Kraichgauer
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12 May 2021, 4:12 am
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
vividgroovy wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Critical Race Theory and the ‘Hyper-White’ Jew
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...In the critical social justice paradigm, that is how Jews are viewed. Jews, who have never been seen as white by those for whom being white is a moral good, are now seen as white by those for whom whiteness is an unmitigated evil. This reflects the nature of antisemitism: No matter the grievance or the identity of the aggrieved, Jews are held responsible. Critical race theory does not merely make it easy to demonize Jews using the language of social justice; it makes it difficult not to...
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The article discusses a number of topics that I know little about, such as the current college experience and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If it isn't already obvious, I tend to view most things through the lens of my special interest, Arts and Entertainment. (That's my bias.)
However, this brings up a trend I saw in the online Broadway fan community: critics of the musical "Rent" harboring a passionate hatred of the character Mark Cohen as a symbol of White Privilege, because he was raised in the suburbs and then "chose to be poor." In their view, this character is not merely a bad person, but one of the worst people ever in the history of fictional characters. He is usually placed in contrast to a homeless PoC character who did not "choose to be poor," despite the fact that nothing about her backstory is ever stated in the text of the play. One person went so far as to say that Mark must always be cast with a white actor in every production because his "white savior complex" is so central to his character.
Mark is Jewish and this almost never comes up these discussion. His creator, Jonathan Larson, was also a suburban-raised Jewish man who moved to New York and "chose to be poor" in pursuit of his theatrical career.
Not a thing wrong with embracing a life in the arts - - that is, dirt poor as long as you can make art.
A true artist or academic is not driven by money
Indeed! That's my life as a writer, today.
12 May 2021, 4:20 am
cyberdad wrote:
vividgroovy wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Not a thing wrong with embracing a life in the arts - - that is, dirt poor as long as you can make art.
cyberdad wrote:
A true artist or academic is not driven by money
This is why I found it baffling that a "starving artist"-type character should be so reviled on a discussion group for fans of the performing arts.
Which one?
Is the question which group? It was a facebook group called All Things Broadway. Politics came up frequently on there.
12 May 2021, 4:51 am
Kraichgauer wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
vividgroovy wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Critical Race Theory and the ‘Hyper-White’ Jew
Quote:
...In the critical social justice paradigm, that is how Jews are viewed. Jews, who have never been seen as white by those for whom being white is a moral good, are now seen as white by those for whom whiteness is an unmitigated evil. This reflects the nature of antisemitism: No matter the grievance or the identity of the aggrieved, Jews are held responsible. Critical race theory does not merely make it easy to demonize Jews using the language of social justice; it makes it difficult not to...
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The article discusses a number of topics that I know little about, such as the current college experience and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If it isn't already obvious, I tend to view most things through the lens of my special interest, Arts and Entertainment. (That's my bias.)
However, this brings up a trend I saw in the online Broadway fan community: critics of the musical "Rent" harboring a passionate hatred of the character Mark Cohen as a symbol of White Privilege, because he was raised in the suburbs and then "chose to be poor." In their view, this character is not merely a bad person, but one of the worst people ever in the history of fictional characters. He is usually placed in contrast to a homeless PoC character who did not "choose to be poor," despite the fact that nothing about her backstory is ever stated in the text of the play. One person went so far as to say that Mark must always be cast with a white actor in every production because his "white savior complex" is so central to his character.
Mark is Jewish and this almost never comes up these discussion. His creator, Jonathan Larson, was also a suburban-raised Jewish man who moved to New York and "chose to be poor" in pursuit of his theatrical career.
Not a thing wrong with embracing a life in the arts - - that is, dirt poor as long as you can make art.
A true artist or academic is not driven by money
Indeed! That's my life as a writer, today.
Science fiction/fantasy right? our interests overlap
12 May 2021, 4:52 am
vividgroovy wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
vividgroovy wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Not a thing wrong with embracing a life in the arts - - that is, dirt poor as long as you can make art.
cyberdad wrote:
A true artist or academic is not driven by money
This is why I found it baffling that a "starving artist"-type character should be so reviled on a discussion group for fans of the performing arts.
Which one?
Is the question which group? It was a facebook group called All Things Broadway. Politics came up frequently on there.
So performing artists? yeah I can see how many of them have to survive any way they can to get a gig on Broadway
12 May 2021, 7:37 am
Kraichgauer
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Location: Spokane area, Washington state.
12 May 2021, 3:18 pm
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
vividgroovy wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Critical Race Theory and the ‘Hyper-White’ Jew
Quote:
...In the critical social justice paradigm, that is how Jews are viewed. Jews, who have never been seen as white by those for whom being white is a moral good, are now seen as white by those for whom whiteness is an unmitigated evil. This reflects the nature of antisemitism: No matter the grievance or the identity of the aggrieved, Jews are held responsible. Critical race theory does not merely make it easy to demonize Jews using the language of social justice; it makes it difficult not to...
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The article discusses a number of topics that I know little about, such as the current college experience and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If it isn't already obvious, I tend to view most things through the lens of my special interest, Arts and Entertainment. (That's my bias.)
However, this brings up a trend I saw in the online Broadway fan community: critics of the musical "Rent" harboring a passionate hatred of the character Mark Cohen as a symbol of White Privilege, because he was raised in the suburbs and then "chose to be poor." In their view, this character is not merely a bad person, but one of the worst people ever in the history of fictional characters. He is usually placed in contrast to a homeless PoC character who did not "choose to be poor," despite the fact that nothing about her backstory is ever stated in the text of the play. One person went so far as to say that Mark must always be cast with a white actor in every production because his "white savior complex" is so central to his character.
Mark is Jewish and this almost never comes up these discussion. His creator, Jonathan Larson, was also a suburban-raised Jewish man who moved to New York and "chose to be poor" in pursuit of his theatrical career.
