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Perversely, some Latino and Asian American activists want such a line drawn, often operating on the same vulgar assumption held by the racists they oppose, which is that "ethnic" is the opposite of "white." What else does the phrase, "people of color," mean, except that Jewish, Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and other "people without color" are not "ethnic" groups in the politically correct sense? Ethnic Studies proponents begin and end with the principle of exclusion: Since Latino history is excluded from American history courses, let's make a history course that deals exclusively with Latino history! What some Latino...
...think we ought to revive the forgotten notion of a liberal arts education, premised on the belief that through education we can and should be able to transcend ourselves, our communities, our time and our place to wander freely and imaginatively across time and place. Vulgar multiculturalism promotes the perverse notion that pride comes about from fencing oneself in, from staking a territory and protecting it from cultural invaders. The idea of a liberal education rejects this deep cynicism and loss of faith in the self. As Wynton Marsalis once commented on his philosophy of music: "Everybody has two heritages...
...board after a series of bizarre incidents. According to the Wall Street Journal, he fired a BB gun at empty chairs during a meeting while shouting "Die! Die!," threw a pint of orange juice past his controller's head, stomped on telephones in anger, and made lewd and vulgar comments to women in public. He was also reported to have regularly berated his senior officers, allegedly calling one of them a "scum." Kazarian denied the allegations...
...physical harmony. The most perfect beauty, to the Greek of the 5th century, was the pure and unadorned." But classical Greek sculpture was neither pure nor unadorned; its decor has been lost or worn away. Were we to see it in its original state, we would find it shockingly "vulgar." All the great figures and sculpture were painted in violent reds, ochers and blues, like a seaside restaurant in Skopelos. The colossal figure of Athena inside the Parthenon was sheathed in ivory "skin." As for adornment, there were "real" metal spears fixed in the hands of marble warriors, brightly simulated...
Elections are cruel junctures in history, traditionally prone to reveal the absolute stinking incompetence of the voters--you know, those smelly, vulgar sorts who work in offices and sell you consumer durables. An election occurred in Britain this year. I was suitably intoxicated with red wine before it became clear that Her Majesty's rabble had consulted the lining of their wallets, and voted against being deprived of any personal luxuries. Naturally fate dictated that the myopic populace was ravaged for its sins. Unemployment soared, and the pound dived. I believe that emigration advisors are ploughing a fertile trade...