Stan Goff: The Governator Calls the Question (again)

[Wetzelbill]

The Governator Calls the Question (again)
by Stan Goff

Which side are you on?


There is a war between men and women; and it is a class war. People don't like to hear this. Nearly all of us find ourselves in this war in contradictory ways that both obscure its bipolarity and leave the violence of this war un-categorical, and therefore subject to manifold concealments.

That is why I want to present it in a categorical and bipolar way. It is a war in which there are bonds of kinship and even love that cross the line.

And it is a war that is terribly unequal: a war of men against women, as separate, complimentarily inseparable, socially-constructed classes. It is not characterized by mere equality, but by structural domination-and-subordination. Gender as a class-system is imbricated with economic class, and with race and nationality.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger infamously remarked in a recently released tape, "She maybe is Puerto Rican or the same thing as Cuban. I mean they are all very hot. They have, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that, together, makes it." The polarized reaction to his remarks were more illuminating than the remarks themselves. The former bodybuilder is already on record as a misogynist who makes unwelcome advances to women, and who disparages males by devaluing females (calling them "girly-men").

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stan-goff/the-governator-calls-the-_b_29087.html

[Wetzelbill]

1. shameless kick for the morning crew

:kick:

[KoKo]

2. Here's the actual Clip of what he said and discussion by Young Turks.

I'm on Dial Up and this clip of his Macacca Moment and his Apology plus discussion by the Young Turks came up for me in about 10 seconds on my RA player and I had no problem with the download...for the rest of you it's instant.


http://www.theyoungturks.com/section/tytvideoclips

It hasn't gotten much play except in quotes which don't have the same impact as hearing his arrogance speaking it.

Thanks to DU'er Zonkers for finding this.

again:

http://www.theyoungturks.com/section/tytvideoclips