On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> "Raised on the Upper East Side by a father who is a foundation executive and
>> a mother who writes about criminal justice, Mr. Shute graduated from Amherst
>> and worked for an antihunger charity."
>>
>> QED.
>>
>
> I know you like to imagine that your little points are so obvious as to need
> no articulation, but most of the time, they're really not. What exactly are
> you trying to say?
Alienated urbanite. Let's get some data from people who were born into peasanthood.
There's a lot that's annoying about this thing, but this entry is pretty dead on.
Doug
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#132 Picking their own Fruit March 14, 2010 by clander
It is well established that white people like the past. Vintage clothing, history degrees, and nostalgia are just three examples of how white people show their love for by-gone eras. So when white people think about growing their own food they are reminded of pastoral images of farming, working the land, and growing whole natural foods for their family. This most positive viewpoint comes from the fact that white people have mostly enjoyed supervisory roles in agricultural production over the years.
But as more and more white people moved into cities, they lost their connection to working the land. In recent years, the most advanced white people have quit their jobs, moved to the country and opened artisanal dairies and small scale radicchio farms.
However, not all white people have the ability, or the trust funds, to quit their job and follow their food-based passions. Some white people have to get their fix by picking their own fruit.
Many of you might be familiar with the process of harvesting a crop, some of its more intense variations are often referred to as “migrant labor” and “slavery.” Under these conditions, laborers are expected to work extremely hard in order to live up to large expectations about their fruit picking output.
When white people harvests a crop it’s known as “berry picking” or “pick your own fruit.” Under these conditions, white people are expected to work leisurely with no real expectations and then they pay for the privilege to do so. In other words, berry picking is the agricultural equivalent to a private liberal arts college. It’s no surprise white people like it, because much like a liberal arts degree it feels like you’ve done real work when you really haven’t.
Of course the easiest way to turn a profit with this information would be to start your own fruit picking farm. But that is only looking at the small picture. It is well established that all white people enjoy doing manual labor under watered down and expensive conditions. So, if you are currently working in a job that requires intensive amounts of work, you should consider using that work space to create what is essentially an adult daycare for white people who would like to spend an afternoon learning how to use a loom or pretending to be a construction worker.
Note: if you encounter a white person who is actually good at manual labor they are either some kind of performance artist, writing a book, or the host of a show on HGTV.