tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post196600278371448496..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Support the Writers' Strike + James Watson, Nobelist, OctaroonJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-3752219624182567972007-12-17T13:22:00.000-08:002007-12-17T13:22:00.000-08:00Uhmmm?(Rubbing the eyes)Octaroons?(smacking of the...Uhmmm?<BR/><BR/>(Rubbing the eyes)<BR/><BR/>Octaroons?<BR/><BR/>(smacking of the lips)<BR/><BR/>Gobineau?<BR/><BR/>(More eye rubbing)<BR/><BR/>Funny, I never thought that the well thought out charts of racial classification produced by the Spanish and French colonial administrations would creep into our 21st century world so readily. <BR/><BR/>But maybe we should dust them off in light of the human genome project. The folly the language and representation present from the 1st Colonial Era (ie. the Americas) could be a fitting background for a discussion on equality and the cultures of the Americas.<BR/><BR/><BR/>More later J.<BR/><BR/>Got final projects due.Littlemilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875308841224185781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-20201754794472005402007-12-16T20:28:00.000-08:002007-12-16T20:28:00.000-08:00I was thinking about Pauline Hopkins today, the pr...I was thinking about Pauline Hopkins today, the preface to Contending Forces, where she speaks about the ennobling effects of white blood. In part because I was reading about my favorite racist of all time Gobineau (apparently, he was also Senghor's favorite racist--I'm not sure about the intellectual company I keep!). <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, the point is Gobineau was, if unwittingly, Hopkins's source for the improving nature of white blood. Which is to say, to turn the issue on its head, we could argue, through Gobineau, that it's precisely the higher percentage of white blood in Watson that accounts for his genius, such as it is. <BR/><BR/>This is, of course, purely in the spirit of playful speculation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-75010047235759541682007-12-14T10:17:00.000-08:002007-12-14T10:17:00.000-08:00Mainly, the only television I watch these days are...Mainly, the only television I watch these days are Project Runway and Pushing up Daisies on ABC. The writers, I support them. I must!<BR/><BR/>James Watson. I am still laughing at this. It is just funny to me. On another note, you touched on a subject that I have been thinking about here lately. The African presence in the U.K. is a strong one. It has been so since Roman times. Then, I look at all the African Diaspora and wonder. Hey, I love Afro Russian Pushkin (who had no heirs).BronzeBuckaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536210616142873792noreply@blogger.com