tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post7594839203249722591..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Being Brown, Being Cereus, On-line FloricantoContributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-28289630093657848022013-07-17T15:43:17.485-06:002013-07-17T15:43:17.485-06:00Rose, every time I read "Vencida" it get...Rose, every time I read "Vencida" it gets better and it started out superbly. I hear Catullus' tongue in "Vencida". And I'm encouraged that she's vencida and "vencida". mvs<br />msedanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527530005391318421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-78808023900138110722013-07-17T09:51:56.807-06:002013-07-17T09:51:56.807-06:00Some of my favorite peeps and their poetry and the...Some of my favorite peeps and their poetry and the Cereus *sigh* bravo!Edward Vidaurrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08042343426421920992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-72692541507654623752013-07-16T23:22:20.423-06:002013-07-16T23:22:20.423-06:00I hope everyone reads the beautiful and thought pr...I hope everyone reads the beautiful and thought provoking poetry written by the other poets here.....outstanding work!! I also loved Serpentine Night-blooming Cereus by Michael......I enjoyed the beautiful photos as well. Great job everyone! Peace, Rose Valencia SanchezRose Valencia Sancheznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-52632245928795305312013-07-16T16:58:50.018-06:002013-07-16T16:58:50.018-06:00Michael, your personal accounts of racism while gr...Michael, your personal accounts of racism while growing up reallly moved me. This reality/these incidents are part of American history and the denial, erasure, silencing of them is why those jurors on the Zimmerman case didn't even discuss the issue of race in deliberation. How could they? Our educational system generally teaches us to deny racism. Can you imagine the discussion in the deliberation room if at least of the jurors had been <br />an ethnic studies major?! <br /><br />Lisa, well stated on the almost zero discussion of Zimmerman's ethnicity. I just read a blog by Myriam Gurba on this very issue. Olganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-13943546340743004212013-07-16T09:44:04.410-06:002013-07-16T09:44:04.410-06:00This article flips the script on Zimmerman.
http:...This article flips the script on Zimmerman.<br /><br />http://thepoliticalfreakshow.us/post/54972680080/race-reversal-a-hypothetical-scenario-of-what<br /><br />I think erasure from public discourse that Zimmeramn is Latino feeds into internalized racism about our fear/hatred of the black other and the blackness that is part of our history. It is also a tacit reminder/encouragement that white skin privilege trumps.Lisa Alvaradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616301846407752378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-17569131929663380462013-07-16T09:13:26.829-06:002013-07-16T09:13:26.829-06:00I remembered being told that I was the "wrong...I remembered being told that I was the "wrong" color, "You know, you're like . . . negroes."ERNEST HOGANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16540897948215678872noreply@blogger.com