5.13.2010
5.05.2010
A New World Border
I don't have much to say about this right now. It needs to play out over time, and I'm not trying to jump too many guns. Suffice to say, in light of the idiocy playing out in the Arizona state legislature, the Phoenix Suns basketball franchise has gone and done something rare. Tonight, they're wearing their Los Suns jerseys to "support the Hispanic community," and implicitly protest the new law. This is a big deal, not just because it's an example of athletes using their access to publicity to make a political statement, but also because sports are supposedly the the beating heart of mainstream, conservative America. I hope that this act of protest forces the guy watching TV with the shotgun in his lap to reconsider.
Also, maybe this is can be an impetus for us "intellectual fans" to start reconfiguring the idea of sports as merely the docile product of capitalism and traditional ideologies of gender, race, class, etc...
GO SUNS!
Labels:
Basketball,
NBA,
Phoenix Suns,
Politics,
Potential,
Protest,
Publicity
Posted by
Jake
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6:47 PM
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Sorry to open this can of worms again, but...
Beyonce Page is back. Rage on, debate, rage on.
"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.
"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.
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betty page,
beyonce,
opening a can of worms
Posted by
lefthandrighthand
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9:22 AM
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