I know someone who is on the Board of Directors of a Community Development organization in what is officially the worst part of Detroit (it is a specific zip code which I cannot recall at the moment) and she claims that we need a new term to describe the place. She thinks the most appropriate term is the "4th world".
I have been pondering this idea for some time and it may be the most appropriate term we have for the deindustrialized, deserted, bitterly impoverished, burned out, anomic (in the Durkheimian sense) cities of the 1st world (of which Detroit may be the worse but it is certainly not alone). BTW, I would wager that the Chrysler 200 is probably neither designed nor made in Detroit. Probably (re)designed in Italy and built in Canada or Mexico. Moreover, I can't understand why anyone would tout "built in Detroit" because in the automotive world, with very few, exceptions, Detroit has, since the 70s, been synonymous with poorly engineered, low quality products. CHAD From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Max Sawicky Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 3:17 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Imported from Detroit 8 mile was actually pretty good, and I'm no rap aficionado. And in light of the misogyny, Eminem should get some points for serious anti-racist and anti-classist mojo. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: One of the most widely-discussed commercials that premiered during the Super Bowl this year was for the Chrysler 200. Narrated by Eminem, the misogynist white rapper from Detroit, it featured the slogan "Imported from Detroit".
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