德克撒斯州
德克撒斯州
其实我对德州是很有感情的。就象笑嘻嘻一样。说德州落后的,我都当笑话听。
昨天晚上看完了辩论(是滴,我怀着兴奋的心情,取消了跟朋友吃饭的计划,提早下班回家抱着猫看电视,专等俩候选人激烈的互掐,但是也没怎么发生。。。奥巴马总让我想起张爱玲说的:"玉清的长处在给人一种高贵的感觉。她把每一个人里面最上等的成分吸引了出来。像他爸爸,一看见玉清就不由地要畅论时局最近的动向,接连说上一两个钟头,然后背过脸来向大家夸赞玉清,说难得看见她这样有学问有见识的女人。")然后读一下昨天刚到手的<我父亲的梦想>。里面奥巴马说他外祖父一家在他妈很小的时候住在德州。外祖父在家具店卖家具,同事教他说:要是有色人来买东西,你就跟他们说,等店关了没人的时候来。外祖母在办公室过道里跟清洁工说话,称他先生,另一个同事走过来当面大声说:"记住,永远不要叫有色人先生。"一天他们回家发现一大群孩子在院子外面骂街:"跟有色人玩的女孩!"进去一看女儿和一个黑人小姑娘趴在草地上看书,吓的簇簇发逗。。。外祖父生气的把孩子的名字挨个记下来,第二天亲自去学校问老师要了家长电话,一个个打过去要求他们管教孩子,得到的回答千篇一律:"你最好管管自己的女儿,我们这里,白孩子不跟有色孩子混。"
那也就是五十年以前吧。现在,奥巴马走进德州大学的礼堂,掌声雷动。如果连德州可以进步,那么谁都可以进步。也许进步是螺旋形的。。。也许小布什当选是有原因的。。。。也许咱们这八年苦不会白吃。。。就等着物极必反捏。。。也许IT 业又会迎来一个稻糠亩的丰收年。。。
昨天晚上看完了辩论(是滴,我怀着兴奋的心情,取消了跟朋友吃饭的计划,提早下班回家抱着猫看电视,专等俩候选人激烈的互掐,但是也没怎么发生。。。奥巴马总让我想起张爱玲说的:"玉清的长处在给人一种高贵的感觉。她把每一个人里面最上等的成分吸引了出来。像他爸爸,一看见玉清就不由地要畅论时局最近的动向,接连说上一两个钟头,然后背过脸来向大家夸赞玉清,说难得看见她这样有学问有见识的女人。")然后读一下昨天刚到手的<我父亲的梦想>。里面奥巴马说他外祖父一家在他妈很小的时候住在德州。外祖父在家具店卖家具,同事教他说:要是有色人来买东西,你就跟他们说,等店关了没人的时候来。外祖母在办公室过道里跟清洁工说话,称他先生,另一个同事走过来当面大声说:"记住,永远不要叫有色人先生。"一天他们回家发现一大群孩子在院子外面骂街:"跟有色人玩的女孩!"进去一看女儿和一个黑人小姑娘趴在草地上看书,吓的簇簇发逗。。。外祖父生气的把孩子的名字挨个记下来,第二天亲自去学校问老师要了家长电话,一个个打过去要求他们管教孩子,得到的回答千篇一律:"你最好管管自己的女儿,我们这里,白孩子不跟有色孩子混。"
那也就是五十年以前吧。现在,奥巴马走进德州大学的礼堂,掌声雷动。如果连德州可以进步,那么谁都可以进步。也许进步是螺旋形的。。。也许小布什当选是有原因的。。。。也许咱们这八年苦不会白吃。。。就等着物极必反捏。。。也许IT 业又会迎来一个稻糠亩的丰收年。。。
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Obama 他妈妈家在德州住过?我是听说她们家是Kansas来的,现在还有很多亲戚,Kansas选民也倒向他了。
南方的种族歧视即使现在也还很严重的,不过跟西岸有点不同,是历史悠久的黑白之间,而西岸是多种族移民类型的分割。
(我又想起小豪说的很对的话,新移民不认为自己是美国人,总觉得很快就要回去,所以不做长期世代居住的打算,对建立环境和与人相处的态度也就跟在当地生长多代的的人民有所不同。)
(惭愧一下,我都不知道有这个辩论,不过我一向比较抵制辩论,实在是现在竞选时谁说的话都信不得,岂不是自找气闷?)
(Never underestimate people's emotional need to feel good about themselves.)
南方的种族歧视即使现在也还很严重的,不过跟西岸有点不同,是历史悠久的黑白之间,而西岸是多种族移民类型的分割。
(我又想起小豪说的很对的话,新移民不认为自己是美国人,总觉得很快就要回去,所以不做长期世代居住的打算,对建立环境和与人相处的态度也就跟在当地生长多代的的人民有所不同。)
(惭愧一下,我都不知道有这个辩论,不过我一向比较抵制辩论,实在是现在竞选时谁说的话都信不得,岂不是自找气闷?)
(Never underestimate people's emotional need to feel good about themselves.)
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I always think Mason-Dixon line is the division.Knowing wrote:那部分算北方?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason-Dixon_line
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小K把Obama和玉清比,是褒义还是贬义?
Obama往那儿一站就能让选民觉得社会开明觉得美国还是有进步的从四十年前segregation到现在选个黑人总统。 Just by voting for Obama, white Americans can feel good about being progressive and cleanse whatever racism they have expressed in the past and future. Because they can always say, "well, I voted for a black president..." And they don't get any of these satisfactions from voting from Hillary.
All the women from my wine club are supporting Obama. I am seriously contemplating withholding my 85 Vourvays from them. They don't deserve it.
Obama往那儿一站就能让选民觉得社会开明觉得美国还是有进步的从四十年前segregation到现在选个黑人总统。 Just by voting for Obama, white Americans can feel good about being progressive and cleanse whatever racism they have expressed in the past and future. Because they can always say, "well, I voted for a black president..." And they don't get any of these satisfactions from voting from Hillary.
All the women from my wine club are supporting Obama. I am seriously contemplating withholding my 85 Vourvays from them. They don't deserve it.
Despite all my griping, I do think it is progress that a lot of white people are willing to vote for Obama, including a lot of middle Americans who have little or no intellectual urge for cleansing themselves of racism. In fact, many if not most of the ordinary white people do not feel there is tangible racism around them at all. That's a reality I can vouch for. Even I cannot use the "racial guilt" argument to explain Obama's popularity.
But it is not surprising that Americans find the thought of a black male president (keep in mind he has not won yet!) more palatable than a female president. Remember, women gained the constitutional right to vote decades after black men did in the US.
But it is not surprising that Americans find the thought of a black male president (keep in mind he has not won yet!) more palatable than a female president. Remember, women gained the constitutional right to vote decades after black men did in the US.
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