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Another brother to check out is Rev. Nirvana Gayle: http://guidancechurch.org/
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I think that's part of the downside worth considering. The fear of that outcome and the motivation to avoid experiencing it in real life is a lot more powerful than the impact of the positive image of the 1st Pres Parker you described.



It's the positive imagery that provides the "plausible deniability" masking this negative downside.
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Savojah: Perhaps the most traumatic national tragedy that the citizenry can suffer is the assassintation of their President - that threat was constantly present for the first Pres. Parker in 24.



The fear of that outcome was a concern during our nations' recent election cycle. That's why it was not openly discussed. To do so would have triggered a fear response in the electorate and worked against Obama.
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Savojah: Perhaps the most traumatic national tragedy that the citizenry can suffer is the assassintation of their President - that threat was constantly present for the first Pres. Parker in 24.



The fear of that outcome was a concern during our nations' recent election cycle. That's why it was not openly discussed. To do so would have triggered a fear response in the electorate and worked against Obama.



I think that's part of the downside worth considering. That fear is a lot more powerful than the positive image of the 1st Pres Parker you described. It's the positive imagery that provides the "plausible deniability."
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Sovojah: Also, please define what you mean "racist" and who might fit that description?
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"Chris:

There's a brother who is the leader of a Spiritual Center in Los Angeles called Agape. His name is Rev. Michael Beckwith. He's defying stereotypes within what is an overwhelmingly White "new age" spiritual movement.



Check out this 2 min. inspirational video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMLpQBoG8fY"
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"Chris: There's a brother who is the leader of an International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles called Agape. His name is Rev. Michael Beckwith. He's defying stereotypes within what is an overwhelmingly White "new age" spiritual movement.

Check out this 2 min. inspirational video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMLpQBoG8fY"
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Feliznavidad: I love your line:



"By the way -- the white "dominant" sterotypes are also harmful -- and essentially enslave whites to a lower standard of character, excellence, and compassion."



Oftentimes, so do the white "dominant" psychological constructs and theories, spiritual practices, and "self-empowerment" vocabularies.



Just because many "people of color" adopt these too doesn't mean that white adoption of the vocabulary, theories, beliefs, practices, and constructs, or even those "people of color" themselves, as friends, lovers, mentors etc. somehow means they still aren't reproducing white superiority and injustice.



Especially when they segregate or put down those who don't share them.



Thanks again.
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Thanks. Hope to see you there sometime.



Regarding your suggestion about not using the word in keywords doesn't make any sense. There is no correlation between having to have a word appear in an article for it to be included in keywords. That's not the function of a keyword link.



Notice how many people do use that word in the comment section. However, to date, no one has agreed to define the word when I have asked them too. Curious.
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RON



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Principaldad: What is your definition of the word "racism?"
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You just avoided the simple question I asked, yet project the word co.wardly.



WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF THE WORD RACISM?
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You're avoiding the simple question I asked, yet project the word co.wardly.



WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF THE WORD RACISM?
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SwingingFromCenter: Thank you for the plug. It's always gratifying when a reader helps make your point. For example, your first instinct was to assume the worst about me and automatically dismiss the substance of my analysis. I obviously have something of importance and relevance to share regarding FOX. That's why I posted this.



Guess what. If YOU had written my article, I would have posted it here too! Your projections onto me would perhaps yield more impact and have more credibility if you were to reflect upon them as traits that you yourself possess.



You are very sophisticated in avoiding detection by those who review these posts by how you spell the word RA.CISM. You apparently know that the correct spelling gets flagged.



Funny how I NEVER used the word RA.CISM in my article, yet you do in describing it..



Since you introduced the term, would you please mind defining what YOU mean by that word? Especially since you are so cagey in how YOU spell it.
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musheerc: This is a time for unity. How we co-create that unity so that the effort does not merely reproduce and reenact the same old white superiority/black inferiority social and interpersonal dynamics (among many others) is the challenge.



My writings are a wake up call to the things that go on under the surface of our consciousness and in our communications that get covered up by our political, religious, spiritual, psychological, philosophical, ideological, economic, cultural, social, interpersonal etc. practices.



This is a time for socio-spiritual liberation. The social and the spiritual go together in my book. Although my writings typically accentuate the former, I do so because those who accentuate the latter too often keep reproducing the same underlying patterns of social injustice in the rush to escape the earth plane.



You hit upon how this is being perpetuated among Christian fundamentalists/conservatives. It's being fostered by fundamentalists of all types and stripes as well. Thanks for your insights and strong images.
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musheerc: This is a time for unity. How we co-create that unity so that the effort does not merely reproduce and reenact the same old white superiority/black inferiority social and interpersonal dynamics (among many others) is the challenge.



