Comments on: My People Will Have Degradation, and Your People, Cardigans. http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2009/11/26/my-people-will-have-degradation-and-your-people-cardigans/ Where Manifest Destiny Goes to Die Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:05:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nezua http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2009/11/26/my-people-will-have-degradation-and-your-people-cardigans/comment-page-1/#comment-5188 nezua Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:21:27 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=6207#comment-5188 That's a good point. Colonizing takes many shapes, oppression, too. And overall, I have to say, it's good to see the message in a mainstream movie, even if there are problematic elements one can suss out. That’s a good point. Colonizing takes many shapes, oppression, too. And overall, I have to say, it’s good to see the message in a mainstream movie, even if there are problematic elements one can suss out.

]]> By: Arban http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2009/11/26/my-people-will-have-degradation-and-your-people-cardigans/comment-page-1/#comment-5187 Arban Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:16:18 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=6207#comment-5187 I really love this scene and the whole movie is great. I think marginalized pre-teens and teenagers get a good taste of what it is like being discriminated against. I am not making light of racism or genocide, but when kids get teased and left out because they are different, smart, disabled, fat, poor, gay, etc. it can certainly open them up to the plight of others and give them an empathy chip. I reckon many of these kids grow up to be activists of some nature, or at least sympathetic....and they have their own journey of tying to fit in or hide their true selves. I really love this scene and the whole movie is great. I think marginalized pre-teens and teenagers get a good taste of what it is like being discriminated against. I am not making light of racism or genocide, but when kids get teased and left out because they are different, smart, disabled, fat, poor, gay, etc. it can certainly open them up to the plight of others and give them an empathy chip. I reckon many of these kids grow up to be activists of some nature, or at least sympathetic….and they have their own journey of tying to fit in or hide their true selves.

]]> By: nezua http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2009/11/26/my-people-will-have-degradation-and-your-people-cardigans/comment-page-1/#comment-5182 nezua Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:21:24 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=6207#comment-5182 Thanks for the bigger pic. You know, I’ve never seen the entire movie. I don’t know the larger context it fits into. To me it’s like a tiny dream sequence. And yeah, I find that every “subversive” Thanksgiving video I see is problematic in some way. Always some blinder there that’s obscuring the entire truth from the maker/author…or interfering with the entire truth being represented. Thanks for the bigger pic.

You know, I’ve never seen the entire movie. I don’t know the larger context it fits into. To me it’s like a tiny dream sequence. And yeah, I find that every “subversive” Thanksgiving video I see is problematic in some way. Always some blinder there that’s obscuring the entire truth from the maker/author…or interfering with the entire truth being represented.

]]> By: LaSmartOne http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2009/11/26/my-people-will-have-degradation-and-your-people-cardigans/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 LaSmartOne Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:17:33 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=6207#comment-5180 The problem I have with this bit from the Addams Family movie is that they simply use the Native American genocide as a vehicle (co-opt) for pre-adolescent angst (white female "outsider" pre-adolescent angst at that). The problem I have with this bit from the Addams Family movie is that they simply use the Native American genocide as a vehicle (co-opt) for pre-adolescent angst (white female “outsider” pre-adolescent angst at that).

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