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2/8/2022

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“In The Location of Culture, Homi Bhabhapoints to mimicry as a powerful colonial practice. He writes: Colonial mimicry is the desire for a reformed recognizable Other, as asubject of difference that is almost the same, but not quite. Which is to say, that the discourse of mimicry is constructed around ambivalence, in order to be effective, mimicry must continually reproduce its slippage, its excess, its difference.

“The moments of slippage in Black popular culture’s use, appropriation, and representation of Asian martial arts culture ends up revealing the representational fissures inherent in the options made available to Black popular culture by dominant culture. It represented not so much a break with blaxploitation style representation as the suggestion that those representational strategies might ultimately not be enough.”

Intellect “They offered an alternative to the “Fighting and Fuckin’ SuperNegro” of blaxploitation because kung fu’s heroes relied as much on intellectual capabilities and inner virtue as they did on pure physical strength to achieve their goals.”(pg. 36) Underdog narratives “audiences still wanted to see the underdog win but they wanted to see the underdog win through a differently articulated body politics that stressed discipline, restraint, and self-determination rather than a cartoonish display of brute force.” (pg. 36)

Ancient culture “a need tocreate and recreate ritual in resistance to western culture.the “ancient culture”appeal of the seventies kung fu movies cannot be overstated as a cause fortheir popularity among African Americans hungering for non-westernritual.” (pg. 37)

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“On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Randolph Linn was sentenced to 20 years in prison for hate crimes stemming from the arson of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, law enforcement officials announced today.

U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary sentenced Randolph Linn, 52, of St. Joe, Indiana. Linn pleaded guilty in December to three counts: (1) intentionally defacing, damaging and destroying religious real property because of the religious character of that property; (2) using fire to commit a felony and (3) using and carrying a firearm to commit a crime of violence.

According to court documents, Linn left his home on Sept. 30, 2012, in a red four-door Chevrolet Sonic. Inside the vehicle were numerous firearms and three red gas cans.

Linn stopped at a gas station near Perrysburg, Ohio, and filled the three gas can, then drove to the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. Linn made numerous efforts to enter the Islamic Center before gaining entry. He walked through several rooms with a handgun in his left hand before exiting, then returning with a red gas can, according to court documents.

Linn then entered the prayer room on the second floor and poured gasoline on the prayer rug, a large Oriental-style rug used by members of the Islamic Center during prayer services. He then set fire to the prayer rug, according to court documents.

Linn acknowledges he intentionally set the fire because of the religious character of the Islamic Center property, according to court documents.

Linn agrees to pay restitution and understands that the amount may exceed $1 million due to the amount of fire and water damage sustained by the Islamic Center, according to court documents.”  Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/indiana-man-sentenced-20-years-prison-religiously-motivated-attack-toledo-area-mosque

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In June of 2018 the Supreme court upheld the administration’s travel ban in a 5-4 decision. The ban includes restrictions against five majority-Muslim nations — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. 

The Wall Street Journal reports on 1/31/20 the administration plans to add seven countries to a group of nations subject to travel restrictions, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, along with others in Africa and Asia.

The new restrictions would apply to travelers and immigrants from Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/task-force-university-racism.html

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“Membership records in the Center for Archival Collections at BGSU show that nearly 1,400 members paid dues to the Wood County KKK in 1924 and 1925.  In the 1920s and 1930s, Klan members in Wood County served as mayors, county commissioners, county sheriffs, county judges, county prosecutor, police officers, and village marshals. ...school principals, superintendents and school board members.The KKK used large outdoor open rallies as recruitment tools. The gatherings often included band music, food concessions and games. Klan members, wearing their robes and hoods, would also make school visits. The prearranged visits often used ritual and ceremonial activities, with the Klan presenting gifts like flags and Bibles. Klan chapters purchased athletic sweaters for local high school sports teams, possibly as a recruitment effort as the teens neared the age when they could join the Klan.”

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Thursday, February 27 at 10:00am to 5:00pm Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Ballroom

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John Wayne, one of the genre’s biggest movie stars, in 1971 told Playboy, “I believe in white supremacy until blacks are educated to the point of responsibility.”

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Artist Interview—Kent Monkman: mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) | Met E...

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REEL INJUN Trailer

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American Progress, John Gast, 1872