"Post-race" is bullshit. [21 Nov 2008|01:43am] lelola [ music | 5th PROJEKT - In a Coma ] astrael_nyx linked me to This Week In Blackness, which has to be one of the greatest things I've ever seen on YouTube. I cannot tell you how much I love this series. This particular episode reminds me of a critique of colorblindness I read earlier this year in an entry by karnythia: colorblindness just doesn't strike me as a goal to which I want to aspire. I like being black, I like my hair and my skin and going to the beauty shop to gossip and talk about all kinds of issues and I adore my people and culture. I don't need people to look *past* my skin color. I want them to look at my skin and not have to pick away ridiculous stereotypes to see me as a person. This. ♥ 3 shots| pull the trigger

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy Ramblings [15 Nov 2008|03:25am] lelola I somehow ended up re-watching most of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. The last time I watched the series was ten years ago when it first aired. ( In which I ramble about Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. ) ( On Power Rangers, superheroes in general, violence and hope. ) 28 shots| pull the trigger

Obama and Canada [07 Nov 2008|10:44pm] gothic_hybrid There is no Canada connection in the Obama victory. No warm and fuzzy story for Canadians to hang their little caps on and say, "we influenced the United States to become more liberal!" America did it on its own folks. Without this Canadian connection, the media in the great white north has taken to discussing the flood of changes that Obama's victory will induce in our country. Racism, apparently is on its way out. Natives can now walk with their heads high in Canada because there is a Black president in the United Sates. Now tell me, how does that make any fucking sense? I'll tell you something, from my the bottom of my soul. A good chunk of Canadians hate the idea of Aboriginal Rights and Title. They hate it because Canadians bought into the notion of a superior parasitic capitialist culture that conquered and exploited the world for short term gain. Canadian racism towards Natives is rooted to capatilist notions of freedom and democracy, i.e., that private ownership of land is the only route to democractic salvation; Native ideals run counter to these ideals. An end to racism in Canada would mean a recognition of Aboriginal Right and Title, and an intellectual shift away from capitialist democracy/theocracy toward a true democracy. I don't think Canadians are ready to make this shift yet. If you don't believe me, just walk downtown during the Christmas season. 1 shot| pull the trigger

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