Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Poor God
Poor God look what people have done in his name
From FindLaw.com:
In June 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Negro woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and established their marital abode in Caroline County. At the October Term, 1958, of the Circuit Court [388 U.S. 1, 3] of Caroline County, a grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. On January 6, 1959, the Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail; however, the trial judge suspended the sentence for a period of 25 years on the condition that the Lovings leave the State and not return to Virginia together for 25 years. He stated in an opinion that:
"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
That was only 50 years ago.
From FindLaw.com:
In June 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Negro woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and established their marital abode in Caroline County. At the October Term, 1958, of the Circuit Court [388 U.S. 1, 3] of Caroline County, a grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. On January 6, 1959, the Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail; however, the trial judge suspended the sentence for a period of 25 years on the condition that the Lovings leave the State and not return to Virginia together for 25 years. He stated in an opinion that:
"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
That was only 50 years ago.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
how fast can I finish a mini-thesis
I was thinking about my last post, and occured to me that there are two ways I can finish the thesis. One, devise an icon that has interantional meaning. Or, two, design a family crest. A famly crest that is cooler than colored stripes. The whole family crest/coat of arms idea came from iconography research. I remembered that in Catholic iconography three bees and the sun represent the Pope Urban VIII. He was kind of a douche, but he was a patron of Bernini.
Children of Men
watched Children of Men again last night. I really love that film. It speaks to so many problems in the world. The problems of global capitalism and the way that our un-intergrated cultures inflame our differences. Inflame our fear of other cultures and thus our fear of those who come from cultures other than ours, immigrants.
On the special features there is a debate about whether the is a problem of national and cultural identity. The divide between first and second generations of immigrant families. The first generation is acculturated to the culture of the native land. The second generation can either adopt both the new and old cultures.
The coming environmental collapse will accelerate the immigration problem and we will see a Katrina style disaster on a global scale. It's frightening for me to think about the what the world will be like by the time I am fifty. I can see a future where the refugees of global warming are treated as lesser human beings.
Again and again I see the solution as merging cultures. Human beings have been "immigrating" for centuries. First from Africa to the middle east, to asia and europe. Yet, this is such a small part of public school curriculum. We need to teach our kids more about the shared global history. And it should be thought in a way that shows how we are all linked not just by history but by the global economy.
I don't understand why it is so hard for people to develop a world culture. Or even a continental culture. When I was a kid we celebrated the holiday's of other cultures. I am not Japanese, but celebrated Boy's Day and Girl's Day. Why shouldn't children in American schools celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Bastille Day, and Chinese New Year.
I have been thinking about DeStijl. DeStijl was supposed to be a new international design style. In many ways it succeeded. But, created this cold cleanliness that has no reference to art history. Maybe we need to back pedal a little and create in a way that is informed by non-western art and design. If you look at art history there were so many simple icons which communicated something deeper than traffic signs.
I'm thinking about taking a stab at this. But, it is quite ambitious for just one weeks work.
Interviewed on featurette:
Fabrizio Eva
John Gray
Naomi Klein
James Lovelock
Saskia Sassen
Tzvetan Todorov
Slavoj Zizek
NOTE TO SELF
buy land in Alaska
On the special features there is a debate about whether the is a problem of national and cultural identity. The divide between first and second generations of immigrant families. The first generation is acculturated to the culture of the native land. The second generation can either adopt both the new and old cultures.
The coming environmental collapse will accelerate the immigration problem and we will see a Katrina style disaster on a global scale. It's frightening for me to think about the what the world will be like by the time I am fifty. I can see a future where the refugees of global warming are treated as lesser human beings.
Again and again I see the solution as merging cultures. Human beings have been "immigrating" for centuries. First from Africa to the middle east, to asia and europe. Yet, this is such a small part of public school curriculum. We need to teach our kids more about the shared global history. And it should be thought in a way that shows how we are all linked not just by history but by the global economy.
I don't understand why it is so hard for people to develop a world culture. Or even a continental culture. When I was a kid we celebrated the holiday's of other cultures. I am not Japanese, but celebrated Boy's Day and Girl's Day. Why shouldn't children in American schools celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Bastille Day, and Chinese New Year.
I have been thinking about DeStijl. DeStijl was supposed to be a new international design style. In many ways it succeeded. But, created this cold cleanliness that has no reference to art history. Maybe we need to back pedal a little and create in a way that is informed by non-western art and design. If you look at art history there were so many simple icons which communicated something deeper than traffic signs.
I'm thinking about taking a stab at this. But, it is quite ambitious for just one weeks work.
Interviewed on featurette:
Fabrizio Eva
John Gray
Naomi Klein
James Lovelock
Saskia Sassen
Tzvetan Todorov
Slavoj Zizek
NOTE TO SELF
buy land in Alaska
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