![[Race] A Review of Reviews of Avatar](http://el-oso.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/ttftitles/cache/b91fd816fdabb7e7664cb9d73256aede.png)
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago around lunchtime by oso
Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it’s undeniable that the film – like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year – is emphatically a fantasy about race. Specifically, it’s a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white [...]
What's the Point of Getting Drunk Anyway? - What's the point of getting drunk anyway? The point is this: you're at the bar, you're having fun, you walk upstairs, you take it all in. And you leave. There's no need - no reason - to leave, but you leave. You're on 3rd and Santa Monica and you start ... - #
macon d: Oso, I appreciate the thoughtful critique. In fact, you’ve led me to write a self-reflexive...
oso: Latin is still beyond me, but I do see what you mean with the difference between legal and behavioral...
macon d: I don’t know if that’s what they say in ivory-tower ethnic studies departments —...
oso: within an ongoing, de facto white supremacist context It’s been a while since I roamed the...
macon d: I’m so glad that you found the guest post on my blog worthwhile in sorting through this...
Nicholas Laughlin: Perhaps you’d find this recent book fruitfully engaging: Ethnicity, Inc., by John...
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