Posted: Wed 20 Jun 2007 17:05 Post subject: Curious
How can this area be:
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Discussions of racialism and identity politics in the Caribbean basin, including the BWI, the Spanish Caribbean, and the Guyanas. Moderated by Fledgist.
Posted: Wed 20 Jun 2007 17:47 Post subject: Re: Curious
Salsassin wrote:
How can this area be:
Quote:
Discussions of racialism and identity politics in the Caribbean basin, including the BWI, the Spanish Caribbean, and the Guyanas. Moderated by Fledgist.
If Political advocacy is forbidden?
The idea is that you can discuss, for example, whether East indian Trinis and Afro-Trinis squeeze out other ethnicities in the Trinidadian political power structure because of their relative demographics or poltiical exclusivity/inclusivity. But you cannot advocate support for Afro-Trinis's or East Indian Trini's political platforms. It is similar to how I, as a historian, can discuss Stephen Douglas's poltical strategies without advocating that the Copperheads are right.
Of course, Fledgist can always decide to change his forum to allow political advocacy, if he wishes.
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Posted: Sun 24 Jun 2007 20:46 Post subject: Re: Curious
fwsweet wrote:
Salsassin wrote:
How can this area be:
Quote:
Discussions of racialism and identity politics in the Caribbean basin, including the BWI, the Spanish Caribbean, and the Guyanas. Moderated by Fledgist.
If Political advocacy is forbidden?
The idea is that you can discuss, for example, whether East indian Trinis and Afro-Trinis squeeze out other ethnicities in the Trinidadian political power structure because of their relative demographics or poltiical exclusivity/inclusivity. But you cannot advocate support for Afro-Trinis's or East Indian Trini's political platforms. It is similar to how I, as a historian, can discuss Stephen Douglas's poltical strategies without advocating that the Copperheads are right.
Of course, Fledgist can always decide to change his forum to allow political advocacy, if he wishes.
I agree with you, Paco. It's one thing to talk about how identity politics has developed over the past forty years, say, in T & T, and quite another to take what is, essentially, a partisan stand on that politics.
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