tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post6103582514623666011..comments2023-06-30T03:19:06.979-05:00Comments on Liprap's Lament - The Line: Leigh C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-88268622327460848712007-10-30T15:04:00.000-05:002007-10-30T15:04:00.000-05:00"We have to make sure that our ethnic allegiances ..."We have to make sure that our ethnic allegiances don't cloud our social judgments. Also, don't just support the candidate who looks and talks like you, hold him accountable and responsible when he fails."<BR/><BR/>Well, exactly. That should be the norm now, and, among people with intelligence who can think critically about this stuff and are not afraid of questioning a person and holding him/her accountable, it is the norm.<BR/><BR/>The American "type" was, and in many ways still is, very WASP. Lily-white preferences and prejudices against the "Other" have gone underground, being "coded" in different language or denied in such a way as to be tougher for others to call the offenders on it.<BR/>Keeping the debate alive and pinning down the weasels who would keep everybody in their places if they could can only, ultimately, be a good thing.Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-6000247044283262007-10-30T14:35:00.000-05:002007-10-30T14:35:00.000-05:00Being true to where you come from is the hard part...<I>Being true to where you come from is the hard part</I><BR/><BR/>Aaah, there's the rub. Where do you come from and to what is your primary allegiance? I look Indian, but have lived outside India for all of my life. Then again, what is American? Is there a formula for that?<BR/><BR/>We have to make sure that our ethnic allegiances don't cloud our social judgments. Also, don't just support the candidate who looks and talks like you, hold him accountable and responsible when he fails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com