Comments on: Time for groundshaking change http://www.typelikethewind.com/2010/01/15/groundshaking-groundbreaking-change/ Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett's reviews, news, theories and quibbles. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett http://www.typelikethewind.com/2010/01/15/groundshaking-groundbreaking-change/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:16:33 +0000 http://www.typelikethewind.com/?p=359#comment-33 Excellent Kristof column. I posted it under "You Have to See This" on main page. Excellent Kristof column. I posted it under “You Have to See This” on main page.

]]> By: Marissa http://www.typelikethewind.com/2010/01/15/groundshaking-groundbreaking-change/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Marissa Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:50:35 +0000 http://www.typelikethewind.com/?p=359#comment-32 Now Kirstof, he's a good geographer... and an Oregonian: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21kristof.html?ref=opinion Now Kirstof, he’s a good geographer… and an Oregonian: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21kristof.html?ref=opinion

]]> By: Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett http://www.typelikethewind.com/2010/01/15/groundshaking-groundbreaking-change/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:28:46 +0000 http://www.typelikethewind.com/?p=359#comment-31 Provocative and useful idea/question. I do think any strong religion -- as in, one that dominates a place so thoroughly -- does grow up to keep people alive and with hope in horrible times/events. Good point I had not really considered. Maybe that is one of the things that religion does best. But it might, over time, play out in some of the ways Brooks cites. I am not in the know enough about Haiti to be sure if that is true here. My stronger interest was his point that we have a chance to look at how we spend aid/influence, and we need all the motivation we can get for Congress to do so, I'd say. Brooks is a pretty good cultural geographer when it comes to America, that's for sure. I don't disagree a whit that there are too many ways white westerners blame the victim -- in fact, it's a thought I form pretty much daily while reading the news -- but among my resolutions for coming year of writing/commentary is not to say it. I want to treat it like the law of gravity: I know it's out there, but I'm more worried about shit falling on folks. Keep on making me think -- thanks. Provocative and useful idea/question. I do think any strong religion — as in, one that dominates a place so thoroughly — does grow up to keep people alive and with hope in horrible times/events. Good point I had not really considered. Maybe that is one of the things that religion does best. But it might, over time, play out in some of the ways Brooks cites. I am not in the know enough about Haiti to be sure if that is true here. My stronger interest was his point that we have a chance to look at how we spend aid/influence, and we need all the motivation we can get for Congress to do so, I’d say. Brooks is a pretty good cultural geographer when it comes to America, that’s for sure.

I don’t disagree a whit that there are too many ways white westerners blame the victim — in fact, it’s a thought I form pretty much daily while reading the news — but among my resolutions for coming year of writing/commentary is not to say it. I want to treat it like the law of gravity: I know it’s out there, but I’m more worried about shit falling on folks.

Keep on making me think — thanks.

]]> By: Marissa http://www.typelikethewind.com/2010/01/15/groundshaking-groundbreaking-change/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Marissa Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:31:38 +0000 http://www.typelikethewind.com/?p=359#comment-30 Here's the issue with Mr. Brooks. While a very good rhetorician, he isn't a very good cultural geographer. Maybe the religious and cultural proclivity toward the ephemeral developed as a coping mechanism to the destruction which had already befallen Haiti? I think there is a question of chicken and egg: Does Haitian culture keep them back or have other structural issues led them to develop a culture that allows them to persist amid tragedy? I think this is just another way white westerners blame the victim. Here’s the issue with Mr. Brooks. While a very good rhetorician, he isn’t a very good cultural geographer. Maybe the religious and cultural proclivity toward the ephemeral developed as a coping mechanism to the destruction which had already befallen Haiti? I think there is a question of chicken and egg: Does Haitian culture keep them back or have other structural issues led them to develop a culture that allows them to persist amid tragedy? I think this is just another way white westerners blame the victim.

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