IV and cultural assimilation

[rich]

ps.

cf  Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country

On 10/13/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/13/09, alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The melting pot, like the Glass Steagall Act, cracked and broke and
>> has been scattered like so many gnostic points of light streaming from
>> Neal Young's guitar.
>> No more Melting, no more Multi-Cultural ism, these terms are out and
>> reflect a shift in the way things are and the way things are
>> described; is social or descriptive linguistics, at least as far as
>> the population of academics goes, the terms are dead metaphor.
> ____________
> with all due respect, who the fuck cares what academics pronounce.
> its the street that counts, alice you gotta know that--whatever one
> calls it, there is a wonderful blending of people, races, genders,
> colors, cultures in the America I believe in
> maybe this is all moot--being on the same page and shit
> guess what I'm saying is I really don't care what people call it, as
> long as it continues
> (that is that melting)
>
> rich
>