You see something absurd. You hear something absurd. You read something absurd = Yeah,TNTG. Posts tagged nationalism.
“ For a long time now, the legalization of our community has hinged on wrapping the flag of American nationalism around us and showing mainstream America that we are just like them, and in some cases, much better than them. “Dreamers” have been long portrayed as the model-minority of the undesirable undocumented population, as the lowest hanging fruits. Only recently have we started to agitate, celebrate our differences, and proudly state that our communities are diverse, our parents are not criminals, that most of us are not Valedictorians and star athletes, that some of us have had run-ins with the law, and that some of us think of home as dispersed among many hearts rather than being a geographical location in the USA. After all, we should not need to look and act the same in order to enjoy the same rights.
“ International critical race and postcolonial theory has failed to make Indigenous resence and colonization foundational in five areas. First, Native existence is erased through theories of race and racism that exclude them. Second, theories of Atlantic diasporic identities fail to take into account that these identities are situated in multiple projects of colonization and settlement on Indigenous lands. Third, histories of colonization are erased through writings on the history of slavery. Fourth, decolonization politics are equated with antiracist politics. Finally, theories of nationalism contribute to the ongoing delegitimization of Indigenous nationhood. Though often theorizing the British context, these writings have been important for shaping antiracist/postcolonial thinking throughout the West.
…banal nationalism isn’t “nationalism-lite,” it’s the very foundation upon which more problematic nationalisms are built.
I appreciate you, B (even though the whole nationalist flag waving bit at the end was kind of a womp womp moment…I mean I know it’s a White House initiative but really?…)
A little while ago Beyonce teamed up with Michelle Obama for the FLOTUS’ “Let’s Move” campaign. Childhood obesity affects nearly 40% of our nation’s kids and Mrs. Obama has made it her mission to change that.
To grasp the seriousness of the situation, Mrs. O’s “Let’s Move!” website states that, “If we don’t solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. Many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma.”
Who better to team up to tackle such a daunting task than the First Lady of the U.S. and one of the most popular pop stars in the world?
Beyonce recently released a remixed version of her smash hit, “Get Me Bodied” entitled “Move Your Body,” to inspire kids to workout.
(via Clutch Magazine)
…Only approximately 2,000 women in France actually cover their faces, making the law not only symbolic, but a deliberate attempt at controlling a community that is already victim of extensive police harassment and xenophobia. Women have already started to be arrested for covering their faces by police. The context may be different, but state mandates and coercion on what should be on or off women’s bodies is unjust. Demanding women’s bodies should be covered or uncovered, makes their bodies the ground on which battles of culture are fought. She is reduced to only her sex, objectified either in her being covered or in her being exposed. She becomes the stand-in symbol for either the past or the future, for religious anxiety and for nationalism….
