tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post115693644007535377..comments2024-03-06T16:31:34.975-05:00Comments on Dies Irae: Black and White MinstrelsIvan the Terriblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-38447815376293589712013-03-20T20:56:27.566-04:002013-03-20T20:56:27.566-04:00I must thank you for the efforts you have put in p...I must thank you for the efforts you have put in penning this site.<br />I really hope to check out the same high-grade <br />content from you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities <br />has inspired me to get my own site now ;)<br /><br />My web page :: <a href="http://worldwidemedinsurance.com/" rel="nofollow">organic coffee</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1157145012384194082006-09-01T17:10:00.000-04:002006-09-01T17:10:00.000-04:00Yes, bring on the Indians.Yes, bring on the Indians.The Aunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14529168814096715981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1157132890610531942006-09-01T13:48:00.000-04:002006-09-01T13:48:00.000-04:00I deal with indians every day. They all speak & wr...I deal with indians every day. They all speak & write the most impeccable english. As opposed to most pasty-white english people I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1157072580659404952006-08-31T21:03:00.000-04:002006-08-31T21:03:00.000-04:00A spot of burnt cork and he'll be a chief constabl...A spot of burnt cork and he'll be a chief constable on no time, Pi.<BR/><BR/>And Footie, <I>real</I> Geordies can't be newsreaders. <I>Real</I> Geordies can't read.Ivan the Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1157064622800803802006-08-31T18:50:00.000-04:002006-08-31T18:50:00.000-04:00I lived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for a year and was ...I lived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for a year and was outraged that the local BBC news bulletins on TV had smooth types spouting RP night after night. My experience of the city was tarnished. Where were the lads in Toon Army shirts greeting me from the screen with 'Howay man'?Foot Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706459658926034197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1157041798403052772006-08-31T12:29:00.000-04:002006-08-31T12:29:00.000-04:00On the BBC it is a rare day to find an announcer t...On the BBC it is a rare day to find an announcer that is luridly white or non Scot(sorry Sam - no offence xxxx)<BR/>One of my friend's grand-sons can't get in the police because he'd the wrong colout - white.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156973517102828352006-08-30T17:31:00.000-04:002006-08-30T17:31:00.000-04:00Erm, what?Erm, what?Desargueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17874189015609216046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156972460693225232006-08-30T17:14:00.000-04:002006-08-30T17:14:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure that the minorities in question ar...I'm not so sure that the minorities in question are playing with a straight bat there, Aunty. They're mostly first or second generation emigres from rural squalor in their own countries, and are genuinely disinterested in visiting the British countryside anyway. After all, if they associate their native rustics with poverty and ignorance, they probably assume the same of ours (not always without justification, natch). <BR/><BR/>The National Trust tried to get rid of all its volunteer walking guides for being white, and spent a fortune promoting themselves to ethnics to bump up its stats. Result - no more volunteers, and zero extra ethnic visitors...<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Seamus - I'm stumped. Maybe Des can think of one.Ivan the Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156953930342654342006-08-30T12:05:00.000-04:002006-08-30T12:05:00.000-04:00France has just discovered diversity in the newsro...France has just discovered diversity in the newsroom. They've a rather suave new newsreader from Martinique replacing PPDA. They're hoping it'll speak to the disaffected yoof and cut down on the car fires.<BR/><BR/>Mum says she never gets ethnic minorities booking her holiday cottage in Dorset. While some British ethnics attain high level urban jobs, they don't leave the cities, as they perceive country folk as racist. This is because they don't see any ethnic minorities in the countryside on telly. So urban ethnics miss out on rural fun and picture-skew landscape, and the countryside misses out on urban cash.<BR/><BR/>I have a sneaking suspicion that diversity on the TV screen is important. It's not just about reporting from your region of origin (where language issues are a factor). It's also important on everyday British issues. Black presenter lassie on Countryfile? I'm all for it.The Aunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14529168814096715981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156952444406403262006-08-30T11:40:00.000-04:002006-08-30T11:40:00.000-04:00Given the BBC's political orientation, "Diversity ...Given the BBC's political orientation, "Diversity Chekist" seems more appropriate, no?Ivan the Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156951306622952362006-08-30T11:21:00.000-04:002006-08-30T11:21:00.000-04:00Anyway, for a fire-breathing PC enforcer, Mary see...Anyway, for a fire-breathing PC enforcer, Mary seems oddly comfortable with the term 'diversity <I>czar</I>. Shouldn't that be 'czarina'? Or maybe, as the Russian autocracy of the Romanovs was a paragon of minority oppression, we should discard that reviled term altogether, and replace it with some barbarism more to their liking -- 'diversity coordinatrix,' perhaps?Desargueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17874189015609216046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156947263787059782006-08-30T10:14:00.000-04:002006-08-30T10:14:00.000-04:00I suspect that not only is she white, but also of ...I suspect that not only is she white, but also of middle class origin. God save us all from these people -- from Robespierre to Marx to Trotsky, they're the worst kind of fanatical ideologues (a wily peasant, Stalin was the man of action, letting others squabble over matters of doctrine). <BR/><BR/>If she's also a graduate of some "Cultural" "Studies" program that have cropped up all over the English-speaking world, then I guess she's beyond redemption by now. <BR/><BR/>Note how La Fitzpatrick supports her argument with the alleged ground that "[i]t feels more authoritative and more involved" when a black person reports from Africa. That the way a person feels is not evidence for any normative claims never crosses her <I>bien pensant</I> little brain. But again, they don't teach logic in Cultural Studies. Logic is obviously a political artifact of a bunch of dead white guys in the West, used to repress and put down countless minorities across centuries. It's time to replace it with feelings -- of unmitigated hatred for all things white, of irrational optimism over alien cultures.Desargueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17874189015609216046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156945600835204902006-08-30T09:46:00.000-04:002006-08-30T09:46:00.000-04:00Or is she...? And does it make a difference if sh...Or is she...? And does it make a difference if she is or if she isn't? It's a question. Does what she suggest amount to racism? <BR/><BR/>Personally I think it's a bit daft to suggest a white reporter can't accurately report on conditions in another country, but that's me. I know nothing. I think the woman's sincere and well-meaning but, as my granny always used to say "May God preserve us from the well-meaning."Sam, Problem-Child-Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650421439038979462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156944762326995692006-08-30T09:32:00.000-04:002006-08-30T09:32:00.000-04:00It's interesting (sorta) that Mary Fitzpatrick, th...It's interesting (sorta) that Mary Fitzpatrick, the new diversity czar is herself quite unabashedly, one might say luridly, white.Sam, Problem-Child-Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650421439038979462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1156944031778436792006-08-30T09:20:00.000-04:002006-08-30T09:20:00.000-04:00Just when I think I'm going to have a crappy day, ...Just when I think I'm going to have a crappy day, I pop in here.<BR/><BR/>. . .and confirm it.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com