I think neither skin color nor country of origin make a culture. Do you think Al Sharpton considers Condi Rice to be of the same culture? How about Colin Powell and Ice-T? Some nappy headed little gang banger in South Central Los Angeles and Bryant Gumbel? Just because they may all be equally offended by an off-color, rude, derogatory comment doesn't mean they share the same cultural identity. Is Eminem culturally closer to George Bush, Tupac Shakur or Vanilla Ice : )? There is an awful lot that goes into a cultural identity and although skin color may be a factor it's nowhere near the deciding factor. Music, religion, beliefs, politics, tradition and personal identity (how do I see myself and those around me) There are lots of Hispanics, Whites and Asians who are equally offended by the remarks. I guess you could paint some pretty broad strokes if you wanted to push it and that's what tends to pull us together.
If attacked by Aliens we would all be humans before American and Iraqi, or Christian and Muslim. If North Korea attacked we would be Americans rather than Black or White, Asian or Hispanic. If race wars broke out we would tend to divide by racial lines, Whites, Blacks, Asians.. If the was an economic failure it would be rich against poor regardless of color because that is our culture If you're in South Central Los Angeles it depends on what block you live on, or what color your bandanna is. How culturally different are Crips and Bloods, 75th St from 83rd? Average middle class, average lower class or upper class how different are the Christians from the Muslims, or the Buddhists or Jews? What is stronger my economic culture or religious culture? Dana Tierney wrote: > You mentioned cultures that aren't American. I just wanted to make the point > that you don't have to go outside the United States. I *am* a bit confused > about whether it would be one culture with subcultures or several cultures. > But no, I wasn't trying to say anything about you, if it came across that > way. Just trying to combine two answers into one... > > >> "Unlike Tony, I do think that American blacks have a culture, which >> has given us blues, jazz, Langston Hughes and Tupac Shapur to name a >> few contributions that come to mind. I don't think you need to go to >> Africa to find a culture that is black, and because of slavery most >> American blacks cannot identify a certain country their ancestors are >> from. So you get people like Oprah Winfrey getting blood tests to find >> out what they can." >> >> please find where i said they didnt. >> >> thats all i ask. >> >> sorry, it struck me wrongly. cant tell ya why. it just did. >> >> On 4/11/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232393 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
