Posts by Martin Lindberg
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I do however remain curious as to whether anybody thinks there is in fact a problem of industry scale in the kind of criticisms than can be levelled from within the established media themselves, rather than, say, on Public Address.
I'm only a media consumer, but looking at the lack of cross-media criticism I would assume so. I grew up with the different colour newspapers (Communist, Socialist, Liberal, Conservative, Anarcho-Syndicalist) tearing strips off each others' reporting in a way that wasn't always useful, but often refreshing.
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My expectation is that there's a separation between news and performance art.
I agree that I would not like my news crossing over into performance art.
The other way around? Well, I think that performance art can be a very effective way of influencing debate or eliciting comment. I found some of Ali G's "interviews" very interesting in that it brought out comments from the "victims" that a straight up interview wouldn't have.
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The police seem to have an interesting time with that, but then they're trying to describe someone's glanced exterior rather than surveying a person about what cultures they belong to.
Yes, and in some health research for instance, they may be more interested in what race (i.e. genetic traits) a person belongs to rather than the culture they identify with. In other research, the culture (e.g diet) may be the more interesting factor.
And no, the official ethnic categorisation does not allow for this.
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Caucasian?
And would that provide any reliable information?The usefulness of terms like Caucasian (or any other generic ethnic terms like Hispanic, African American, Asian etc) surely depends on the context. In American crime drama (where I've learnt everything about America) these terms appear to be used by cops to provide a shorthand description of the person they're looking for. I'd say it's very useful for that.
I can imagine other contexts where the ethnic terms used are technically wrong, but serve a purpose as it's understood within that context what's being referred to.
In the above context I'd be referred to as a Caucasian. That would be a less likely description here in NZ.
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If a Dutch person is in say, the US and they are asked which ethnic group they belong to, do they say "I'm European" or do they say "I'm Dutch".
Caucasian?
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How's "hug a black person day", then? Would you find it acceptable?
I didn't say it was acceptable. Stupid for sure, but not on the same level as kike, coconut or black. I don't see much historical or current evidence of racism against white people who happen to have red hair. Different story for Africans, Pacific Islanders or Jewish people.
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My teenage (and nominally Jewish) son couldn't see anything wrong with "hug a ginga day" - until we pointed out that "hug a kike day" or "hug a coconut day" would be just as offensive
Not that I want to defend "hung a ginga day" but wouldn't " hug a blond/brown-haired person" be more equivalent? Coconut and kike being ethnic slurs. Ginga/blond not so much.
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All that follows is conjecture, extrapolation or supposition.
Exactly. With the arrival of digital TV I was hoping for a feedback loop from the TV (or STB/PVR) that could report exactly what was watched. This would remove the need for this conjecture. In turn, I believe this would have a big impact on advertising and programming.
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Honestly, it's so tiresome to be pigeonholed as a brainwashed moron for watching certain shows.
I have certainly been guilty of that in the past (as you noticed with my Coronation Street comment). Today I'm a bit more relaxed, but I can still not understand why people would want to watch, say, Jerry Springer.
But hey, each to their own.
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So what do we all think of Coronation Street's new titles and -- gasp! -- re-recorded theme tune?
Agh! To quote Frank Zappa: "The torture never stops"