-bodied. That's the dominant social paradigm I'm referring to.<br /><br />I hope this has been helpful to you.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-75405545215382742062012-03-30T11:24:40.660-04:002012-03-30T11:24:40.660-04:00I would be interested in knowing what you men by: ...I would be interested in knowing what you men by: <br />"It's not the hoodie. It's who's under the hoodie. And, who was under the hoodie and behind those Foster Grants was a young black man - a threat to the dominant white male paradigm..."<br />Why do you describe his dress as a "threat to the whte male paradigm?" What does that mean Elizabeth?<br />Dave GolubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-15121359356968295632012-03-30T07:56:21.104-04:002012-03-30T07:56:21.104-04:00Mark - I've always maintained that prejudice d...Mark - I've always maintained that prejudice destroys brain cells. Your story proves my thesis.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-27130838916954131552012-03-30T07:54:31.005-04:002012-03-30T07:54:31.005-04:00Anonymous - I find it interesting that you venture...Anonymous - I find it interesting that you venture an opinion "Censorship is disgusting" but leave it anonymously. Can you see the irony in that?<br /><br />So, I've given you a pass. Next time, please leave your name. I won't censor what you've written but I may not publish it if it doesn't meet the "Code of Conduct" for this blog. <br /><br />It's my blog, after all.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-16886187272905225482012-03-30T07:52:33.456-04:002012-03-30T07:52:33.456-04:00Turtle Woman, well, I suppose it's good to kno...Turtle Woman, well, I suppose it's good to know that I consistently fail to live up to your expectations. <br /><br />A blog on Adrienne Rich will follow shortly. You would be so kind (if you can) as to allow me time to grieve her death and process her loss before writing on it.<br /><br />I want justice for all people - Cheryl Arujo and all women who are sexually assaulted and raped AND Trayvon Martin and all who are harmed or murdered for the color of their skin. I think the best way to do that is to lift up the similarities of injustice so that those who oppress will know that they are being watched and we are not fooled.<br /><br />Apparently, you disagree. Wow!Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-69598602717648538772012-03-30T07:48:25.165-04:002012-03-30T07:48:25.165-04:00Br. David - My apologies. There are so many confli...Br. David - My apologies. There are so many conflicting details in this story it's hard to keep them straight, as it were. Thanks for that clarification.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-31021963483853330192012-03-30T03:39:54.986-04:002012-03-30T03:39:54.986-04:00I remember when we had some idiot from Florida her...I remember when we had some idiot from Florida here, opening up with his .45 in the parking lot of the neighboring hotel, firing at the guy who had broken into his car and both thief and "victim" were arrested. Oh, the outcry! He was just standing his ground, as Florida law permitted! Never mind this is Georgia, not Florida. <br /><br />One of my coworkers, who hadn't been here at our hotel said, "I think it's great he stood up against some thug!" My response: "Would you have thought it was great if you'd happened to wander in front of a stray bullet . . . or if one of our guests had? Would it have been great if someone's kid, going to the snack machine, got run down by the car that went out of control when the thief was shot? How great would it have been if the car plowed headlong into one of our guest's cars . . . or rooms?"<br /><br />No answers to that much. <br /><br />The "valiant defender" was white and the thief black, btw. The co-worker was white.MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-12540668430571163172012-03-30T03:23:00.727-04:002012-03-30T03:23:00.727-04:00You should be able to wear a swastika-suppose you&...You should be able to wear a swastika-suppose you're a Jain or a Buddhist or Hindu?<br /> Censorship is disgusting.<br /> And the eworst anti-woman statements came from other Portuguese ladies in RI and MA:"No good Portuguese mother leaves her children and goes to a bar alone. She wanted it to happen."<br /> They also say that the Azoreans look down on the "mainlanders"-apparently there are a lot of Azoreans who are descended from Flemings who migrated to the Azores and left many red and light haired offspring. Don't believe me? Google "Brian Cunha" and you'll think he's Irish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-9689686855169409502012-03-30T03:19:15.264-04:002012-03-30T03:19:15.264-04:00Adrienne Rich dies, and still we wallow in the het...Adrienne Rich dies, and still we wallow in the heterosexual men, their guns, boys... why do we bother commenting on men with guns... they own them, they shoot kids, they look like neanderthal pigs... Adrienne Rich, perhaps the greatest lesbian poet of the 20th century... wow.. this is pathetic.Turtle Womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-13749217888106989362012-03-30T02:15:33.162-04:002012-03-30T02:15:33.162-04:00I pray for justice for Treyvon Martin.
Madre, as ...I pray for justice for Treyvon Martin.<br /><br />Madre, as I have followed this story, you appear to have collapsed two separate stories into one on a small part of your narrative. The night that he was murdered, Treyvon did not have a backpack. He did have the skittles and the iced tea. He was reported to have been visiting with his father and his father's fiancé in this gated community, because he had received a 10 day suspension from his high school after his backpack was searched at school and the baggy with the residue was discovered at that time.<br /><br />This story about his suspension is alleged to have been released by Zimmerman's defense attorney as an attempt at character assassination.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-52447559532922912982012-03-29T17:53:51.406-04:002012-03-29T17:53:51.406-04:00Muthah+ - The only way to make sense of violent tr...Muthah+ - The only way to make sense of violent tragedies like these is to promise ourselves, "Never again".Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-66937305082579490582012-03-29T17:53:11.028-04:002012-03-29T17:53:11.028-04:00Kirke - I'd like to think women and men can we...Kirke - I'd like to think women and men can wear whatever style they like and not be judged as "asking for it" - except, of course, if you wore a swastika....or the rebel flag....Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-17832508523180725232012-03-29T16:06:06.291-04:002012-03-29T16:06:06.291-04:00Perhaps it takes this kind of incident--just like ...Perhaps it takes this kind of incident--just like the murder of Jonathan Daniels to bring spotlight the violence that many of our laws permit. It must be the people all over that have to bring pressure on the gov't of FL to make a change.Muthah+https://www.blogger.com/profile/10589837671378205837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-17339973495802632032012-03-29T13:37:34.321-04:002012-03-29T13:37:34.321-04:00I like hoodies and wear them frequently (it feels ...I like hoodies and wear them frequently (it feels kinda monastic, actually...)<br /><br />Three years ago, on my way to visit my friend Robert in Alaska, I was in the Des Moines Airport in my Mizzou hoodie and got pulled out for a search before boarding the plane. The TSA people were rather rude and rough, and I did not like the vigor by which I was felt up. I mean SERIOUSLY felt up.) <br /><br />I looked around and everyone who had been pulled was wearing a hoodie.<br /><br />I thought to myself, "Damn. This is what you get as a white female in a hoodie. God help being a black male in one."<br /><br />But hey, I guess I asked for it, right?Kirkepiscatoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651684515435040529noreply@blogger.com