Same ol' story...but with more vigor. Oliver says the following when his mother presents him with packaged, frozen foods for dinner: "No!...Quiero SO-PA!" In the wake of a David Goldblatt photo I saw in an exhibit last week (the 'immorality' act of whatever-apartheid-era-year put approx 11,000 south africans in jail for 'being with' someone of the opposite 'race'--read: color) this theme/dichotomy still seems relevant. What DOES it mean to look at a female face not like your mothers for the first 10 years of your life? So maybe you're bilingual...what else? These things maybe will never be sussed out...maybe this kid treats the wait-staff a little better, or maybe, he always has a knack for languages, or maybe he decides to travel to south america, or maybe to be a cook...or maybe he has mommy issues...i meannnn... The Goldblatt exhibit dealt with South Africa, so of course, every photo carries MUCH more weight than any nanny photo taken in New York City, 2009...but the point: to live in a country where you would be punished for loving what raised you i.e. teaching you to hate what you loved and loved/touched you?!? I come off as unbelievably naive when it comes to discussions involving injustice/inhumanity that I would be doing myself a disservice by sharing my reactions and/or feelings...shock and awe do not turn back time.
07 September 2009
PP Dubbs - Oliver n' Co
Same ol' story...but with more vigor. Oliver says the following when his mother presents him with packaged, frozen foods for dinner: "No!...Quiero SO-PA!" In the wake of a David Goldblatt photo I saw in an exhibit last week (the 'immorality' act of whatever-apartheid-era-year put approx 11,000 south africans in jail for 'being with' someone of the opposite 'race'--read: color) this theme/dichotomy still seems relevant. What DOES it mean to look at a female face not like your mothers for the first 10 years of your life? So maybe you're bilingual...what else? These things maybe will never be sussed out...maybe this kid treats the wait-staff a little better, or maybe, he always has a knack for languages, or maybe he decides to travel to south america, or maybe to be a cook...or maybe he has mommy issues...i meannnn... The Goldblatt exhibit dealt with South Africa, so of course, every photo carries MUCH more weight than any nanny photo taken in New York City, 2009...but the point: to live in a country where you would be punished for loving what raised you i.e. teaching you to hate what you loved and loved/touched you?!? I come off as unbelievably naive when it comes to discussions involving injustice/inhumanity that I would be doing myself a disservice by sharing my reactions and/or feelings...shock and awe do not turn back time.
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