Comments on guardedly optimistic: my thoughts on music and race/culture

An interesting question to some I guess. Certainl...

2006-08-08T23:23:00.000-04:00

An interesting question to some I guess. Certainly to that woman.
My wife is quarter Spanish-by-way-of-Chile, quarter Native Californian, quarter Irish and quarter Danish. As my own ethnic summary points out I am a mutt American and a mutt Canadian of serious order and very aged roots.
Our impending child will be some sort of mix. What will he have to proclaim and when?

Actually, they make a Mexican Velveeta with jalape...

2006-08-07T14:22:00.000-04:00

Actually, they make a Mexican Velveeta with jalapenos which is really pretty tasty. I don't know if that adds anything to this discussion though.

Just make sure you credit Wisconsin "culture" if y...

2006-08-04T09:55:00.000-04:00

Just make sure you credit Wisconsin "culture" if you release an album with that title.

Thanks, man. I think "Velveeta for dinner and Sque...

2006-08-04T02:10:00.000-04:00

Thanks, man. I think "Velveeta for dinner and Squeeze-Cheez for dessert" would make a great album title.

Damn fine piece of writing, honky. Seriously, exce...

2006-08-03T17:32:00.000-04:00

Damn fine piece of writing, honky. Seriously, excellent points. I don't really understand how culture relates to race in the context of this woman's "argument." "Black" is not a culture. "White" is not a culture. Sounds like an unfortunate by-product of that brand of political correctness and pseudo-diversity in which labels like "black," "white," "hispanic," "hispanic (not white)", "latino," "asian," "native american," and "pacific islander" diminish or stand-in for hundreds (thousands? more?) of unique and separate cultures. If America is the great melting pot, she's serving Velveeta for dinner and Squeeze-Cheez for dessert. (I have no idea what that last line means. I just like how it sounds.)