tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308900043641005013.post6357819256871438833..comments2023-04-16T05:41:43.462-04:00Comments on Americanisms -- Present and Past: More from Arizona: Ethnic Studies under fireChris Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578056235193014754noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308900043641005013.post-54353823633934290402010-05-06T16:45:07.993-04:002010-05-06T16:45:07.993-04:00Great commentary, Nehls - glad to have new posts t...Great commentary, Nehls - glad to have new posts to chew on. A few thoughts...<br /><br />It was okay to 'pander' to ethnic groups in the '70s because they were a minority demographically speaking. The programs would be limited by their very nature and have little real impact on 'real' America. It's a much different proposition when the relationship is flipped and those voices opposed to the traditional narrative are more numerous than those trying to preach it. 2020 (or whenever it is that 'minorities' are supposed to outnumber 'whites') can't get here soon enough.<br /><br />Couldn't agree more with your arguments about 'color blindness' - it really is the natural evolution of whiteness as the norm, though ironic since it requires an ahistorical viewpoint. But what else is new.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see whether the growing Latino population is able to advance the 'conceptual progress' of how we understand racial and ethnic differences as compared to African-Americans. One, because they don't quite fit into the predominate black-white dichotomy of American race relations (though this is in itself simplistic, and, simply, wrong). And two, because the diversity of experiences and peoples that fall under the grouping, 'Latino', nearly robs it of any meaning from the very beginning. I'm thinking specifically of the GOP's efforts to court the 'hispanic vote' in recent elections and the less than hoped for results they generated. Karl Rove's micro-targeting campaign strategies might need a little tweaking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002113896878914939noreply@blogger.com