Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
All Doug, et al. have to say is
what she looks like, how she lives, and how she has been received in
the West.
Which she also does herself, more humbly and eloquently than dear
comrade Doug ever will manage, I reckon:
"The vulgar, hands-on racism of Old Imperialism is outdated. The
cornerstone of New Imperialism is New Racism. The tradition of
'turkey pardoning' in the US is a wonderful allegory for New Racism.
Every year since 1947, the National Turkey Federation presents the
US President with a turkey for Thanksgiving. Every year, in a show
of ceremonial magnanimity, the President spares that particular bird
(and eats another one). After receiving the presidential pardon, the
Chosen One is sent to Frying Pan Park in Virginia to live out its
natural life. The rest of the 50 million Turkeys raised for
Thanksgiving are slaughtered and eaten on Thanksgiving Day. ConAgra
Foods, the company that has won the Presidential Turkey contract,
says it trains the lucky birds to be sociable, to interact with
dignitaries, school children and the press. (Soon they'll even speak
English!). That's how New Racism in the corporate era works. A few
carefully bred turkeys - the local elites of various countries, a
community of wealthy immigrants, investment bankers, the occasional
Colin Powell, or Condoleezza Rice, some singers, some writers (like
myself) - are given absolution and a pass to Frying Pan Park. The
remaining millions lose their jobs, are evicted from their homes,
have their water and electricity connections cut, and die of AIDS.
Basically they're for the pot. But the Fortunate Fowls in Frying Pan
Park are doing fine. Some of them even work for the IMF and the WTO
- so who can accuse those organisations of being anti-turkey? Some
serve as board members on the Turkey Choosing Committee - so who can
say that turkeys are against Thanksgiving? They participate in it!
Who can say the poor are anti-corporate globalization? There's a
stampede to get into Frying Pan Park. So what if most perish on the way?"
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