On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > "Unfair" is a purely social concept, having no abstract (i.e., _real_) > existence. That makes the commentary below pretty vacuous. Does one have to > die of starvation or exposure to be "fair"?
Well, "money" is a social concept. "Race" is a social concept. So what? Believe me, "mere" social concepts have very real consequences (for any reasonable definition of "real" if you want to be pedantic). -raghu. > And in responding to that, remember that "enough" is an empty concept in > capitalist society. What is "enough" (food, heat, medical care) at 1pm may > be totally inadequate by 5pm. Hence to survive everyone has to endlessly > strive for "more." > > Carrol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of raghu > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:25 PM > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: [Pen-l] Chris Rock interviewed > > Rock never struck me as any kind of radical (unlike another star black > comedian Dave Chappelle who does strike me as somewhat radical..), but he > is extremely self-aware and perceptive in matters of race. This interview > is a very good read throughout. > > > I especially loved this part: "Who actually wants to be called an owner, > even if you owned a football team? Just the title owner is just so nasty > and disgusting." > > http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/chris-rock-frank-rich-in-conversation.html > > ----------------------snip > Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, just came out as gay. > > Which I think is actually bigger than the football player. Because the > average person in that locker room is in his 20s. And it’s just not a big > deal to be around a gay guy — if you’re in your 20s. Whereas Tim Cook is > around these corporate guys. That is the epitome of a boys’ club. That is > sexist, racist — the least inclusive group of people you’re ever going to > find. Men who have no problem being called owners. Who actually wants to be > called an owner, even if you owned a football team? Just the title owner is > just so nasty and disgusting. > > [...] > > There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for > hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children > are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. > Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people. > > It’s about white people adjusting to a new reality? > > Owning their actions. Not even their actions. The actions of your dad. > Yeah, it’s unfair that you can get judged by something you didn’t do, but > it’s also unfair that you can inherit money that you didn’t work for. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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