I've been reading the posts about Hillary Clinton, the language she used and the shades of intended meaning about her remarks. Maria Niles covered this aspect in her post. Beneath the surface of her remarks there is so much more going on.
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The Sound of Our Own Fwap, Fwap Fwap
I didn't know what it meant. I knew it was sexual. I thought it had something to do with sex but I didn't understand the context. So I swing over to the Urban Dictionary and there it was, Fwap. Basically the sound of a male having solo sex. A-Ha. But this generates more questions inside of my head.
Statistically, I Don't Know Jack
And yet I am surrounded by statistical concepts every day. Sometime I am defined by them and sometimes statistics are used as a weapon. Now it is not that I am totally ignorant. I make observations on human behavior, expected outcomes and playing the odds of will I make it across the street alive with a solid green light at rush hour.
But I don't have the mathematical language to be able to express it. I don't have access to those folks who have a different idea of what a standard deviant is than I do.
Does Green/Sustainability Issues Need Black Folks?
I don't live in a $6 million dollar custom built eco-friendly home. I love polar bears but I've got survival problems too. As much as I applaud Whole Foods decision not to dispense plastic bags at their markets it doesn't mean much if I can't afford to shop in the store on a regular basis.
Let me be blunt. When I see video of Haitians eating dirt cookies made of honey, when I hear of Asian countries that have rice shortages and vendors starting to water down gas supplies it is time to engage everyone on issues sustainability. It is time to end the green apartheid divide.
I'll Take Sustainability Over Green
So we all should be purchasing organic food from farmers markets, adorning ourselves in bamboo and hemp fabrics and convert our homes to clean living domiciles? Hooey!
Yes, I said hooey! One of my gripes about the 2008 incarnation of the so called Green movement is the emphasis on being "Green" without the acknowledgement of the expense of trying to implement a "Green lifestyle" on a fixed or stretched to the bone budget. Or trying to do that living in urban areas or places far away from Los Angeles or New York.