[WAsummit] Fwd: in times of horror a little humor

[Sharon Martinas]

Dear Art,

	In 1996, in California there was a concerted effort to abolish  
affirmative action which, sad to say, and in spite of extensive  
grassroots organizing, the anti-affirmative vote won.  All of the anti- 
affirmative action rhetoric was directed against 'unqualified'  Black  
people.  To mobilize the white back lash. With the crap of 'reverse  
racism.'  It worked.

	 I think the cartoon accurately represents how the racist forces  
ideologically functioned in that struggle, and how pernicious and  
illogical -- but effective -- they were.

	Perhaps another cartoon could dramatize the absurdity and murder  
committed by   the Minutemen  and ICE against migrants coming across  
the Arizona border, and then the configuration would look different?

	sharon

On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Art Hoekstra wrote:

> The cartoon has a punch, but isn't the history of People of Color  
> and whites kinda identified as... reduced to the history of Blacks  
> and whites?
> Art
>
> From: Bonnie Cushing <bonniecushing at aol.com>
> To: White Anti-racist Summit <wasummit at lists.wacan.org>
> Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 11:17:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [WAsummit] Fwd: in times of horror a little humor
>
> Thanks for passing the cartoon on, Sharon .  As many ways as we can  
> communicate the truth, the better!
>
> Bonnie
>
> From: wasummit-bounces at lists.wacan.org [mailto:wasummit-bounces at lists.wacan.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Sharon Martinas
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:47 AM
> To: White Anti-racist Summit
> Subject: [WAsummit] Fwd: in times of horror a little humor
>
>
> check out the cartoon and pass it on.   sharon
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: Rebecca Gordon <rebeccag at ix.netcom.com>
> Date: January 26, 2010 4:42:35 PM PST
> To: Sharon Martinas <cws at igc.org>
> Subject: A cartoon sent me by my friend Bea Morris
>
> Hi, Sharon -
>
> Thought you might like this Click on the link:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womanist/attachments/folder/1297790261/item/42500264/view
>
> Love,
> Rebecca
>
> =
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