My writings are a wake up call to the things that go on under the surface of our consciousness and in our communications that get covered up by our political, religious, spiritual, psychological, philosophical, ideological, economic, cultural, social, interpersonal etc. practices.



This is a time for socio-spiritual liberation. The social and the spiritual go together in my book. Although my writings typically accentuate the former, I do so because those who accentuate the latter too often keep reproducing the same underlying patterns of social injustice in the rush to escape the earth plane.



You hit upon how this is being perpetuated among Christian fundamentalists/conservatives. It's being fostered by fundamentalists of all types and stripes as well. Thanks for your insights and strong images.
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Chris: There's a brother who is the leader of a Spiritual Center in Los Angeles called Agape. His name is Rev. Michael Beckwith. He's defying stereotypes within what is an overwhelmingly White "new age" spiritual movement. Check out this 2 min. inspirational video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMLpQBoG8fY
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Musheerc: The Landmark Forum Fundamentalism I alluded to above is very incestuous. Many of the relationships formed through this network serve as mechanisms for reinforcing cruely, callousness, and craven self-centeredness that do not promote the type of unity these critical times call for. But like Fox and Murdoch, they sure know how to package their product in alluring garb.
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So true. And it's not just the Christian Conservatives. There's a much subtler echo chambers out there promoting calls to action on a personal level that exacerbate injustice, e.g. what I call "Landmark Forum Fundamentalism," and an old friend/spiritual leader calls "white spiritual supremacy." With regards to the latter, he describes people who watch or read "The Secret" and show up to a spiritual center on Sunday to practice "New Age Spiritual Hedonism." More on this later.
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Great insights SGM. As I've said above, I've watched the show many times (although I also said that "House" is my preferred show.) so I can sympathize about your sense of the deeper and dimensional aspects of the writing. They are quite seductive, even though as Brummie pointed about, still formulaic.



Your point about possible stereotypical portrayals of white men is a good one. I think a case could be made there. One that comes to mind that another commenter alluded to was Jack Bauer's seeming "white savior" archetypal role. There is a subtle difference, yet connection between "archetype" and "stereotype" which script writers are well versed in. So it's a common tool.



Our brain/mind recognizes "types" in both cases, and pleasure and pain emotion centers are stimulated in very deliberate ways by good writers. The show also seems to play the "plausible deniability" game when demonizing liberals and liberal political positions and attitudes. Have you noticed this at all? Any examples? (I gave one above about the War Crimes Act).



Yes, the African group possess many skills etc. Given the 350 year history on this continent, however, such portrayals do not counteract the implicit associations of negativity that have become the "water in which we swim."



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I've called for a boycott of the advertisers of Murdoch and Fox show '24.' Please check out my article:

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The same needs to be done to Disney, which owns ABC and broadcasts Limbaugh to his 20 million loyal dittoheads.



Limbaugh and Murdoch are the titular heads of a "Media Empire of Sedition." And their Republican predator pals in Congress are the Facebook "Friends of Sedition."
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Some great points here. Lest we forget Ashley Todd, the young Republican worker who claimed she was attacked by a big angry Black man enraged over her being a McCain supporter, and who allegedly carved a B for Barack in her face and attempted to molest her...she did it to herself and honestly believed she'd get away with it and be believed. Of course, Fox ran with the fake story. Thankfully, she pulled her self-mutilation stunt in Pittsburgh where there are a lot of Blacks on the police force and not in what Palin called the "real America" parts of Pennsylvania - the outcome of the election might have been different. A lot of people initially believed that story because as Americans we are all primed to believe it.
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Moray61 You used the word "racist" in your formulation. Could you please give me YOUR definition of this word as well as "racism?" Thanks.
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I will reply in more in depth Maureen61 later, But I want to make it clear that the "anything bad happens to the black guy = show must be racist" formulation that you have said sums up my argument IS NOT my argument or pattern that I have identified. That formulation is a severe degradation of my analysis and a result of you're confirming your own bias regarding these types of analyses.
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garystartswithg I love your line: "to them racial inequality is as natural as executive bathroom priveleges"



Too many people in our country see racial inequality as normal. They've never seen anything different so it appears natural, or taken for granted. They think that racism is merely an irrational act of individual prejudice. The Courts see and rule in that way too.



Far too many people confuse FORMAL, i.e., LEGAL racial equality with SUBSTANTIVE equality so they miss the type of subtleties that prevent us from achieving it. Liberals do it too unfortunately. White privilege and entitlement, as well as "colorblindness" and "post-racialism" are pervasive in this country. Both blind one to the myriad manifestations of racial inequality. Thank God there are both liberals and conservatives who are willing to learn.



