[lbo-talk] M.I.A. on Lady Gaga and more

Bhaskar Sunkara bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com
Tue Apr 27 20:41:06 PDT 2010


Chris Maisano, mastermind of the plot to ruin America through giving undeserving minorities Medicare and editor of *The Activist*, offered his own commentary on the review earlier today: http://theactivist.org/blog/m-i-yay

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:12 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com>wrote:


> it's an video that asks the viewer to imagine the world if we were to
> racialize red hair. it's supposed to get the viewer to say, "oh fuckin
> stupid would that be?" and then use that as a wedge to get them to see how
> stupid it is to racialize any supposed sign of difference.
>
> i responded earlier without the entire context of joanna comment, so *I*
> didn't understand her confusion and gave an unhelpful answer. (!!!)
>
>
> At 10:44 PM 4/27/2010, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Kids
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> > OK.I'm stupid, but I didn't get that video at all.
>> >
>> > A bunch of police thugs round up redheaded people and massacre them.
>> >
>> > I mean, beyond readheads=reds....I'm lost.
>> >
>> > No context whatsoever. Remember context?
>> >
>> > Joanna
>> >
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