It ain't only Rock & Roll, it's Jazz too

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on 3/14/03 11:56 AM, S.R. Prozak at prozak at post.com wrote:

> 
>> Assimilation vs separation are terms which have had their day, I'd say, and
>> hooray.
> 
> No, they're just coming back into focus, after being banished by those who
> want to control others.
> 
> Most people don't want to become universal, international culture like
> America.
> 
> 
>>> There's two views:
>>> 
>>> 1. Assimilation
>>> 2. Separation
>>> 
>>> The only one that supports diversity is #2.
>>> 
>> Total bullshit.
> 
> A post without evidence in reply is total bullshit. That means you (you
> ignorant piece of shit ;).
> 
>> My friend Bao Nyguyen runs a great traditional Vietnamese restaurant. He's
>> a huge Celtics fan. You can assimilate and be proud of your original
>> culture. Bringing your food into it is a great way to do it. Ever have pizza
>> in New York? It's wicked pissa. Especially St. Mark's. They employ
>> Pakistanis. This is America. We adopt and adapt. Listen to jazz for Christ
>> fucking sake. Dexter Gordon playing DeBussy in a French movie? Who's
>> separating what? Mongrels live longer. Hybridization builds strength. Cape
>> Verdeans are the sexiest people on Earth. I'm proud of my Irish and Danish
>> (by way of North England) heritage. My buddy Ian makes great Mexican food.
>> My friend Louis has traced his ancestry back through slavery to a real
>> family in what is now the Ivory Coast. He loves Irish traditional folk
>> music. Big Pete Lindblad knows where to find the best wasabi by the quart.
>> Have you ever heard Gaelic poetry read aloud? By Caribbeans? Ever hear a
>> really good, serious, Mariachi band while the snow is falling outside?
>> 
>> Get out of the suburbs, dude.
>> 
>> You can assimilate and retain your original culture and language.
>> 
>> And you can pass it on to other people because you think it is so cool that
>> they'll like it too.
>> 
>> Pardon me while I finish my pho tai while listening to Johnny Cash in my
>> predominately Latin American neighborhood.
>> 
>> Diversity rules. Assimilation is convenient. You can do both. It's fun!
>> 
>> Separation is for bigots.
> 
> Diversity is only achieved through separation.
> 
> Otherwise you have a new type of culture, that of the city, in which we all
> serve the machine.
> 
> You're a bigot and a fool.
> 
> What's your ethnic background and religion?
> 
I stated my ethic background. Obviously, you didn't read my post. Flip up,
it's there. I grew up in a housing project in metropolitan Boston. I was
raised as a devout Catholic. I'm now an atheist.

I spent most of my adult life, when not traveling, in the South End of
Boston (not South Boston) one of the most integrated neighborhoods in
America. I now live in Jamaica Plain, an Hispanic, Asian, Irish, and Lesbian
neighborhood. I fit in pretty well. I guess I like this particular machine.
How am I a bigot? I get along with all of these people and they are often
guests in my home and vice versa. You sound jealous.

Why is my ethnic and religious background germane? OK, I'm a gay albino half
Hottentot half Azeri who practice Falun Gong. We're human beings. Get off
this separationist kick. You'll eat lame food and listen to bad music for
the rest of your life if you don't.

Joe