http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2009/03/24/audio-imagine-2050-blogcast-march-2009/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 /2009/03/24/audio-imagine-2050-blogcast-march-2009/#comment-1643 Ryan Jones Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:13:12 +0000 http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/?p=1939#comment-1643 I second Jill...nice work! I fear that these modern accounts of the white bigoted sheriff reining from his anachronistic outpost in the old west is not such an uncommon theme in borderland USA. I couldn't help but think, after hearing these guys speak, that 'America' has never been defined to include the indigenous people of this land, but in contrast to them. I also question whether the dominant image of America necessarily has anything to do with an ethnic majority. After all, America was claimed by a ridiculous minority of European immigrants to a land then inhabited by an estimated 90 some million indigenous people! But I do think that the role of technology / media is a crucial tool in the redefining of what it means to be American...and your piece is a perfect example of how its being used to give new voice to the struggle! I second Jill…nice work! I fear that these modern accounts of the white bigoted sheriff reining from his anachronistic outpost in the old west is not such an uncommon theme in borderland USA. I couldn’t help but think, after hearing these guys speak, that ‘America’ has never been defined to include the indigenous people of this land, but in contrast to them. I also question whether the dominant image of America necessarily has anything to do with an ethnic majority. After all, America was claimed by a ridiculous minority of European immigrants to a land then inhabited by an estimated 90 some million indigenous people! But I do think that the role of technology / media is a crucial tool in the redefining of what it means to be American…and your piece is a perfect example of how its being used to give new voice to the struggle!

]]> /2009/03/24/audio-imagine-2050-blogcast-march-2009/#comment-1621 Jill Garvey Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:27:54 +0000 http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/?p=1939#comment-1621 Noah, once again a great piece! Nice to hear the voices that are often drowned out by Arpaio's antics. Noah, once again a great piece! Nice to hear the voices that are often drowned out by Arpaio’s antics.

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