Not a thing wrong with embracing a life in the arts - - that is, dirt poor as long as you can make art.
A true artist or academic is not driven by money
Indeed! That's my life as a writer, today.
Science fiction/fantasy right? our interests overlap
Horror for the most part.
12 May 2021, 4:27 pm
Kraichgauer wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
vividgroovy wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Critical Race Theory and the ‘Hyper-White’ Jew
Quote:
...In the critical social justice paradigm, that is how Jews are viewed. Jews, who have never been seen as white by those for whom being white is a moral good, are now seen as white by those for whom whiteness is an unmitigated evil. This reflects the nature of antisemitism: No matter the grievance or the identity of the aggrieved, Jews are held responsible. Critical race theory does not merely make it easy to demonize Jews using the language of social justice; it makes it difficult not to...
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The article discusses a number of topics that I know little about, such as the current college experience and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If it isn't already obvious, I tend to view most things through the lens of my special interest, Arts and Entertainment. (That's my bias.)
However, this brings up a trend I saw in the online Broadway fan community: critics of the musical "Rent" harboring a passionate hatred of the character Mark Cohen as a symbol of White Privilege, because he was raised in the suburbs and then "chose to be poor." In their view, this character is not merely a bad person, but one of the worst people ever in the history of fictional characters. He is usually placed in contrast to a homeless PoC character who did not "choose to be poor," despite the fact that nothing about her backstory is ever stated in the text of the play. One person went so far as to say that Mark must always be cast with a white actor in every production because his "white savior complex" is so central to his character.
Mark is Jewish and this almost never comes up these discussion. His creator, Jonathan Larson, was also a suburban-raised Jewish man who moved to New York and "chose to be poor" in pursuit of his theatrical career.
Not a thing wrong with embracing a life in the arts - - that is, dirt poor as long as you can make art.
A true artist or academic is not driven by money
Indeed! That's my life as a writer, today.
Science fiction/fantasy right? our interests overlap
Horror for the most part.
So did you end up watching the entire series of Lovecraft Country?
12 May 2021, 4:30 pm
Kraichgauer
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12 May 2021, 5:16 pm
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
vividgroovy wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Critical Race Theory and the ‘Hyper-White’ Jew
Quote:
...In the critical social justice paradigm, that is how Jews are viewed. Jews, who have never been seen as white by those for whom being white is a moral good, are now seen as white by those for whom whiteness is an unmitigated evil. This reflects the nature of antisemitism: No matter the grievance or the identity of the aggrieved, Jews are held responsible. Critical race theory does not merely make it easy to demonize Jews using the language of social justice; it makes it difficult not to...
...Bolding=mine
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The article discusses a number of topics that I know little about, such as the current college experience and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If it isn't already obvious, I tend to view most things through the lens of my special interest, Arts and Entertainment. (That's my bias.)
However, this brings up a trend I saw in the online Broadway fan community: critics of the musical "Rent" harboring a passionate hatred of the character Mark Cohen as a symbol of White Privilege, because he was raised in the suburbs and then "chose to be poor." In their view, this character is not merely a bad person, but one of the worst people ever in the history of fictional characters. He is usually placed in contrast to a homeless PoC character who did not "choose to be poor," despite the fact that nothing about her backstory is ever stated in the text of the play. One person went so far as to say that Mark must always be cast with a white actor in every production because his "white savior complex" is so central to his character.
Mark is Jewish and this almost never comes up these discussion. His creator, Jonathan Larson, was also a suburban-raised Jewish man who moved to New York and "chose to be poor" in pursuit of his theatrical career.
Not a thing wrong with embracing a life in the arts - - that is, dirt poor as long as you can make art.
A true artist or academic is not driven by money
Indeed! That's my life as a writer, today.
Science fiction/fantasy right? our interests overlap
Horror for the most part.
So did you end up watching the entire series of Lovecraft Country?
I certainly did. I liked it quite a bit.
12 May 2021, 6:44 pm
Cool! I don't normally watch horror genre but the suspense was great!
The last horror film my wife and I watched was "Jeepers creepers" and it was a flop 
Kraichgauer
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12 May 2021, 7:17 pm
cyberdad wrote:
Cool! I don't normally watch horror genre but the suspense was great!
The last horror film my wife and I watched was "Jeepers creepers" and it was a flop
The last horror film my wife and I watched was "Jeepers creepers" and it was a flop
I'd suggest watching stuff like The Shining, The Thing, Re-Animator, The Hitcher (original), Nosferatu, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, and From Beyond just to name a few.
12 May 2021, 7:43 pm
Kraichgauer wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Cool! I don't normally watch horror genre but the suspense was great!
The last horror film my wife and I watched was "Jeepers creepers" and it was a flop
The last horror film my wife and I watched was "Jeepers creepers" and it was a flop
I'd suggest watching stuff like The Shining, The Thing, Re-Animator, The Hitcher (original), Nosferatu, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, and From Beyond just to name a few.
I'll take a look
14 May 2021, 8:04 pm
funeralxempire
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14 May 2021, 8:07 pm
DianeQ wrote:
There is NO PROOF that the colonization of this country was founded ON SLAVERY.
Denying reality won't alter it.
14 May 2021, 9:25 pm
funeralxempire wrote:
DianeQ wrote:
There is NO PROOF that the colonization of this country was founded ON SLAVERY.
Denying reality won't alter it.
A former conservative prime minister in Australia coined the term "black armband view of history" which equates to not having to make our (white)i kids not proud to be Australians by ignoring all the "bad stuff:" (e.g. genocide and slavery) and focusing on all the jingoistic and nationalist stuff that makes one proud of their country,
Putting on blinkers basically,.
15 May 2021, 5:29 am
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