[lbo-talk] Kees van der Pijl

[Willy Greenfields]

> The cool
> thing is to embrace the cultural identity of "the
> oppressed," the more
> shocking and outrageous the better, and blast it in
> the face of the
> establishment.  

How many are clamoring for the burqa or the
clittorectomy? I think this holds only when the
'oppressed' is regarded as quaint, as in Tibet. 

There was a PBS documentary on a few weeks back, and I
remember the folks at Cursor cited it
semi-approvingly, that lamented the introduction of
satellite TV to Bhutan. People were no longer wearing
the traditional dress and the lamasaries were hurting
for attendance. I'd say most viewers would applaud if
the Shalwar Kamiz went out of fashion and the
madrassas were shuttered.

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