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On The American Dream and Amber Waves of Great
The American Dream has great power. Merriam-Webster defines it as “an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity”; but this is incomplete. The American Dream is also bound up in those four words, “the pursuit of happiness,” an “unalienable right” guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson and Franklin elided our right [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Declaration of Independence, Gay, Research, advertisement, agency, american dream, americans, gay marriage, human rights, humor, objectification, revolution, society, sociology.
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Take Some Theory and Call Me in the Morning: Obama vs. Foucault
There’s something fishy going on. Tonight, at dinner, through a mouthful of fried fish, my host brother Julio Cesar said that he was surprised that a Black man had gotten so far in elections in the United States. Julio tried to throw it off casually, but the remark perfectly captures what I think is one [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Foucault, american dream, american history, obama, power, power structure, repression, the man, theory.
Tags: american dream, barack obama, black, black people, change, civil rights movement, colombia, dnc, Foucault, history of sexuality, michel foucault, michelle obama, obama, politics, power, power structure, president of the united states, presidential election, repression, the man, the people, theory, transgression, victory
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Straight From The Horse's Mouth: The Truth About Race in America
Lou Dobbs has done it again. There is no “race problem” in America. . . only racist people like Lou Dobbs, making veiled allusions to Condoleeza Rice as a cotton . . . what? A cotton-picking politician? Wait, what was this about no problems talking about race? Check out the outrageous footage after the jump. [...]
Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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