But then again, an open mind is under assault and its becoming harder and harder for those who call themselves conservatives to openly demonstrate open mindedness lest conservatives like Limbaugh and the Republicans in Congress etc. mercilessly attack and punish them.
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Brummie: Great points. Thank you so much. They are priceless.



I have watched the show many times myself. I also know how to go into the zone and get caught up in a drama, or "suspend disbelief," as you say. I generally prefer watching "House."



Your last 2 lines are ones that I hope many others will consider, especially those who watch and enjoy 24. It shows the ability to be able to simultaneously hold 2 paradoxical neurocognitive patterns and not force a simplistic or categorical resolution, but instead be open. Allow me to quote them here:



"I've watched and enjoyed '24' for the past seven seasons, even though I recognise it as being the same plot and formulaic every season, predictable, pro-torture propaganda, ridiculous at times, far fetched, full of plot holes and inconsistencies I'm still able to suspend disbelief, switch off my brain and enjoy it. I guess there's always the danger that one can switch off their brain too much and for too long when watching these shows."



Thank you!
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Moray61, as you say, "That's the only pattern I see here." I won't try and convince you to see any of the other patterns woven within the tapestry of my article and can be seen.



I will, however, confirm that your "one pattern only" bias seems to be guiding your perception and assessment of my article.
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Amen to you OliverTwist. Love the "nom de guerre."
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True dat.
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Jtown, I sympathize with you. I feel that way too sometimes when I read what I've written.



But, I think that if you walked in my shoes, not just the amount of time I've been on this planet but just the past few months, you might feel differently. But, alas, that's not possible. I only ask that you consider what might appear to be over the top to you in terms of my writing, does not compare to what many of us confront in this society, which is one hellava lot more over the top than just a few words on a blog...
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Please give a plug and a read as well. Thanks.

Ron
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Let's not forget Rupert Murdoch, who provides the media mechanism for the "Republican Friends of Sedition" to also get their message out.



Please heck out my HP article:

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Hi Jason:



Would you please help me get some more coverage and comments on my March 9th HP Post:

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronald-b-robinson/murdoch-and-fox-portray-b_b_172562.html



THANKS BRO

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Gogetter replied to above comment as follows:



"I think you're missing the point. It isn't that the villans are black, it's that the staging of the imagery used to tell the story is obviously meant to resonate with a certain racial mindset, if not trigger that mindset in the first place. For example, the scene where Juma is using the presidents daughter to get the president to come out of the safe room; the image of two black hands holding a knife against the horrorfied face of a young white girl, while a sinister voice threatens to "cut out her eyes, one by one". Do you really believe that's not meant to push certain racial buttons?"
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Rupert is now the head of the "Foreign Section" of the new Facebook group: "Republican Friends of Sedition." :-)



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Gogetter wrote:



"I think you're missing the point. It isn't that the villans are black, it's that the staging of the imagery used to tell the story is obviously meant to resonate with a certain racial mindset, if not trigger that mindset in the first place. For example, the scene where Juma is using the presidents daughter to get the president to come out of the safe room; the image of two black hands holding a knife against the horrorfied face of a young white girl, while a sinister voice threatens to "cut out her eyes, one by one". Do you really believe that's not meant to push certain racial buttons?'



This is the comment I cited as example of excellent writing and insights. Not Savojah's. I don't know how that got changed around.
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Murdoch is the head of the "Foreign Section" of the new Republican Facebook group called:

"Republican Friends of Sedition."



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P.S.

I am a Cornell "Arts and Science" graduate. :-)
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So the first Black President WAS assassinated while in office after all. Why didn't you just come out and say it. That was my question. Is it that hard for you?



Somehow I don't think Murdoch needs another "Rescue Rupert" ringleader to save him from the scrutiny he and his media conglomerate/propaganda machine deserve.
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I heard that the Republicans have started a new Facebook group called "Friends of Sedition." Rupert Murdoch is the head of its "foreign section."



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Thanks,

Ron
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Victor Frankenstein was a fictional character created by Mary Shelley. We all know of him as the person that created life out of death in the form of a monster. Extending your storyline, Rupert Murdoch is a modern day REAL Frankenstein, who has created a right wing propaganda monster out of his media empire. Your old Professor would not need to strain his imagination too much to characterize Murdoch with terms no less charged than the ones he used to characterize Murdoch's fictional analogue ;-)
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You got to check out this article on Huffington Post about how Fox and Murdoch use the show '24' as propaganda weapon for Republicans and to stir up race hatred against Obama.
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That's right. Good old "hate radio" and the secessionist diatribes that issue forth need to take a nice long dirt nap :-)
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