tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post5817777942011210825..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Racists, carbon monoxide, and other unpleasantnessPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-45453683299331435512009-05-30T20:56:05.842-04:002009-05-30T20:56:05.842-04:00You've been in NY too long sweetie.You've been in NY too long sweetie.Ralph Gerthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09831313150621479266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-37118695394564907482009-05-26T11:07:58.315-04:002009-05-26T11:07:58.315-04:00Matt,
Despite it's catch-all name, American Girl ...Matt,<br /><br />Despite it's catch-all name, American Girl is not something all American girls find appealing. The dolls cost ridiculous amounts of money, not counting things like a <A HREF="http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/ProductPage.jsf/itemId/141688/itemType/TOY/webTemplateId/3/uniqueId/347/saleGroupId/370" REL="nofollow">dresser</A> <I>for the doll</I> that costs more than many a decent dresser for an actual person. But unfortunately, the notion that it is an insult rather than a value-neutral statement to say someone, particularly someone female, looks Jewish, in America, where that means 'looks Ashkenazi', is <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubdGjzzJiVs" REL="nofollow">pretty common</A>.<br /><br />PG,<br /><br />Yes, that does seem to be the fear. Which, aside from being racist and ridiculous and all that, is especially absurd on a purely visual level when you see the photos, in which, as is always the case with high school seniors, many of the girls (of all races) look to be 35, and all the boys (again, of all races) to be 15.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-91968042975934306612009-05-26T00:24:51.332-04:002009-05-26T00:24:51.332-04:00Pat Conroy wrote in 1972 about the concerns white ...<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553381571?ie=UTF8&tag=halfthesinsof-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553381571" REL="nofollow">Pat Conroy wrote in 1972</A> about the concerns white parents continued to have after desegregation: "There are very few school dances because of that omnipresent southern fear that a sinister black male with an elongated, elephantine gland might approach a honey-vaginaed white maiden with a twinkle in his eye."<br /><br />Kind of a grotesque way to put it, but probably an accurate description of that mental swamp.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-63320108013164245192009-05-25T23:31:47.137-04:002009-05-25T23:31:47.137-04:00But perhaps that would be too typical, too predict...<I>But perhaps that would be too typical, too predictable, failing to show girls there is not one color that represents all Jewish immigrants.</I>My god- why not just make it green, then. Or fire-engine red. That would be a typical enough color for a Russian (though not particularly Russian Jew) today. I hope I'm not wrong in thinking that even young girls are not as dumb as the makers seem to think they are.Matthttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=410582noreply@blogger.com