On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Joseph Catron <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:19 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I suppose that depends on what your definition of "believe" is, but >> surely you will agree that this sort of belief goes together with a certain >> ideological affiliation that morphs into a type of tribalism. There is a >> strong ritualistic element to how these supposed "beliefs" are commonly >> expressed (in opinion polls, campaign speeches etc). >> > > Are you talking about them, or us? :-D I don't see anything that exclusive > to the right here. > That's is a fair point. I guess we all do this to a degree, but I like to think that I actively try to resist that. > Is that really a battle you'd want to fight? >> > > Well, yes. Nothing in my heritage is that likely to raise any racist > hackles, but I'm proud of my Arab-American, etc. friends who assert their > identities, and like to think I'd do the same. > I am much more conflicted about this than you are. I find it problematic that anyone should feel either pride or shame over their ethnic identity. That seems to make about as much sense as feeling proud about one's birthday or star sign. -raghu.
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