[lbo-talk] Professor Lisa at Tortilla Flats

Josh Narins josh at narins.net
Sat Apr 8 17:02:29 PDT 2006



> Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
> >Good observation, but it makes me wonder what is the cause and what is the
> >effect. Is it that people moved to suburbia because they rejected
> >cosmopolitanism, or they rejected cosmopolitanism because they moved to
> >suburbia? I am inclined to think it is the latter. Aside my obvious
> >preference for a materialistic model of behavior (the being determines
> >consciousness thing), the flight to suburbia occurred at a high point of
> >cosmopolitanism in the popular culture (cf. _Breakfast at Tiffany's_
> >which
> >is explicit embracement of cosmopolitanism and a rejection of the
> >home-grown
> >folksiness).
> >
> But wait the only thing they embraced about cosmoplitanism was the
> enhanced consumption patterns. But cosmopolitanism is more than just
> about getting Brie at your local supermarket chain; it's precisely about
> enjoying a diversity of cultures; it's about wanting to understand and
> learn from people who are different from you; it's about being
> interested in how diverse cultures evolve when differences are tolerated
> rather than repressed or excluded.

NYC was at a low point, in terms of dirtiness and crime (guessing) 20-25 years ago.

The "super-predator" was in the news weeklies as a new way to get people to fear young dark skinned men.

I can't wait to get back to Manhattan.



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